Press Releases
February 8, 2023 | Local Press Release
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Football fans planning to head to Phoenix to cheer on the Chiefs can fly like winners if they follow a few travel tips before their flight to the big game and back home with their stash of Super Bowl souvenirs.…
February 8, 2023 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – Football fans who plan to fly to Phoenix to cheer on the Eagles can fly like winners if they follow a few travel tips before their flight to the big game and then fly home with their stash of Super Bowl souvenirs.…
February 7, 2023 | Local Press Release
ERIE, Pa. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Erie International Airport prevented a Crawford County, Pa., man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight yesterday (Feb. 6). The .380 caliber gun was loaded with six…
February 7, 2023 | Local Press Release
NORFOLK, Va. --Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials are concerned about the increase in the frequency that they are seeing travelers carry handguns to security checkpoints at Norfolk International Airport (ORF).
Last year TSA…
February 7, 2023 | Local Press Release
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Harrisburg International Airport prevented a York County, Pa., man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight yesterday (Feb. 6). The 9mm gun was loaded with seven…
February 6, 2023 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport prevented a Delaware man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight yesterday (Feb. 5). The 9mm caliber gun was loaded with 17 bullets…
February 6, 2023 | Local Press Release
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Friday, Tuesday, Feb. 7 and Wednesday, Feb. 8 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at John Glenn…
February 3, 2023 | Local Press Release
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Lynchburg Regional Airport prevented an Arkansas man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight yesterday (Feb. 2). The .38 caliber gun was loaded with 15 bullets.…
February 3, 2023 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented a Fredericksburg, Va., man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight early this morning (Feb. 3). The .…
January 30, 2023 | Local Press Release
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring additional men and women to work at Albany International Airport in preparation for the busy spring and summer travel seasons.
There are currently openings for both full- and…
January 30, 2023 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – A Lehigh Valley, Pa., man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Newark Liberty International Airport stopped him with a .357 caliber handgun at a security checkpoint in Terminal C…
January 30, 2023 | Local Press Release
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring officers to work at Syracuse Hancock International, Greater Binghamton and Ithaca Tompkins International Airports and the agency is staffing a series of informational recruitment tables at…
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…
