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|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization) | |OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization) | ||
|Mission=To ensure the security of approximately 9,000 federal facilities across the U.S., protecting federal property, employees, and visitors by providing law enforcement and security services. It focuses on preventing, protecting against, and responding to threats against federal buildings. | |Mission=To ensure the security of approximately 9,000 federal facilities across the U.S., protecting federal property, employees, and visitors by providing law enforcement and security services. It focuses on preventing, protecting against, and responding to threats against federal buildings. | ||
|ParentOrganization= | |ParentOrganization=Department of Homeland Security | ||
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|CreationLegislation=Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 | |CreationLegislation=Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 | ||
|Employees=900 | |Employees=900 | ||
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[[File:Black Lives Matter Protest - Washington, DC - 49975580801.jpg|thumb|FPS officers in riot gear in 2020]] | [[File:Black Lives Matter Protest - Washington, DC - 49975580801.jpg|thumb|FPS officers in riot gear in 2020]] | ||
On December 26, 2007, President | On December 26, 2007, President George W. Bush signed H.R. 2764 [[Omnibus spending bill]] into law which included a provision that FPS maintains, by July 31, 2008, not fewer than 1,200 full-time staff and 900 full-time Police Officers, Inspectors, and Special Agents who, while working, are directly engaged on a daily basis protecting and enforcing laws at Federal buildings.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} This amendment to H.R. 2674 was introduced by [[Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton]] and was successfully included in the bill and signed into law largely due to the efforts of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 918-FPS and the [[grassroots]] efforts of its membership.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} | ||
In March 2008, Del. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], chair of the responsible House of Representatives subcommittee, said, "We're seeing the near collapse of the Federal Protective Service". A GAO report, which included incidents that occurred before H.R. 2764 passed, documented lapses that had occurred on federal government property, including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck. A GAO investigator <!-- Does the report itself specifically blame budget cuts? -->said that budget cuts were causing reduced effectiveness. The service has seen its budget and staff cut since it became a part of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] in March 2003.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/index.html Lawmaker: U.S. security agency faltering]. CNN.com (2008-03-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref> | In March 2008, Del. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], chair of the responsible House of Representatives subcommittee, said, "We're seeing the near collapse of the Federal Protective Service". A GAO report, which included incidents that occurred before H.R. 2764 passed, documented lapses that had occurred on federal government property, including the theft of a trailer of surveillance equipment from an FBI parking deck. A GAO investigator <!-- Does the report itself specifically blame budget cuts? -->said that budget cuts were causing reduced effectiveness. The service has seen its budget and staff cut since it became a part of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] in March 2003.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/federal.security/index.html Lawmaker: U.S. security agency faltering]. CNN.com (2008-03-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref> | ||