Press Releases

January 26, 2018
ST. LOUIS, Miss. – To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at St. Louis Lambert International…
January 25, 2018 | Local Press Release
FARGO, N.D. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has fully implemented new and stronger carry-on baggage security screening procedures at Hector International (FAR) in Fargo.The new procedures require travelers to place all electronics…
January 25, 2018 | Local Press Release
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Residents of the Tri-State region of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Huntington Tri-State Airport…
January 23, 2018 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – A Chesterfield County, Virginia, woman was arrested at Richmond International Airport on Monday, Jan. 22, after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer found a loaded handgun in the traveler’s carry-on bag.A TSA…
January 19, 2018 | Local Press Release
BURBANK, Calif. –  An officer with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm Wednesday afternoon in the carry-on baggage of a male passenger…
January 19, 2018 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – Nine people were arrested yesterday, January 18, after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a suspicious item in a carry-on bag at a Newark Liberty International Airport checkpoint.The preliminary investigation…
January 18, 2018 | Local Press Release
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. – Residents of Long Island will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Long Island MacArthur Airport terminal during the week of Jan. 22 - 26, where…
January 17, 2018
NORFOLK, Va.—A Transportation Security Administration officer detected a loaded handgun in a carry-on bag at a Norfolk International Airport checkpoint last Friday morning (Jan. 12), marking the first gun caught at one of the airport’s checkpoints…
January 17, 2018 | Local Press Release
JAMAICA, N.Y. – A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man was arrested after a Transportation Security Administration officer at John F. Kennedy International Airport uncovered four handguns and a…
January 12, 2018 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – A Georgia man was arrested at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) yesterday (Jan. 11) after a Transportation Security Administration officer caught him trying to bring a loaded handgun past the…
January 9, 2018 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Putnam County, West Virginia, man was cited by police after a Transportation Security Administration officer at Yeager Airport (CRW) spotted a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag at the airport checkpoint.The man, a resident…
January 9, 2018 | Local Press Release
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented an Indiana man from bringing a loaded handgun aboard a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint. The incident occurred early Monday morning…
January 9, 2018 | Local Press Release
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reminded Gallatin Valley residents they can enroll in the popular TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program for one week starting Monday at Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport (BZN…
January 8, 2018 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE – Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) discovered two firearms in less than 24 hours during the routine screening of carry-on baggage.A TSA officer found the…
January 6, 2018 | Local Press Release
JAMAICA, N.Y. – A Queens, New York, man got off to a bad start this new year when he was caught trying to carry a loaded gun past the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport Jan. 5, the first gun…
January 5, 2018 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – An Arlington, Virginia, man had a bad start to the new year yesterday morning, Jan. 4 when a Transportation Security Administration officer at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) spotted a loaded gun in the man’s carry-…
January 5, 2018 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) set another screening record during the 2017 holiday travel period, December 15 through January 2, 2018, with more than 42 million (42,043,588) passengers and more than 30.6 million (30,…