Courtesy D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles.
TSA agents will now be reminded daily that a D.C. license is a valid form of identification after a series of embarrassing events.
In a release, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says “all three D.C. licenses currently in circulation [will be] part of the daily transportation security officers’ (TSOs) shift briefings. TSA will also hold a new four-hour training for travel document checkers (TDCs), supervisors, and TSOs in September; an hour will be devoted to identification of licenses, and will include images of the three current D.C. licenses in circulation.”
Norton’s latest meeting with TSA officials followed a July incident in Orlando, where an agent, who was apparently unaware D.C. is part of the U.S., questioned WFTV correspondent Justin Gray’s license.
“D.C. residents were caught short when their licenses were questioned,” Norton said in a release. “Residents are sensitive about invidious treatment, considering what Congress throws at them. I appreciate the remedial actions led by top officials at the TSA.”