POLICE Department

Airport-IAH

The Airport–IAH Division is based at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Operations consist of 24/7 police support by patrolling passenger screening checkpoints, boarding gates, and anywhere else in the terminals where there might be a breach of security, weapons, bomb threat or other threat to safety and security. The division has traditional patrol functions, as well as additional security functions that are mandated by the federal government. The division services the airport and the immediate surrounding areas, District 21. The division has three specialized units that work cooperatively to prevent and deter terrorism while providing a high level of quality police patrol and support for the traveling public and aviation community.

The Airport–IAH Division is based at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Operations consist of 24/7 police support by patrolling passenger screening checkpoints, boarding gates, and anywhere else in the terminals where there might be a breach of security, weapons, bomb threat or other threat to safety and security.

The division has traditional patrol functions, as well as additional security functions that are mandated by the federal government. The division services the airport and the immediate surrounding areas, District 21.

The division has three specialized units that work cooperatively to prevent and deter terrorism while providing a high level of quality police patrol and support for the traveling public and aviation community. These specialized units include Criminal Investigations, which follows up on most airport-related criminal cases, Tactical Bike Patrol, and Explosive Detection Canine, which provides teams of federally-certified explosives detection canines and their handlers to respond to calls regarding suspicious bags and bomb threats, proactive patrols and sweeps, and dignitary protection.