by Jeff Price | Nov 2, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
I have spent the better part of the day talking to various media outlets about the shooting at Los Angeles international Airport. First, our thoughts go out to the TSA and other personnel who were injured and particularly the Behavior Detection Officer who died in the...
by Jeff Price | Oct 25, 2013 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
To compare air cargo security prior to 9/11 and post-9/11 is like comparing apples to automobile parts. Airport security has traditionally been focused on protecting the highest value target on the airfield which is the passenger jet. There have been very few...
by Jeff Price | Oct 21, 2013 | Aircraft Lasing, Aviation Security
You may have heard recently about the lasing incidents taking place at LaGuardia Airport, and if you haven’t, check this link. Or, if you don’t like checking links, here’s the short version: Several aircraft have been hit with lasers while on...
by Jeff Price | Oct 7, 2013 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Unaccompanied Minor
News is breaking today about a nine-year-old boy who slipped through security and made it on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas. You will soon hear that the individual slipped through “airport” security but that is not entirely accurate. I am careful...
by Jeff Price | Sep 20, 2013 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
In 2012, the issue of perimeter security made headlines numerous times. From a jet-skier swimming to shore and accessing the ramp at JFK, to a drunk driver slamming through the perimeter gates at Phoenix-Sky Harbor, to a former airline pilot jumping the fence...
by Jeff Price | Sep 17, 2013 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security
It is ironic that today’s topic may relate directly to the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard. If passenger screening is the front door, then airport access control and credentialing programs represent the back door to the aviation security system. From...
