PAPBA News

Recently, Port Authority Police Officer Anthony Amelio responded to Terminal 1 at JFK International Airport for a TSA report of an individual of concern. Once on scene, Amelio was informed of an 18-year-old man whom TSA said was acting erratically. Amelio interviewed the man and, based on that interview, requested EMS to evaluate him. EMS responded and transported the man to a hospital. A few days later, Amelio saw an article in the New York Post about a 29-year-old woman who was the victim of an unprovoked stabbing at a bus stop in East Elmhurst, Queens. The article included a photo of the suspect taken from surveillance video provided by the New York City Police Department. Read More

The members of the Port Authority PBA are saddened by the deaths of the two Air Canada Flight 8646 pilots and offer their sincere condolences to their families. The Port Authority PBA is also grateful that the Port Authority police officer and sergeant are in stable condition, and we hope for their complete recoveries. On Sunday, March 22, at the LaGuardia Airport, police officers from the Port Authority Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter (ARFF) Unit were responding to an aircraft emergency as they approached Runway 4. Truck 1 was in the lead and received instruction from Air Traffic Control for the ARFF Unit to cross the runway. As Truck 1 began crossing, it was struck by Air Canada Flight 8646. Read More

On Friday morning, March 20, Port Authority police were notified of two women threatening passengers with a knife aboard a Newark-to-World Trade Center PATH train. Read More

On Friday, March 20, PAPD officers at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, received a report of a gun aboard a Greyhound bus on the lower level of the terminal’s south wing. Officers secured the firearm and interviewed the driver, who provided suspect information. As officers canvassed the area, Police Officer Matthew Wiessensee located and detained a 39-year-old Massachusetts man for investigation. Read More