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Passenger Misses Flight After TSA Doesn’t Have Female Screeners Channel 7 News, January 9, 2012: ”If you’re at the airport and your flight is delayed, the golden rule is don’t leave the boarding area,” said Jeff Price, an aviation security expert with Metro State University of Denver. “Just as easy as a flight can be delayed, it can be back on time or less delayed.”

More Private Screeners to Be Allowed at U.S. Airports Under Bill Bloomberg News, Feb 5, 2012: ““They’ve been trying to force the door open for several years,” Jeff Price, a Denver-based consultant who has written a textbook on aviation security, said of U.S. lawmakers. “It reverses the burden of proof. It is definitely trying to checkmate the TSA.”

Qantas gives cash payouts to passengers hurt on flight Overhead Bin, MSNBC, December 30, 2011: “A payout like this is not unusual,” said Jeff Price

Hangars take flight after accusing GJ Airport of fencing off business NBC Channel 11 News, Grand Junction CO, October 14, 2011:  The airport hired a third party security expert Jeff Price, from Denver, to examine possible alternate routesfor security, besides the fence. Price suggested leaving the gates open during business hours, but that plan was rejected by the TSA. “They disapproved formally in writing. So it didn’t leave many options after that,” says Price.

Local experts respond after passenger strip searched Denver 9 News, September 14, 2011: Visual targeting for airport security is around to stay.

Colorado Airports Take Heed Of Small Plane Warning CBS Denver Channel 4, September 6, 2011: “The small aircraft with even a small amount of explosives on board, or even no explosives on board, crashing into a stadium, an open-air stadium like we have here at Mile High; that’s going to cause some casualties,” Price said.

Vance Brand Airport open house draws a steady crowd: Dozens of Longmonters showed up for details of potential runway expansion Longmont Times Call Sept 29, 2011: Aviation consultant Jeff Price…discuss(es) what type of aircraft Amgen and Seagate executives use.

The 9/11 Commission Report: Aviation Security This Week @Metro Spet 8, 2011: It’s three years later and “The 9/11 Commission Report” is out. Are we any safer? Have we learned anything? Will we do anything different to prevent the next 9/11?” – Report by Jeff Price

9/11 10 years on: Airport security still not as good as it could be Flight International Sept 6, 2011: ”For airport security pre-9/11, the technology was 1970s. Post-9/11, it is 1990s, but it is not yet in the 21st century,” says Jeff Price, founder of consultancy Leading Edge Strategies and author of Practical Aviation Security. But he makes the point that “you can’t protect against every single thing unless you want no freedom”.

Arizonans Continue to Lose Faith in the Economy MyFoxPhoenix.com Aug 5, 2011: ”Congress they know how to manage a budget, but when they get together, they can’t do it collectively. Too much partisan politics involved,” says college professor Jeff Price.

Airport businesses say security fence isn’t going to fly KKCO-TV Grand Junction CO Jul 22, 2011, : ““The disadvantage the tenants have, is that they only have the ability to look at public regulations for airport security. They don’t have the ability to look at the sensitive security information,” says Jeff Price, of Leading Edge Strategies.”

Building a bomb-proof bag MSNBC July 12, 2011: “…the argument against their use is weight.”

TSA: Bombs may be implanted in humans by terrorists 9 News Denver July 7, 2011

Tech Talk With Craig Peterson May 29, 2011, Radio Interview with Jeff Price

Deregulating Airports: Some Say the Time Has Arrived CNBC May 18, 2011 “There’s no need for deregulation,” says Jeff Price, an associate professor at the Department of Aviation & Aerospace Science at The Metropolitan State …

After bin Laden’s death, travelers asked to be vigilant Denver 9 News -In response to the news of Osama bin Laden’s death: Price says to remember the goal of terrorism, like the name implies, is to instill terror. He says it’s incredibly important that citizens stay cautious without acting paranoid.

DIA Video Shows Concourse Where Assault Reported Denver Channel April 19, 2011 - “(That) doesn’t make the situation any less tragic. What it means is that’s probably not the right solution,” said Jeff Price. “And I can tell you right now, at every airport across the country, they’re addressing this issue. It opens up the aviation security spectrum to include crime.”

Reported DIA Sex Assault Captured On Security Cameras Denver Channel April 14, 2011

Indiana seeks to become player in cargo flights The Associated Press March 28, 2011

Scanners and pat-downs upset airline passengers The Associated Press November 16, 2010

United Airlines Merger Could Impact Denver KMGH Denver May 3, 2010

Foiled attack heightens airport security scrutiny BusinessInsurance.com

Volcanic cloud casts long shadow over U.S. travel Associated Press April 16, 2010