Airway and Transit Policing
The Airway and Transit Policing topic is aimed at the law enforcers who keep our transit systems safe.
As we approach the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it is a very useful exercise to remind ourselves about some of the most basic — and most visible — signs which can help police officers thwart a plot
We’ve had dozens of attempted attacks by radicalized Islamist terrorists here in the United States since 9/11, and only in the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was there any degree of ‘success’ on the part of the attacker
Hundreds of thousands of cops have been impacted by a seminar that began with a dozen officers crammed into an elementary school classroom
Detective wrote that suspect’s behavior was “consistent with someone who intended to hijack an aircraft”
Richard Donohue Jr. returned to work Friday after more than two years of recovery — with a promotion
A law enforcement official at Los Angeles International Airport says a live stick of dynamite was accidentally left on an old plane at an airport museum
8-minute pursuit started when an airport police officer tried to stop a car with its bumper dragging
Customs officials at Kennedy International Airport say they discovered shrink-wrapped cylinders in the underwear of a Colombian man
Federal Railroad Administration has called for police departments nationwide to add patrols and issue more citations as the first step in a safety campaign
Richard White, 63, had been shot Friday night as he chased an unarmed TSA agent through a concourse full of frightened travelers
No officers were injured in the shooting
Bomb-sniffing dogs turned up nothing after the incident Thursday afternoon
Woman was uncooperative and combative and was dragged away “kicking and screaming”
“Misinformed announcement” near a boarding area apparently stemmed from a police pursuit of an unarmed driver that ended outside Terminal 2
A prisoner trying to escape while being transported through Terminal C at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport was shot by the officer who was escorting him
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said Monday that agents were investigating whether the threats came from the same person or from copycats
Protesters say the transit demonstration will kick off four days of action over the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend
Man’s behavior was “consistent with someone who intended to hijack an aircraft”
Bomb squad found containers of frozen urine in the vehicle of man who police say lunged at an officer with a knife and was fatally shot
Man lunged at an airport police officer with a knife during a confrontation
Officers returning from the funeral helped restrain an unruly passenger on a JetBlue Airways flight until the plane was diverted to Chicago
Pair of transit police officers rushed onto a downtown subway train on Christmas and helped make a special delivery
App will allow users to show digital license to law enforcement officers during traffic stops and at security checkpoints at Iowa airports
Police officers struggling to get through a chaotic scene aboard an Amtrak train in Michigan are being credited with preventing even more bloodshed
Safety officials say they’ve found two stun guns, a machete and other weapons in a man’s checked baggage at JFK Airport
Man fell naked through the ceiling of a women’s bathroom at Boston’s airport and then assaulted an elderly man
Man fell through the ceiling of a women’s bathroom at Logan Airport on Saturday, then ran out of the restroom and viciously assaulted an elderly man
A medical researcher at a renowned neurological hospital accused of pointing a loaded rifle toward a woman and her teen daughter won’t face charges
Busiest terminal at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was on lockdown for more than 3 hours Thursday as police searched for a suspect in a shooting
The fight started on the flight because one passenger was using the Knee Defender, a gadget that attaches to a passenger’s tray table and prevents the person in front of them from reclining
Man accused of posing as a TSA agent and privately screening 2 women at the San Francisco International Airport will not face charges
Medical researcher was arrested last month after police say he pointed a loaded rifle toward a woman and her daughter inside Phoenix’s main airport
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