Success Stories: DHS, TSA Commitment to Safety for Passengers

Objective: Continue to Protect our Nation from Dangerous People

Situation		Action
Despite five year, $20 Billion overhaul of passenger screening, TSA "personnel are failing at the job" Increase in flights, record number of passengers 'Last line of defense' is rising to the occasion Los Angeles, CA: Vigilance by officers pays off		Feb 22, 2007: Officer Larry Farmer spots unattended bag outside an unpopulated gate Secures the bag, reports it to TSA management Mar 6, 2007: Officer Emilio Martinez performs a secondary screening due to alert from his wand Notifies supervisor, initiates an investigation
Result
Suspicious bag reveals $18,900 in cash TSA and FBI work together to return contents to owner who is 'amazed at the integrity of TSA' Discovery of metal by TSA in passenger's mid-section used to probe U.S. screening procedures Without sense of awareness and commitment to the job, the passenger could have boarded aircraft…		Mar 23, 2007: Secretary Chertoff congratulates Emilio Martinez and Larry Farmer (right) of the Transportation Security Agency while in Los Angeles. Federal Security Director Larry Fetters looks on.
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