Press Releases

ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught an Arlington County, Virginia, man with a 9mm handgun loaded with seven bullets including one in the chamber at a Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport security…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a loaded handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) Friday. The incident occurred around 2:15 p.m., and TSA…

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught an Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, man with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint early this morning…

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at two Iowa airports as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. New shields are in place at Des Moines…

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a Beaver County, Pennsylvania, man with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with seven bullets including one in the chamber at the Pittsburgh International Airport security…

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Adirondack Regional Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the…

They sat in window seats – most seeing the world they protect from 35,000 feet for the first time – as they reported for duty in Tampa. The 35 K9 teams came from across the country to support the security operations of Super Bowl LV. The K9s are…

LINTHICUM, Md. – All of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) checkpoints at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) have gone touchless as a result of the complete installation of automated photo…

HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam (GUM) has installed a new computed tomography (CT) scanner in the security checkpoint. The scanner utilizes state-of-the art technology…

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Ogdensburg International Airport as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a loaded handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) Monday. The incident occurred around 5:45 a.m., and TSA…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Morgantown Municipal Airport as part of the agency’s continued efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the…

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Residents of the Traverse City area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck® application program inside Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) from Monday, Feb. 8 through Friday, Feb. 12. The…

WATERTOWN, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Watertown International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the…

WILMINGTON, Del. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is federalizing the Wilmington-New Castle Airport as Frontier Airlines plans to restart scheduled commercial service to and from Orlando International Airport beginning Feb. 11.…

INDIANAPOLIS —Transportation Security Administration officers at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) stopped two loaded handguns in separate and unrelated incidents on Wednesday, Jan. 27. TSA officers detected the first gun in the checkpoint X…

PITTSBURGH - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the main security checkpoint and the alternative checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement…

MILWAUKEE — Transportation Security Administration officers at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) stopped a loaded handgun from getting through the checkpoint on Sunday, Jan. 31. When the TSA officer detected the gun in the checkpoint X…

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LOS ANGELES – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has installed touchless, automated photo identification scanners at all of the airport's security screening checkpoints, making it the first…

HEBRON, Ky. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Kentucky airports discovered a total of 58 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2020, a decrease of only 15 statewide over the number discovered in 2019. Each of the…

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at South Carolina airports discovered a total of 41 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2020, a decrease of 22 statewide over the number discovered in 2019 and matching…

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Missouri airports discovered a total of 85 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2020, despite a dramatic reduction in the number of travelers departing these airports…

HARTFORD – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees assigned to Bradley International Airport (BDL) played a major role in supporting security measures for the Presidential Inauguration. In the days leading up to January 20, 16 TSA…

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) honored the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) with the prestigious Gold Standard Award virtually at a meeting of the transit agency’s Board of Directors on January 27th. TSA Tampa Federal…