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The Transportation Security Administration ( TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within, and connecting to, the United States. It was created as a response to the September 11 attacks to improve airport security procedures and consolidate air ...
A Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response team, sometimes Visible Intermodal Protection and Response ( VIPR) is a Transportation Security Administration program. Various government sources have differing descriptions of VIPR's exact mission. It is specifically authorized by 6 U.S.C. § 1112 which says that the program is to "augment the ...
TSA explosives detection canine "Maggie" picking up on an explosives odor coming from the traveler’s backpack ( Washington Dulles International Airport. The National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program [1] [2] [3] is a program administered by the Transportation Security Administration which uses law enforcement and TSA-run explosives ...
On September 20, 2004, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued an interim final rule establishing the Alien Flight Student Program (AFSP). Persons seeking flight training must submit a request if they are not citizens or nationals of the U.S. and: They wish to receive flight training in the U.S. or its territories, regardless of ...
A sample Transportation Worker Identification Credential. The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (or TWIC) program is a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and U.S. Coast Guard initiative in the United States. The TWIC program provides a tamper-resistant biometric credential to maritime workers requiring unescorted access ...
BDA (TSA program) BDA (which stands for Behavior Detection and Analysis ), until 2016 called SPOT (which stood for Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques ), is a program launched in the United States by the Transportation Security Administration to identify potential terrorists among people at an airport by a set of 94 objective ...
The Federal Air Marshal Service ( FAMS) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the supervision of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Because of the nature of their occupation, federal air marshals (FAMs) travel often.
A Federal Flight Deck Officer ( FFDO) is a Part 121 Airline Pilot who is trained and licensed to carry weapons and defend commercial aircraft against criminal activity and terrorism. The Federal Flight Deck Officer program is run by the Federal Air Marshal Service, and an officer's jurisdiction is the flight deck or cabin of a commercial ...