Federal Protective Service: Secure Facilities, Safe Occupants

The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is headed by retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, Gary Schenkel.

Mission Statement

The FPS mission is to render federal properties safe and secure for federal employees, officials and visitors in a professional and cost effective manner by deploying a highly trained and multi-disciplined police force.

How We Work

The FPS has established itself as the center of expertise for physical security operations and offers a comprehensive blanket of protection that cuts across all of government. From the installation of alarm systems, x-rays, magnetometers and entry control systems, to monitoring those systems 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing uniformed police response and investigative follow-up, the FPS is organized to protect and serve. The provision of contract security guard services, crime prevention seminars tailored to individual agency and employee needs, facility security surveys, integrating intelligence gathering and sharing, and maintaining special operations capabilities all serve to make the FPS a world class security force.

What FPS does every day embodies the spirit of DHS, and the agency contributes to the DHS goals of awareness, prevention, protection, response, recovery service and organizational excellence. This year the FPS' contributions to fulfilling ICE and DHS mission goals include:

• Providing a visible, uniformed police presence and approximately 15,000 armed contract security officers at 9,000 federal facilities/complexes throughout the nation
• Expanding networks of contacts in the intelligence gathering community enabling FPS to collaborate and share criminal intelligence and law enforcement sensitive information with more than 1,500 law enforcement officers through the pilot program associated with the FPS Secure Web Portal
• Disseminating law enforcement information via daily tactical and operational intelligence reports such as the FPS Virtual Roll Call, broadcast to FPS and 200 federal, state, and local agencies
• Providing police emergency and special security services to support Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during natural disasters
• Providing operational and law enforcement support for special events, such as terrorism trials, anti-war protests, frequent tabletop exercises including TOPOFF and TOPOFF 2, World Trade Organization meetings, Free Trade of the Americas Summit, the G-8 Summit
• Outfitting and initiating classes in the new FPS Physical Security Academy building at FLETC to enhance training of the FPS Police and Inspector force
• Expanding, improving, and standardizing the Mega Center communications and dispatch operations

Resources

• FPS Strategic Plan (PDF | 1.29 MB)
• FPS Personal Security Guide (PDF | 546 KB)
• FPS Stakeholder Newsletters
  • September 2007 (PDF | 1 MB)
  • January 2008 (PDF | 320 KB)
  • February 2008 (PDF | 336 KB)
  • July 2008 (PDF | 2.4 MB)
• Fact Sheets