The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has established a new security initiative aimed at further enhancing airport airside and perimeter security.
The Airside Vulnerability Reduction Team programme will strengthen the coordination of work by TSA, law enforcement and airline and airport security partners to reduce vulnerabilities to airport airside operations.
The new initiative will be headed by Willie Williams, who has served as Federal Security Director at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport since the start of TSA operations there in 2002.
The TSA hopes to strengthen the relationships with local law enforcement and airline and airport security partners, to better leverage existing resources to address potential security threats.
In leading the new project, Williams also will serve as TSA's national liaison to law enforcement organisations across the country.
By Elizabeth Clifford-Marsh
