Federal Protective Service (FPS)

Mission

The mission of the Federal Protective Service (FPS) is to provide law enforcement and security services to over one million tenants and daily visitors to all federally owned and leased facilities nationwide. FPS focuses directly on the interior security of the nation and the reduction of crimes and potential threats to federal facilities throughout the nation.

Protection Services to all Federal facilities throughout the United States and its territories, which include:

• Providing a visible uniformed police presence.
• Management and oversight of 10,000 armed contract security guards.
• Responding to criminal incidents and emergencies with full law enforcement authority.
• Authority to detain and arrest individuals and seize goods or vehicles.
• Comprehensive intelligence sharing capability at the federal, state and local levels.
• Participation in national and local Federal Anti-terrorism Task Forces.
• Specialized response capabilities - Canine and Weapons of Mass Destruction Teams.
• Providing protection during demonstrations, protests and acts of civil unrest.
• Investigating criminal incidents.
• Continuous monitoring of building alarms/emergencies through four FPS MegaCenters.
• Conducting building vulnerability and security assessments.
• Implementating appropriate security threat countermeasures.
• Purchasing/installing/monitoring security equipment and enhancements to designated buildings.
• Police emergency services in natural disasters, civil disturbances and terrorist actions.
• Protection support for special events: Olympics, Kentucky Derby and Presidential Inaugurals.
• Chairing the Interagency Security Committee to establish government-wide security policy.
• Presenting formal crime prevention/security awareness presentations to the federal population.
• Conducting background suitability determinations and adjudications for contract security guards and GSA daycare workers.
• Providing Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support.

New FPS Initiatives include:

• Deployment of additional weapons capabilities needed to respond to an increased threat.
• Increased participation in the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force operations nationwide.
• Improved intelligence gathering and sharing capability.
• Expansion of FPS' national MegaCenter alarm monitoring and dispatch operations to all DHS components.
• Resurgence of the government-wide role of the Federal Interagency Security Committee.
• Extending FPS Physical Security Academy training to other ICE components.