TSA VIPR Teams Test Nuclear-detection Devices at DIA
December 18, 2009 by national
Filed under Emergency Preparedness
Teams of federal security officers that routinely patrol transportation venues to combat possible terrorist threats have added the capability of detecting nuclear materials that might be part of a so-called dirty bomb, Homeland Security officials say.
On Thursday, the TSA completed a three-day exercise at Denver International Airport aimed at training the agency’s “VIPR” teams in the use of nuclear and radiological detection equipment, said Robert Selby, assistant to the special agent in charge of the Federal Air Marshal Service’s Denver field office.
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