News from October 2022
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) commemorated the 20th anniversary of the federalization of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) this week by recognizing members of the workforce who have been with TSA for 20 years and looking back at the earliest days of TSA and two decades of evolution.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport detected a third gun within a four-day span from Friday, Oct. 14, through Monday, Oct. 17.A loaded .40 caliber handgun was spotted in a Canonsburg, Pa., man’s backpack at a security checkpoint yesterday, Monday, Oct. 17.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Future guide dogs had an opportunity to explore the Baltimore/Washington International-Thurgood Marshall Airport terminal including practice going through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint last night so that they would be more familiar with the experience of traversing through an airport when they do need to catch a flight.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
A Fayette County, W.Va., man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Yeager Airport caught a loaded handgun in the man’s carry-on bag on Monday, October 17.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Passengers across the state of Alabama continue to bring guns to the Transportation Security Administration’s security checkpoints.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a new cybersecurity security directive regulating designated passenger and freight railroad carriers.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Texas resident from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight on Sunday, Oct. 16.TSA officers stopped the man when his carry-on bag triggered an alarm in the security checkpoint X-ray unit.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a loaded handgun in the carry-on bag of a Pittsburgh, Pa., man on Friday, Oct. 14, and another loaded gun on Saturday, Oct. 15, in the carry-on bag of Colorado man at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Congratulations to the Mission Support winners of the inaugural Excellence in Customer Service Awards. These Coast Guard units, teams, and individuals assigned within Mission Support provided superior customer service to the Operational Community in calendar year 2021.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Nothing captures the attention of a servicemember better than stories of courage in battle as told by those who witnessed it. However, when the veterans of a conflict are no longer with us to describe those events, few artifacts engender these stories better than an enemy’s flag captured in wartime.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Are you a gamer? Coast Guard Gaming (CGG) is fielding a team at the Veterans Day Valorant Invitational gaming competition.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees at the Champlain Port of Entry participated in the annual Feds Feed Families campaign and donated 14,410 pounds of food to the Joint Council for Economic Opportunity (JCEO) in Plattsburgh, New York.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today released operational statistics for September 2022, which can be viewed online here.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents apprehend 37 migrants from two failed smuggling attempts and a stash house.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridges intercepted $1,097,900 in alleged cocaine in two separate incidents
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
This week, Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrested nine gang members, three sex offenders (one is also a gang member), and two migrants with warrants.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today its commitment to the 30x30 Initiative, a coalition of law enforcement leaders, researchers and professional organizations who have joined together to advance the representation and experiences of women in all ranks of policing across the United States.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer working at the San Ysidro Port of Entry was recently reunited with the baby girl he delivered then performed life saving measures leading to her taking her first breaths.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $227,000 from travelers departing Washington Dulles International Airport to Africa during the last 30 days for violating U.S. currency reporting laws.
By Press release submission | Oct 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 10 pounds of marijuana in a Nigeria-bound passenger’s checked baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday.
