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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Federal Protective Service
|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.
|ParentOrganization=Department of Homeland Security
|TopOrganization=Department of Homeland Security
|CreationLegislation=Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
|Employees=900
|Budget=Approximately $1 billion (fiscal year 2024)
|OrganizationExecutive=Director
|Services=Law enforcement at federal facilities; facility security assessments; emergency response; countermeasures against threats
|HeadquartersLocation=38.85108, -77.01673
|HeadquartersAddress=245 Murray Lane SW, Washington, DC 20528
|Website=https://www.dhs.gov/federal-protective-service
}}
{{Short description|US Federal law enforcement agency}}
{{Short description|US Federal law enforcement agency}}
{{distinguish|Federal Protective Service (Russia)|Federal Protective Forces}}
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| constitution1    = [[Title 40 of the United States Code|40 U.S. Code]] § 1315<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/40/1315|title = 40 U.S. Code § 1315 - Law enforcement authority of Secretary of Homeland Security for protection of public property}}</ref>
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The '''Federal Protective Service''' ('''FPS''') is a federal [[Security police|law enforcement]] agency of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS).<ref>{{cite web|title=Organization Chart|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0305_cisa_org-chart.pdf|publisher=Department of Homeland Security|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507155857/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0305_cisa_org-chart.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also "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 '''Federal Protective Service''' ('''FPS''') is a federal [[Security police|law enforcement]] agency of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS).<ref>{{cite web|title=Organization Chart|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0305_cisa_org-chart.pdf|publisher=Department of Homeland Security|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507155857/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0305_cisa_org-chart.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also "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.


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More recently,{{when|date=May 2023}} the role of the FPS officer has undergone further changes. The FPS has shifted its emphasis from the fixed guard post concept of security to a mobile police patrol and response. FPS contracts private security companies to guard fixed posts. FPS officers perform all duties attendant to the normal interpretation of a police officer function including maintaining law and order, preventing or deterring disturbances, and investigating both felonies and misdemeanors. The Civil Service Commission developed standards for FPS applicants, which included background investigations, and physical examinations.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}}
More recently,{{when|date=May 2023}} the role of the FPS officer has undergone further changes. The FPS has shifted its emphasis from the fixed guard post concept of security to a mobile police patrol and response. FPS contracts private security companies to guard fixed posts. FPS officers perform all duties attendant to the normal interpretation of a police officer function including maintaining law and order, preventing or deterring disturbances, and investigating both felonies and misdemeanors. The Civil Service Commission developed standards for FPS applicants, which included background investigations, and physical examinations.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}}


Officers of the Federal Protective Service arrested civil rights movement historian [[Randy Kryn]] and 10 others who were protesting in a demonstration at the [[Kluczynski Federal Building]] in downtown [[Chicago]] during the [[1996 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>
Officers of the Federal Protective Service arrested civil rights movement historian [[Randy Kryn]] and 10 others who were protesting in a demonstration at the [[Kluczynski Federal Building]] in downtown Chicago during the [[1996 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>
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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 [[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}}
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>
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