CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

Editor's note: Radio grabs from Acting Commander Rowena Penfold and images from the NOSSC are available via Hightail.

Twenty-one thousand-plus incidents, 16,000 phone calls and more than 1000 people charged with about 1300 offences. And that's in just one year.

When it comes to keeping Australia's aviation industry flying high - safely - there are certainly no quiet days for the AFP. And the action often begins with the ring of a telephone.

Airport Watch - 131 237 (131 AFP) - is the hotline people can call to report something dangerous, suspicious or potentially harmful in one of the airports currently designated for AFP security oversight, being Ade...