They provide a wide range of law enforcement duties and responsibilities including patrol, investigation, traffic flow management, and control and response to airport emergencies.
Officers can be found at security gates, throughout the terminal area, and around the airport’s perimeter.
[2] In some cases, airport police are branches of larger general purposes agencies.
"Airport Safety Officers," are cross-trained in Fire, Emergency Medical Services, law enforcement, and even military units.
Airport Police Departments are represented in the United States by a membership organization called ALEAN or the Airport Law Enforcement Agencies Network.