Transportation Security Officer
SPRING BREAK UNDER SIEGE: Democrats’ Reckless DHS Shutdown is Forcing TSA Officers to Work Without Pay and Holding American Travelers Hostage
Due to the Democrat-led shutdown of the DHS, Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) and other TSA roles critical to national safety at our nation’s airports are going without pay for the third time in nearly six months.
S&T Behavior Detection Visual Search Task Analysis Project Visual Search Battery Report
Approximately 1.2 million people fly within the United States every day. To keep these passengers safe, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employs a multilayer security system to ensure that the traveling public and the nation’s transportation systems are protected. The Behavior Detection (BD) program serves an essential function in this multilayered security approach. Unique from other security capabilities within the TSA security system, the BD program, which was previously reserved for Behavior Detection Officers (BDOs) but is now comprised of Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) as well, trains officers to identify anomalous behaviors by observing passengers and comparing what they see to an established behavioral baseline. The goal of the program is to identify high-risk travelers and subject them to additional screening. This report describes the results of an empirical study that addressed these research goals and furthered DHS S&T’s understanding of the visual search process required for successful BD performance.
S&T Next Generation Passenger Checkpoint Program Fact Sheet
S&T is developing the NexGen threat detection system for TSA passenger checkpoints.