Airway and Transit Policing
The Airway and Transit Policing topic is aimed at the law enforcers who keep our transit systems safe.
A flight attendant forgot to take a gun out of her purse before leaving for work
More than 4 pounds of methamphetamine was disguised as dozens of candy bars
The Oregon state Supreme Court has ruled that nudity is protected speech
CCTV video from the Civic Center station shows a former officer arrive by train and fire a fatal shot
Transit police staff discovered a picture of the sleeping officer that a passenger posted to Twitter
Child unknowingly had gun parts and ammunition hidden inside stuffed animals
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task force worked with the Phoenix Police Department to screen the plane
You have to let your mind go into the deepest, darkest hole of pure evil in order to truly imagine those “worst of the worst” plans the opposition might dream up
Officer Johannes Mehserle served a two-year prison sentence after testifying he mistook his gun for his TASER
Man “disrobed completely naked” while going through a security screening area
Authorities say man accepted cash from a trafficker to ensure that the trafficker would not be stopped by TSA officers
American Airlines pilot told agent and colleagues to tone down a profanity- laced conversation
Pilot came out of the cockpit and began screaming about a bomb
What has spurred some controversy with the public is the way in which the subject is brought to a holding area
SEPTA is the nation’s sixth-largest public transportation system
Police are investigating whether there are ways to make the airport more secure
Police: The suspected gunman died of a gunshot wound to the head, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether the officers killed him or he shot himself
At a news conference Monday, Vancouver police responded publicly to a lawsuit filed last week
Authorities say two TSA officers swiped cash after spotting it in a piece of luggage
City Hall has fired Marvin Ditkowsky, an 87-year-old Department of Aviation police officer at O’Hare Airport
The TSA says the device initially just appeared to be a flashlight
A man pointed two pistols at officers, a Fraternal Order of Police spokesman said
Sr. Cpl. Samuel Hussey, assigned to the Dallas Police Department’s Narcotics Division, was wounded when a suspect on board an idling train fired at three plainclothes officers
Replica weapons have been banned since 2002
The agency that oversees the San Francisco area transit system is authorizing police to turn off wireless communications in train stations
An off-duty New York City police officer subdued and handcuffed an intoxicated passenger
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