CCTV At Airports Gets $7.7 Million

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to install $7.7 million worth of new CCTV systems at several airports across the country.

The airports include Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Spokane International, Gerald R. Ford International and Boise, Idaho.

The fund will be provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The closed circuit surveillance systems will provide the airports with a high level of threat detection and will enhance emergency response and risk mitigation.

Closed circuit surveillance systems are used at hundreds of airports across the country, and TSA has collaborated individually with 62 airports nationwide to expand these sophisticated and integrated security networks.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Obama on Feb. 19, committed more than $3 billion for homeland security projects through DHS and the General Services Administration (GSA). Of the $1 billion allocated to TSA for aviation security projects, $700 million is dedicated to screening checked baggage and $300 million is allocated for checkpoint explosives detection technology.

To learn more about ARRA projects, visit www.dhs.gov/recovery.