New TSA Canine Teams Will Significantly Enhance Air Cargo Security at Dulles Airport
TSA introduced three new TSA canine teams to enhance explosives detection capabilities at Virginia's Dulles International Airport (IAD) air cargo facilities.
The agency will train and certify more than 400 explosives detection canine teams, composed of one dog and one handler, during the next two years.
TSA Week at a Glance (June 23, 2008 - June 29, 2008)
- 12 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
- 14 firearms found at checkpoints
- 4 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
- 20 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
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In The News
- Video: "Today Show" Features Millimeter Wave Technology (msnbc.com)
- TSA to Join Forces with Airports and Airlines to Create Community Policing Program
- 10 Airports Install Body Scanners (usatoday.com)
- Denver First Category X Airport to Have AT X-Ray at All Checkpoints
- Four days, two loaded guns at Raleigh-Durham International
- Behavior detection officers at airports (KGO, San Francisco)
- Latest Information on the UK Terror Plot Hearings
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The TSA Workforce
- Officer's Vigilance Leads to Discovery of Suspicious Items
- Passenger Arrested With Multiple IDs Spotted by Travel Document Checker
- Four Discoveries and Three Arrests in 12 Hours at Tampa
- Three Finds in Three Weeks at John Wayne Airport
- Bomb Appraisal Officer has Impressive Resume
- 'Eagle Eye' Awarded TSO for Gun Discovery
- 'Switched-On' TSOs Thwart Theft at Checkpoint
- Web Cast on Evolution of Security Blog
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