Melvin Carraway
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Acting Administrator of The Transportation Security Administration removed from office after a report found agents failed to find fake explosives and weapons in internal tests.
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Melvin Carraway became Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration in January 2015. He led a 60,000-strong workforce, the security operations of more than 450 airports throughout the United States, the Federal Air Marshal Service, and shared security for highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines,[1] but was removed from office after a report found Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents failed to find fake explosives and weapons in internal tests.
Education
Carraway earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Heidelberg College.[1]
Career
Carraway began his civilian public service career in 1979 as an officer with the Indiana State Police. As an ISP major, he was appointed as the Director of the Indiana State Emergency Management Agency. Carraway rose through the ranks and was appointed as the ISP Superintendent in 1997. He retired from the ISP in 2004.[1]
In 2004, Carraway joined TSA as the Federal Security Director at the Albuquerque International Airport in New Mexico. Carraway also held various positions within the Offices of Security Operations and the Law Enforcement-Federal Air Marshal Service.[1]
Carraway served as Deputy Administrator beginning July 2014. He became Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration between January and June 2015.[1][2]
Carraway was removed from office in June, effective immediately, after a report found Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents failed to find fake explosives and weapons in internal tests at almost all of America’s busiest airports. Carraway was being reassigned to another area of the DHS.[3]
References
- ↑ a b c d e https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20150513/103460/HHRG-114-GO00-Wstate-CarrawayM-20150513.pdf
- ↑ https://www.dhs.gov/news/2015/06/01/statement-secretary-jeh-c-johnson-inspector-general-findings-transportation-security
- ↑ https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/243716-acting-tsa-chief-ousted-after-security-test-failures/
