No they aren't. Even though they wear sweaters that are of a similar maroon color, they are not TSA and they don't pretend to be. What they do is sit around and talk to each other or folks on their cell phones. And, on occasion, they look at an ID to make sure that there is a name on it that is similar to one on a BP. If you do not have ID travelling domestically you can travel, but you are always subject to secondary screening, not that there is all that much value in those extra screenings, but that is a different story.