| Department of the Navy Police | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | US Navy Police, US Navy Security Forces, DON Police[1] |
| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | United States |
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| Operational structure | |
| Sworn members | Police Officer (Federal Civil Service GS-0083) |
| Parent agency | Department of the Navy |
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.
It works alongside the active duty personnel of the U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms, the military police of the U.S. Navy.
Duties[]
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]
Military criminal investigative organizations[]
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
- United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI or OSI)
- United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI)
- United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (USACID or CID)
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
- United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (USMCCID)
- Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
Federal law enforcement[]
- List of United States federal law enforcement agencies
- Master-at-arms (United States Navy)
- Shore Patrol (USN and USMC)
- Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF)
- Department of Defense Police
- Department of the Army Civilian Police
- Department of the Air Force Police
- United States Marine Corps Civilian Police
- United States Coast Guard Police
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement (NOAA OLE)
- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
- U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), State Department
JAG Corps[]
Intelligence[]
- Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
- Marine Corps Counterintelligence
- Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
- Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI)
References[]
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