VIPR Teams Deploy to General Aviation Airports
Visible Intermodal Prevention Response (VIPR) teams may be paying a visit to your local general avaition airport in the near future. Authorized for deployment under H.R. 1, signed into law last summer, these teams can be composed of Federal Air Marshals (FAMs), TSA security officers, TSA inspectors, TSA-certified explosives detection canine teams and your local law enforcement officers. The purpose behind these deployments is to serve as a visible deterrent to terrorists and enhance the security at the airport.
The authority to conduct the program at GA airports stems from the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107-71). The VIPR teams are not a no-notice program. Your local FAMS or Federal Security Director should be providing both airport management and local law enforcement with advance notice of their plans to deploy to an airport. To read more about the TSA's plan for general aviation and VIPR teams, go to the link below.
TSA's Aviation Modal Annex
As we hear more about this program, we'll get it posted for you here.
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Keeping public support of general aviation requires a balance of enthusiasm and security vigilence. Without general aviation, where would all of the hometown airshows be?
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Here is the Planehook lesson plan for the recurrent Flight School Security Awareness training.
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Planehook provides its clients with terrorism liability protection. That's because Planehook President Dave Hook is a member of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) and is certified as a Physical Security Professional, or PSP.
In July 2006 the Department of Homeland Security conferred "designated" status to ASIS for the training and certification processes required of its certified members. These certified members are now granted "presumption of dismissal" in federal court for law suits concerning their certifications resulting from terrorist attacks. These protections not only cover the certified member, but also their employer and their clients. For more information concerning the SAFETY Act, click on
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Planehook is proud to provide this coverage to our clients at no additional charge. This is our way of staying current and relevant in the security field so that we may better serve the security needs of general aviation.
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