NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 12 2021 A traveler at Nashville International Airport faces a felony drug charge after police said they found approximately three pounds of meth in his luggage, hidden inside of a box concealed in “Happy Birthday” wrapping paper. Airport police said they were alerted around 2 p.m. Wednesday after a drug K-9 hit on […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. March 10 2021 The Transportation Security Administration is launching recruitment efforts across Kentucky to fill nearly 50 full and part-time Transportation Security Officer positions by summer 2021 at airports across the state. ‘TSOs are a critical first-line defense in securing our nation’s commercial air transportation system,” said Melanie Harvey, acting executive assistant administrator for […]
Washington DC Feb 21 2021 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts nationwide to fill over 6,000 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer 2021. “TSOs are a critical first line defense in securing our nation’s commercial air transportation system,” said Melanie Harvey, acting Executive Assistant Administrator for TSA’s Security Operations. “Each day, our […]
Washington DC Feb 21 2021 A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer helped get a family to Maine after a travel agent mistakenly booked them on a flight 3,000 miles in the wrong direction. The family of three arrived in Portland, Oregon and not Portland, Maine, according to the TSA. The Spanish-speaking passengers spent an entire night […]
Washington DC Feb 10 2021 Fines for not wearing a mask while traveling will start at $250 — for first time offenders — and go up to $1,500 for repeat offenders, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The administration said it will support President Joe Biden’s executive order that requires travelers to wear face masks […]
Washington DC Feb 10 2021 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 identification scanners. TSA at BWI is now using credential authentication technology (CAT) at every security checkpoint throughout the airport—36 total. When a traveler […]
Washington DC Feb 3 2021 The TSA has now been given the green light to enforce face coverings during the screening process. This authorization backs up the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s mask mandate for all public transit. Backing up the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mask mandate issued Saturday for all […]
Washington DC Jan 29 2021 According to a TSA news release, officers detected twice as many firearms per million passengers at airport security checkpoints in 2020 compared to 2019. Nationwide, TSA officers discovered a total of 3,257 firearms on passengers or in their carry-on bags at checkpoints, although total passengers screened in 2020 fell by […]
LOS ANGELES CA Jan 24 2021 A former Transportation Security Administration agent who was accused of tricking a traveler into showing her breasts as she went through security at Los Angeles International Airport pleaded no contest Friday to false imprisonment, authorities said. Johnathon Lomeli entered the plea to a felony count and was sentenced to 60 […]
NEW YORK NY Jan 24 2021- LaGuardia Airport security checkpoint officers found bullets hidden inside a container of chewing gum last week, the Transportation Security Administration said. A TSA officer spotted the ammunition inside carry-on luggage that was going through the checkpoint X-ray machine on Jan. 14, officials said. Officers opened the duffel bag and found […]