Federal Protective Service (United States)

Federal Protective Service
Common name	Federal Protective Service
Abbreviation	FPS
Patch of the Federal Protective Service
Flag of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Motto	"Secure Facilities, Safe Occupants"
Agency overview
Formed	1971
Employees	2,100
Annual budget	$1.3 billion (est.) (2013)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	United States
Legal jurisdiction	Throughout the United States, 11 Regions Nationwide, U.S. Government Law Enforcement Interests
Governing body	United States Government
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Sworn members	1,200 enforcement personnel
Agency executive	Director, L. Eric Patterson, Director
Parent agency	National Protection and Programs Directorate
Website
https://www.dhs.gov/federal-protective-service

The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is the police division of the National Protection and Programs Directorate of the United States Department of Homeland Security. FPS is "the federal agency charged with protecting and delivering integrated law enforcement and security services to facilities owned or leased by the General Services Administration (GSA)"—over 9,000 buildings—and their occupants.

The FPS is a federal law enforcement agency, and employs approximately 900 law enforcement officers. FPS provides integrated law enforcement and security services to U.S. Federal buildings, courthouses, and other properties administered by the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). To support that mission, FPS contracts with private security firms to provide 13,000 contract Armed Protective Security Officers (PSO) providing access control and security response within federal facilities. They also enforce U.S. Title 18 throughout the nation. They are given 3 weeks of training under FPS. FPS also protects other properties as authorized and carries out various other activities for the promotion of homeland security as the Secretary of Homeland Security may prescribe, to include providing a uniformed police response to National Security Special Events, and national disasters.

The FPS (Federal Protective Service) was formerly a part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement until October 2009, when it was transferred to the National Protection and Programs Directorate.

The Federal Protective Service is a branch of the National Protection and Programs Directorate and a headquarters component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As the police force of the Secretary of Homeland Security, FPS is responsible for policing, securing and ensuring a safe environment in which federal agencies can conduct their business. FPS does this by investigating threats posed against over 9,000 federal facilities nationwide, while being deployed at 2,300 of them.