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May 3, 2021 | Local Press Release
DALLAS, TX – Residents of Dallas will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) May 17 - 21. The airport is a convenient location to sign up for the popular…
May 3, 2021 | Local Press Release
ROCHESTER, Minnesota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that residents of the Rochester, Minnesota, area can make an appointment now to enroll in TSA PreCheck® at a temporary enrollment center that will be open for five…
May 3, 2021 | Local Press Release
GREAT FALLS, Montana - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that residents of Cascade County, Montana, and surrounding areas can make an appointment now to enroll in TSA PreCheck® at a temporary enrollment center that will be…
May 1, 2021 | Local Press Release
LOS ANGELES – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin security screening operations Saturday, May 1, 2021, at a new six-lane security checkpoint located in the western portion of Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport (…
April 30, 2021 | Local Press Release
NEW YORK –  Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a New York City woman from carrying a 9 mm handgun loaded with five bullets onto her flight at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, April 29. A TSA officer spotted the handgun on…
April 30, 2021 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) prevented a Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets and two…
April 30, 2021 | Local Press Release
REDMOND, Oregon - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that residents of Central Oregon can make an appointment now to enroll in TSA PreCheck® at Roberts Field - Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM). Enrollment will be offered for…
April 30, 2021 | Local Press Release
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a handgun loaded with seven bullets at the security checkpoint at Lehigh Valley International Airport on Thursday, April 29. TSA officers spotted the loaded gun in the…
April 30, 2021 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending the face mask requirement for individuals across all transportation networks throughout the United States, including at airports, onboard commercial aircraft, on over-the-…
April 28, 2021 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA—A local man was arrested by police yesterday (April 27) after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport caught a .40 caliber handgun loaded with eight bullets in the Philadelphia man’s…
April 27, 2021 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA—Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport caught a loaded handgun in a Delaware County, Pennsylvania, man’s carry-on bag at one of the security checkpoints on Sunday, April 25. The TSA…
April 27, 2021 | Local Press Release
MADISON, WI – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a man from carrying a loaded pistol onto his flight at Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) on Monday, Apr. 26. This is the third firearm detected at MSN this year. On…
April 27, 2021 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending the REAL ID full enforcement date by 19 months, from October 1, 2021 to May 3, 2023, due to circumstances…
April 26, 2021 | Local Press Release
MOSINEE, WI – Residents of central Wisconsin will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at Central Wisconsin Regional Airport (CWA) May 10-14. The airport is a convenient location to sign up…
April 26, 2021 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH, Pa.--Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working at Pittsburgh International Airport have recently seen an increase in the number of guns brought by travelers in their carry-on luggage. Due to this increase, TSA wants…
April 26, 2021 | Local Press Release
MILWAUKEE – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a male passenger from carrying a loaded firearm onto his flight at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) on Sunday, Apr. 25. On Sunday around 10 a.m., a TSA officer…
April 26, 2021 | Local Press Release
ABILENE, TX – Residents of Abilene will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at Abilene Regional Airport (ABI) May 3-7. The airport is a convenient location to sign up for the popular…
April 22, 2021 | Local Press Release
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – Residents of Corpus Christi will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) May 10-14. The airport is a convenient location to…
April 21, 2021 | Local Press Release
SHREVEPORT – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ready for the surge in travelers at Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV).  Acrylic barriers and upgraded technology now reduce or eliminate physical contact between passengers and…
April 19, 2021 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a Baltimore County man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets at the checkpoint yesterday, Sunday…
April 19, 2021 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport caught a Southampton County, Virginia, man with a .45 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets among his carry-on items at the security checkpoint…
April 19, 2021 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a request for information in the Federal Register seeking information about security standards…
April 19, 2021 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a Colonial Heights, Virginia, resident with a 9mm handgun loaded with six bullets including one in the chamber in the woman’s carry-on items at a Ronald Reagan Washington…
April 16, 2021 | Local Press Release
HOUSTON – Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) in Houston recently discovered an unexpected - and illegal - item inside a breakfast burrito during checkpoint security screening operations…
April 15, 2021 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND, Oregon - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working at airports in Oregon have recently seen an increase in the number of firearms brought by travelers in their carry-on luggage. Due to this increase, TSA wants to remind…

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