Baton Rouge TSO Finds Loaded Handgun in Maintenance Worker's Vehicle
News & Happenings
December 18, 2007
TSO Antoinette Ewing
TSA's Aviation Direct Access Screening Program (ADASP) involves random and unpredictable screening of employees and contractors who work in secure areas of airports.
During a recent ADASP inspection at Baton Rouge (La.) Metropolitan Airport, Transportation Security Officer Antoinette Ewing conducted a routine ID check of a vehicle belonging to an aircraft maintenance contractor. While searching the vehicle, Ewing discovered a loaded .38 caliber revolver under the driver's side front seat.
Baton Rouge police were notified and the contractor was escorted from the secure area of the airport. The contractor faces a civil penalty as a result of the discovery.
Johnny Eason, acting federal security director for Baton Rouge, praised Ewing's discovery. Ewing has been with TSA since it started operations in Baton Rouge in 2002.
