United States Federal Protective Service

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The United States Federal Protective Service (FPS) commonly referred to as the Federal Police is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Federal Protective Service is also the federal agency charged with protecting and delivering integrated law enforcement, investigative, and security services to federal property, critical infrastructure, federal employees, and large scale public events. This responsibility is perhaps the most public-facing role, however, it is just one of many law enforcement responsibilities entrusted to the agents of FPS. FPS is a federal law enforcement agency which employs approximately 900 law enforcement officers who receive their initial training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). New FPS law enforcement personnel receive over 26 weeks of training at FLETC, making the FPS training program the longest program at FLETC. Following FLETC graduation, new FPS law enforcement agents go through...

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