Crime & Safety
Former Deputy Police Chief Says He Was Unfairly Detained at Airport: Report
Hassan Aden, a law enforcement consultant, served as an officer with the Alexandria police for about 25 years.

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A former deputy chief of the Alexandria Police Department says he was unfairly detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport on March 13 upon returning from visiting his mother in Paris, according to media reports
Hassan Aden, 52, said he was detained for about 90 minutes on March 13 by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the airport in New York City, and he believes his detention was unreasonable. A customs officer told him that his name had been used as an alias by someone on a watch list.
Aden served with the Alexandria Police Department for 25 years, and as chief of police in Greenville, North Carolina, for two years, according to media reports. He currently owns a law enforcement consulting firm in Alexandria.
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Aden, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, described his experience in a Facebook post on Saturday, radio station WTOP reported. He said he supports the officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, but he felt that his 90-minute detention was unreasonable and may have violated the Fourth Amendment.
A spokesman for the Customs and Border Patrol Agency said it doesn’t comment on individual cases, according to WTOP.
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The incident occurred as the administration of President Donald Trump attempts to impose a travel ban on visitors from several Muslim countries. The administration's efforts have been challenged and blocked in federal courts.
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