Department of the Navy Police

Summary

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The United States Department of the Navy Police is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Navy. It provides professional, civilian, federal police officers, to serve and protect U.S. Navy personnel and installations. They work primarily alongside U.S. Navy Masters-at-Arms, the military police of the U.S. Navy.

Department of the Navy Police
AbbreviationUS Navy Police, US Navy Security Forces, DON Police[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agencyUnited States
Operations jurisdictionUnited States
General nature
Operational structure
Sworn membersPolice Officer (Federal Civil Service GS-0083)
Parent agencyDepartment of the Navy

Duties edit

 
U.S. Navy Police during a counterterrorism training exercise at Naval Support Activity Bethesda

The DON Police carry out the following duties:

  • law enforcement,
  • force protection,
  • physical security

and antiterrorism missions.[2]

See also edit

Military criminal investigative organizations edit

Federal law enforcement edit

JAG Corps edit

Intelligence edit

References edit

  1. ^ https://irp.fas.org/doddir/navy/opnavinst/5530_14e.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Commander, Navy Installations Command > Regions".