by Jeff Price | Dec 15, 2015 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, General Aviation Airport Security
The premiere of the seventh and likely the most highly anticipated installment of the Star Wars films, is bringing the fans and their costumes out in droves, but may also attract the wrong element. While I hate to be the guy that tosses a metaphorical wet blanket on...
by Jeff Price | Jun 3, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
The latest report about DHS red team personnel able to get prohibited items through screening checkpoints without being detected, an average of 95% of the time, is extraordinary. Even more extraordinary though is why the items were not being detected. According to the...
by Jeff Price | Mar 24, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, General Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Although the article states that airport police are a “patchwork” that doesn’t report to the TSA, lets remember a few things. TSA does not report to the Department of Justice and although the air marshals and a few other TSA employees do have police...
by Jeff Price | Mar 18, 2015 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats, General Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security
I was getting ready to slam Adam Minter here about this article, then I read through it carefully. He has several good points and from what I can tell, this is a fairly well researched piece. First, it’s hard to measure deterrence. Can anyone tell me how often a...
by Jeff Price | Mar 10, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security, Overview of Aviation Security, Policies and Procedures
It goes by many different names. Officially it is called the Access/ID Media, but there are various forms. There are badges that only identify the individual, then there are those that identify the individual and allow them to access doors and gates around the airport...
by Jeff Price | Feb 24, 2015 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, General Aviation Airport Security
Jeff Price, aviation security specialist and owner of Leading Edge Strategies of Arvada, CO has been appointed as a Board Member for the Safe Skies Alliance. The National Safe Skies Alliance (http://www.sskies.org/) is an FAA-funded, non-profit, membership-based...
