Press Releases

SALT LAKE CITY - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) have detected three guns this week during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage at the security checkpoint. These…

MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered a firearm and ammunition in a passenger’s belongings at a security checkpoint in Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Monday.  At 8:07 p.m., during the X-ray of the…

ATLANTA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske traveled to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) today to host one of his regular COVID-19 town hall meetings with agency employees. Since the…

NEWARK, N.J. – Transportation Security Administration officers caught an assault rifle with a high-powered magazine and an arsenal of ammunition artfully concealed behind the lining of a suitcase Monday, July 20, while they were conducting screening…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Sacramento International Airport (SFMF) detected a loaded firearm Monday morning during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage at the security checkpoint…

DETROIT - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stop a female passenger from bringing a loaded firearm through a security checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) checkpoint Thursday.  At approximately 5:18 p.m., during…

PHILADELPHIA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the Philadelphia International Airport checkpoint detected a 9mm handgun loaded with 13 bullets, including one in the chamber. The TSA officers contacted Philadelphia police,…

NEWARK, N.J. – Police arrested a Connecticut man after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer caught him with a 9 mm handgun loaded with four bullets in his carry-on bag at a security checkpoint yesterday, July 19.   TSA…

INDIANAPOLIS - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at an Indianapolis International Airport (IND) checkpoint stopped a male passenger from bringing a disassembled firearm through a security checkpoint yesterday. Airport police…

LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a McLean, Virginia, man with a stolen .45 caliber handgun loaded with seven bullets Monday, July 20. A TSA…

AUSTIN - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport have detected three firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in the first two days of this week, during X-ray screening of traveler…

RICHMOND, Va. – A Hampton, Virginia, man was cited by police at Richmond International Airport yesterday, July 14, after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer spotted a .40 caliber handgun, a magazine with 12 bullets and an…

NEW LONDON, Conn. – On Saturday Transportation Security Administration employees honed their skills and coordinated the participation of over 40 agents representing (15) federal, state and local agencies during a Collaborative Operation By Response…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stop a male passenger from bringing a loaded firearm through a security checkpoint at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) checkpoint Monday.  At approximately 4…

INDIANAPOLIS - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered two prohibited items at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) checkpoints Sunday.  At approximately 6:20 a.m., during the x-ray of a passenger’s backpack, a…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a Memphis International Airport (MEM) checkpoint this morning.  At approximately 6 a.m., a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun with a loaded magazine…

CHICAGO - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered a loaded firearm at a Midway International Airport (MDW) checkpoint.  Friday at approximately 7:45 a.m. during the x-ray of a male passenger’s backpack, a loaded…

PITTSBURGH –  Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport continue to remain vigilant during the COVID-19 pandemic and stopped an Ohio man from bringing a handgun loaded with seven bullets on an airplane…

RICHMOND, Va. – A Texas woman was cited by police at Richmond International Airport yesterday, July 9, after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer spotted a .357 caliber revolver loaded with five bullets in the traveler’s carry-on…

LINTHICUM, Md. – A Prince George’s County, Md., man was arrested after Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught him with a 9 mm handgun loaded with 11 bullets,…

CHICAGO - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm at a Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) checkpoint.  At approximately 2:30 p.m., a loaded .38 caliber Smith & Wesson M&P firearm was…

OMAHA, Neb. – A local man was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration with a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven bullets at the Eppley Airfield security checkpoint yesterday, July 8. TSA officers caught the handgun as it entered the…

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expands TSA PreCheck™ eligibility to all active Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC®) and …

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with five bullets in his carry-on bag at Philadelphia International Airport yesterday, July 7. After…

OMAHA, Neb. – Residents of the Omaha area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck™ Application Program inside Eppley Airfield from August 3 to 7, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up”…