FPS

JUST A BLOGGER WITH CURIOUS EYES HONORING LAW OFFICERS IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

You may see these officers mainly in disastrous areas where law and order has been broken (For Example: during the time of hurricane 2005Katrina in Louisiana)

The Federal Protective Service (FPS), a component of the Protective and Programs Directorate within the Department of Homeland Security, provides essential law enforcement services to buildings, properties, facilities and other assets that are owned or leased by the federal government

To prevent, protect, respond to and recover from terrorism, criminal acts, and other hazards threatening the U.S. Government’s critical infrastructure, services, and the people who provide or receive them

Protective Services of FPS

• ·      Conducting Facility Security Assessments
• ·      Designing countermeasures for tenant agencies
• ·      Maintaining uniformed law enforcement presence
• ·      Maintaining armed contract security guards
• ·      Performing background suitability checks for contract employees
• ·      Offering special operations including K-9 explosive detection
• ·      Monitoring security alarms via centralized communication centers
• ·      Conducting criminal investigations
• ·      Sharing intelligence among local/state/federal
• ·      Protecting special events
• ·      Training federal tenants in crime prevention and occupant emergency planning