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Transportation Security Administration Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service | |
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Common name | Federal Air Marshal Service |
Abbreviation | OLE/FAMS or FAMS |
Motto | Invisus, Inauditus, Impavidus (English: "Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid") |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1961 |
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Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | United States |
Operations jurisdiction | United States |
Legal jurisdiction | Transportation systems |
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Operational structure | |
Federal Air Marshals | 3,000 (estimated) [1][2] |
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Parent agency | Transportation Security Administration |
Programs | List |
Divisions | List
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The exact number of Federal Air Marshals is considered sensitive security information by TSA.[2] |
- ^ Nixon, Ron (April 25, 2018). "Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
It has since grown from about a dozen air marshals to a force that officials have said numbers about 3,000
- ^ a b "Survey of Federal Civilian Law Enforcement Functions and Authorities" (PDF). GAO.gov. Government Accountability Office. December 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
Excluded from the total is the number of Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Federal Air Marshals, which is Sensitive Security Information (SSI).