By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ever search under your sofa cushions for change and find enough money for lunch? The change adds up. It did in a big way for the TSA last year, when travelers abandoned more than $635,000 in coins in the bins and bowls at airport checkpoints in 2013, The Business Insider reports….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents in Arizona have been advised they are under no obligation to arrest drunken drivers and will face no consequences for letting the suspects go, CBS5 reports. A training memo that has been circulating among agents reminded them that they have no legal authority to arrest someone for breaking…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jennifer Weaver couldn’t believe what happened when she told a Border Patrol agent at a checkpoint in Texas that she had two pistols in her glove compartment with the proper concealed-handgun license in her purse. The Arizona Republic reports that Weaver was forced to the ground and was held for an…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com People living in a small Arizona town about 20 miles north of the Mexico border are growing increasingly angry about the presence of the Border Patrol. The Associated Press reports that resident of Arivaca are protesting a checkpoint where they say residents’ rights are being violated. Residents also are monitoring interactions between…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What are the most efficient and headache-inducing airport checkpoints in the nation? The USA Today sought to find out by asking frequent flyers to voluntarily rate checkpoints for efficiency. The results were subjective and varied by traveler. Some targeted Orlando, Los Angeles and Raleigh, NC, as the least efficient airport checkpoint. One…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com You’d think just two weeks after the 10th Anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, people would be conscious about bringing guns to airports. You’d think. But nooo. As part of ticklethewire.com’s occasional check up on guns at airports, we found that 20 firearms were found at airport checkpoints in the U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Minnetta Walker of the Transportation Security Administration lost her moral compass — or perhaps she never had one, authorities allege. The TSA behavioral detection officer at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, who is supposed to walk around and look for suspicious behavior, was arrested Tuesday and charged with providing info to drug…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The holiday week from June 29 to July 5 brought more than fireworks and hotdogs. The Transportation Security Administration reported finding 25 firearms at airport checkpoints around the nation during that period. Also during that time, six passengers were arrested for suspicious behavior or for fraudulent travel documents, the…
