TSA VIPR Teams in Greyhound Bus Station Tampa FL 02/16/2010

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15 Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams
dedicated to guarding surface transportation. The VIPR teams contain multi-skilled resources, including Transportation Security Inspectors, canine teams, Transportation Security Officers, Bomb Detection Officers, and Federal Air Marshals. These teams enhance the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) ability to screen passengers, identify suspicious behavior, and act as a visible deterrent to potential
terrorists in surface transportation environments.

TSA received funding to support ten dedicated Visible
Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams. These teams are co-located within existing Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) field offices in the following locations:
—Boston, MA
—Chicago, IL
—Denver, CO
—Detroit, MI
—Houston, TX
—Los Angeles, CA
—Miami, FL
—New York, NY
—Seattle, WA
—Washington, DC

The ten teams funded in fiscal year have conducted a total 1,437 VIPR operations with 848 (59 percent) in the surface modes and 589 (41 percent) in the aviation mode.

TSA plans to establish 15 additional VIPR Teams within existing FAMS field offices and Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) offices in the following locations:
—Newark, NJ
—Philadelphia, PA
—Charlotte, NC
—Pittsburgh, PA
—Cleveland, OH
—Atlanta, GA
—Orlando, FL
—Dallas, TX
—Las Vegas, NV
—Minneapolis, MN
—Cincinnati, OH
—San Francisco, CA
—San Diego, CA
—Phoenix, AZ
—Tampa, FL

TSA is committed to both maintaining the number of surface missions that are accomplished with existing teams and augmenting missions in surface through increased surface operations conducted by the new teams. TSA estimates that it will be possible to add approximately 2,155 additional surface operations.


DNDO has approximately $120 million in prior year funds to procure RPM units. After ASP detectors have been certified for deployment, approximately 50 units will be acquired. In addition, prior year funds will also be used to procure handheld radiation detection equipment for the Coast Guard and TSA's Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams.

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[navilor]

Nineteen Eight Four was a warning not an instruction manual.

[biostewie]

I would rather be blown up than have my privacy violated.

[Jason Wolfe]

I went through that station and it was very obviously established to shit on poor people's civil liberties in the name of national security. I've traveled all over the world by plane and I've never been searched and degraded like I was in that place. I hope we can reverse this trend.

[VirtualMerit66]

OH HOW WONDERFUL!!! Their going to keep our families safe! It's okay I didn't like the fourth amendment anyway! :)

[ddaavvee2381]

4409 where's your papers

[ddaavvee2381]

New world order in effect. We the people are screwed

[teerexness]

You are correct. I should have said, remember these things when FURTHER fear mongering to take your liberties away starts.

[Randy Savage]

Starts? Dude, this shit is well underway and you can see by the way the GOP treated Ron Paul and his supporters that they won't let you vote for change. The starting is over. We are in the quickening phase now.

[teerexness]

They always do, don't they? And before the camera rolls, I think they give them a big fluoride Slushy to prevent any "thoughts" from occurring.

[teerexness]

More people died in vehicle accidents than from "terr" during the month of September, 2001 and every month since. You are more likely to die of a bee sting, peanut allergy or lightning strike. Remember these things when the fear mongering to take your liberties away starts. All those people behind the microphone and the camera should be seized as traitors to the republic and should be treated as such.

[Twinkier1]

Did they find the stupidest guy they could locate to interview?

[bloodguzzler]

Intruction manual for some; warning for many