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Yes, the airport PD and the Ops Dept work closely together on requests like this - on bad weeks it's a daily occurrence.
Saizai is correct but I have a little quibble with the apparent emphasis in his comments - you must be sure to send the request to the Airport. Do not rely on sending it to the TSA. While it is good practice to send a copy of the request to the TSA and the PD to put them on notice, it is the Airport Operator and specifically the Operations Department that controls the video and who must actually produce the footage.
Note that at some airports the PD may be a completely separate entity from the Airport Operator.
And as Saizai points out - when TSA fails to comply with the law the only recourse for remedy (usually an unsatisfactory one if eventually you prevail) is a lawsuit.
There's a tweet stream on @TSA* concerning someone who tried to get CCTV coverage of checkpoint but apparently applied to TSA and was denied due to "security reasons". TSA out and out lied to him and then fined him $10,500, which he paid! (if tweet stream is accurate)
Actually, it started on @TSA but then went private because @TSA does not allow the posting of links to other sites.