Pentagon Force Protection Agency

Pentagon Force Protection Agency
"Protecting Those Who Protect Our Nation"
Abbreviation	PFPA
Motto	Semper Vigilans Always Vigilant
Agency overview
Formed	May 3, 2002
Preceding agency	Defense Protective Service
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	United States
Operations jurisdiction	United States
Legal jurisdiction	The Pentagon and National Capital Region
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	The Pentagon
Agency executives	Chris Bargery, USAF Col (Ret), (Acting) Director Woodrow Kusse, Chief of Pentagon Police
Parent agency	Department of Defense
Child agency	Pentagon Police
Website
www.pfpa.mil
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The Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) is a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) charged with protecting and safeguarding the occupants, visitors, and infrastructure of The Pentagon, the Mark Center Building, the Defense Health Agency headquarters, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and other assigned DoD-occupied leased facilities within the National Capitol Region. As of 2004^[update], the Pentagon Force Protection Agency employed 482 police officers.^[2]

This mission is accomplished with law enforcement officers (Pentagon Police), criminal investigative and protective services agents; threat management agents; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives technicians; and anti-terrorism/force protection and physical security personnel.

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency provides a comprehensive protective intelligence analysis capability, which includes threat analysis, threat investigation, and criminal intelligence services to protect Pentagon facilities, employees and senior DoD personnel. The Pentagon Force Protection Agency liaises with other federal law enforcement and intelligence communities and conducts threat assessments and investigations for protective details while they are in the National Capital Region.