Press Releases

January 27, 2023 | Local Press Release
DETROIT – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) Thursday. After a TSA officer spotted the image of a handgun on the X-ray screen…
January 26, 2023 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented yet another traveler from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight yesterday (Jan. 25), marking…
January 26, 2023 | Local Press Release
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking to hire men and women to work at Buffalo Niagara International Airport in preparation for the busy spring and summer travel seasons. There are currently openings for both…
January 26, 2023 | National Press Release
WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Raleigh man, Adonis Fabian Zorrilla, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison, 3 years supervised release, and $4,103.35 in restitution for assaulting a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Raleigh…
January 25, 2023 | Local Press Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting recruitment events in the next week to hire Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at three Alaska airports – Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC…
January 25, 2023 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) have discovered 11 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage during routine X-ray screening at the airport’s security checkpoints so…
January 25, 2023 | Local Press Release
HARRISBURG, Pa. —  New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time is being used by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the security…
January 25, 2023 | Local Press Release
INDIANAPOLIS —Transportation Security Administration officers at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) stopped a loaded handgun on Tuesday, Jan. 24 – the fourth firearm stopped at an IND checkpoint in the last seven days. TSA officers detected…
January 24, 2023 | National Press Release
SACRAMENTO, California - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) honored the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) with the prestigious Gold Standard Award Monday evening at the agency’s board meeting. SacRT is one of only four…
January 24, 2023 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –  A Clay County, W.Va. man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers at West Virginia International Yeager Airport stopped the man with a loaded handgun at the security checkpoint on Monday,…
January 24, 2023 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented two travelers from bringing their handguns onto flights within a four-day span, bringing the total number of guns…
January 23, 2023 | Local Press Release
OMAHA, Nebraska - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Nebraska detected 17 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with the majority of the firearms discovered at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield (OMA) security checkpoints.…
January 20, 2023 | Local Press Release
LOS ANGELES - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the five Los Angeles-area airports detected 142 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of…
January 20, 2023 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Washington detected 164 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with the majority of the firearms discovered at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s (SEA) security…
January 19, 2023 | Local Press Release
CHARLOTTE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at North Carolina airports discovered a total of 250 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, down slightly from the total of 254 found in 2021. Despite the statewide…
January 19, 2023 | Local Press Release
DETROIT – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 100 handguns at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) security checkpoints in 2022, an increase over the 94 detected in 2021.  Nationwide, TSA officers stopped 6…
January 19, 2023 | Local Press Release
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Missouri airports discovered a total of 215 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022. St. Louis Lambert International Airport saw a small decrease with 99 guns found…
January 19, 2023 | Local Press Release
MINNEAPOLIS – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 58 handguns at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) security checkpoints in 2022. Nationwide, TSA officers stopped 6,542 firearms at checkpoints at 262…
January 19, 2023 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at South Carolina airports discovered a total of 79 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, a new annual record for the state. In addition, Charleston International,…
January 19, 2023 | Local Press Release
BILLINGS, Montana - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Montana detected a record 50 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with the greatest number of firearms discovered at Billings Logan International Airport. Every…
January 19, 2023 | Local Press Release
DES MOINES – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 15 handguns at Des Moines International Airport (DSM) security checkpoints in 2022, an increase over the nine detected in 2021.  Nationwide, TSA officers stopped 6,542…
January 18, 2023 | Local Press Release
CLEVELAND – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 35 handguns at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) security checkpoints in 2022, a decrease from the 43 detected in 2021. Nationwide, TSA officers stopped 6,542…
January 18, 2023 | Local Press Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Tennessee airports discovered a total of 366 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, an increase of nearly 30 percent over the 2021 statewide total. Nashville…
January 18, 2023 | Local Press Release
SAN DIEGO - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at San Diego International Airport (SAN) detected 30 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of…
January 18, 2023 | Local Press Release
HEBRON, Ky. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Kentucky airports discovered a total of 116 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, a slight decrease from the 2021 total of 119.  Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky…