Press Releases
December 11, 2019 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) have now caught 27 guns at the airport’s checkpoints, surpassing the record set in 2017. The 27th gun caught…
December 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND – The number of passengers expected to fly this holiday season is expected to be record-breaking, with millions of passengers and crew members traveling through security screening checkpoints nationwide. Travelers flying from Portland…
December 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
ALBANY, NY – A Troy, New York, man was caught bringing a loaded handgun to the checkpoint at Albany International Airport on Sunday, December 8. Transportation Security Administration officers caught the man with a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven…
December 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, VA — The Transportation Security Administration teams at Washington Dulles International Airport and Richmond International Airport each set records for the most passengers and crew members screened in a single day at their…
December 10, 2019 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND, ME – The Transportation Security Administration caught an Androscoggin County, Maine, man at the Portland International Jetport checkpoint this afternoon (Dec. 10) with a 9 mm handgun loaded with 12 bullets, including one in the chamber…
December 9, 2019 | Local Press Release
BANGOR – The number of passengers expected to fly this end-of-year holiday is expected to be record-breaking with millions of passengers and crew members traveling through security screening checkpoints nationwide. Travelers flying from Maine’s…
December 6, 2019 | Local Press Release
LINCOLN – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) begins offering Blended Lanes at Lincoln Airport. Blended Lanes provides TSA Pre✓® screening to confirmed TSA Pre✓® individuals and their accessible property at smaller airports that do not…
December 6, 2019 | Local Press Release
BURLINGTON, Vt. — As the year winds down, it is the perfect time for Vermonters to visit their local Department of Motor Vehicles to get their REAL ID-compliant Vermont driver’s license.
Vermont residents who want to board an airplane will…
December 5, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration saw a record-breaking number of travelers during the Thanksgiving holiday, screening more than 26 million passengers and crew members during the holiday travel period, from Friday, Nov. 22 to…
December 4, 2019 | Local Press Release
SYRACUSE, NY – A Onondaga County, New York, woman was caught by Transportation Security Administration officers with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets in her carry-on bag today at Syracuse-Hancock International Airport. The incident…
December 3, 2019 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND — Virginia residents who want to board an airplane for a domestic flight or enter a secure federal facility will soon need a star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is REAL ID-compliant, or they will…
December 2, 2019 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Kanawha County, West Virginia, man was cited by police after he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport on Thanksgiving, when they detected two handguns in his backpack at the security…
December 2, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration officers caught a Middlesex County, Massachusetts, man with a .22 caliber handgun loaded with 10 bullets, including one in the chamber, at a Boston Logan International Airport checkpoint on Friday,…
December 2, 2019 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County, Pennsylvania, man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport detected a 9 mm handgun in the man’s carry-on bag on December 1.It marked the 18th…
November 27, 2019 | Local Press Release
SYRACUSE, NY – A Florida man was arrested this morning at Syracuse Hancock International Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers at the airport spotted a .32 caliber handgun loaded with seven bullets in his carry-on bag—the…
November 27, 2019 | Local Press Release
SCRANTON, Pa. – Residents of Northeastern Pennsylvania and Southern Central New York will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® program at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport from December 2 to 6…
November 26, 2019 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Fredericksburg, Virginia, resident was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber, in the man’s carry-on bag at Ronald…
November 25, 2019 | Local Press Release
DULLES, Va. – A Prince William County, Virginia, man was caught with a 9 mm handgun loaded with eight bullets, including one in the chamber, along with a magazine loaded with eight additional bullets at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)…
November 25, 2019 | Local Press Release
NEWARK – The number of passengers expected to fly this Thanksgiving holiday is expected to be record-breaking with more than 26.8 million…
November 22, 2019 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH – An Altoona, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) security checkpoint yesterday, November 21, with a 9 mm handgun loaded with 15 bullets.It marked…
November 21, 2019 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Thursday that they are prepared for an 4% increase in travelers departing Sea-Tac Airport in the days leading up to and immediately following the Thanksgiving…
November 21, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOZEMAN, Mont.– Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Montana Division of Motor Vehicles today reminded Montana residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, all travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license,…
November 21, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON — The number of passengers expected to fly this Thanksgiving holiday is predicted to be record-breaking with more than 26.8…
November 21, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Thursday that it is prepared for a 3.6% increase in travelers departing Montana airports in the days leading up to and immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday.
At…
November 20, 2019 | Local Press Release
TRENTON, NJ – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now offering the use of “blended lanes” at Trenton-Mercer Airport and Atlantic City International Airport. Blended lanes provides TSA Pre✓® screening to…
