TSA's Challenges With Passenger Screening Canine Teams (Redacted)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) cannot show deployment and use of its Passenger Screening Canine (PSC) teams provide effective security at passenger screening checkpoints. Specifically, TSA: has not determined the number of teams needed to provide security and mitigate risks because it does not identify and document mission needs, capability gaps, and operational goals for deploying the teams; may not be allocating PSC teams to the highest risk airports because it does not properly justify and document allocation decisions, has not determined whether the limited use of PSC teams provides sufficient security because it cannot justify the teams as the best, most cost-effective checkpoint security; and cannot be assured airports are using PSC teams properly because it does not adequately oversee TSA management operations at airports.