Federal Protective Service

The U.S. Federal Protective Service is an office within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Protection and Programs Directorate.

As part of the FY 2010 budget, FPS was transfered from ICE to the DHS NPPD [National Protection and Programs Directorate]

The U.S. Federal Protective Service was formerly an office within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

The Federal Protective Service employs over 1,200 Federal Police Officers, Inspectors, and Special Agents. These officers are tasked with the protection of over 9,000 federal buildings and properties that are either leased or owned by the U.S. General Services Administration or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

More information about the FPS can be found here, and here.

[edit] Scanning the Federal Protective Service

The Federal Protective Service is divided into 11 regions throughout the United States.

• Region 1 - New England
• Region 2 - Northeast & Caribbean
• Region 3 - Mid-Atlantic
• Region 4 - Southeast
• Region 5 - Central
• Region 6 - Heartland
• Region 7 - Greater Southwest
• Region 8 - Rocky Mountain
• Region 9 - Pacific Rim
• Region 10 - Northwest & Arctic
• Region 11 - National Capitol Region

A map of the FPS Regions can be found on the ICE website.

Each of these regions is assigned to a "MegaCenter" who provides alarm monitoring and emergency dispatch services to the units in the field. There are four such centers in the United States.

• MegaCenter Philadelphia (Pennsylvania; Serves Regions 1, 2, 3)
• MegaCenter Battle Creek (Michigan; Serves Regions 4, 5, 6)
• MegaCenter Denver (Colorado; Serves Regions 7, 8, 9, 10)
• MegaCenter Suitland (Maryland; Serves Region 11)

More information about the MegaCenters can be found here.

Each unit in the field is assigned a distinctive sequence number to identify their region and assignment. Assignment designators are as follows:

• CHARLES - Captain
• GEORGE - Contract Guards
• IDA - Investigator
• KING - Canine Unit
• LINCOLN - Lieutenant
• PAUL - Patrol Officer
• SAM - Sergeant
• TOM - Physical Security Specialist (Non-Commissioned)
• VICTOR - Commander
• X-RAY - Dispatch Supervisor

 Example Unit Number: 11 GEORGE 199
 The first digits indicate what region the unit is assigned to.
 In this example the officer is assigned to the National Capitol Region (Region 11)
 
 The next designator is a letter, this letter indicates what type or assignment
 the unit holds.
 In this example "GEORGE" indicates that the unit is a Contract Security Guard.
 
 The third number is an individual officer number.

[edit] Frequencies by MegaCenter & Region

The most common frequencies nationwide are 417.200 and 415.200. Squelch tones (PL, DPL, NAC) and actual frequencies will vary by location. Some areas are using APCO-25 Common Air Interface digital. Full time or part time encryption is also being employed by some areas and regions.

[edit] MegaCenter Philadelphia (Regions 1, 2, 3)

Region 1 (New England)
 417.2000 NAC 295  Regional Channel (logged in CT, MA, ME, NH, RI)
 *Local area sites (building specific) may be using NAC 293 or 294 in this region.

Region 2 (Northeast)
 417.2000 NAC 293  New York
 417.2000          Syracuse, NY

Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic)
 413.8750 CSQ      Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore (PL 123.0 reported in use in Philadelphia)

[edit] MegaCenter Battle Creek (Regions 4, 5, 6)

Region 4 (Southeast)
 417.200 Unk      (Unconfirmed, Reported in use in FL. See Federal Monitoring Forum for discussion)
 415.200 PL 192.8 Miami, West Palm Beach?
 415.200 PL 192.8 Louisville (Alternate PL reported to be 118.8)
 415.200 Unk      Memphis
 *Atlanta area operations are on the Atlanta Federal (GSA) TRS

Region 5 (Central) 
 407.000 NAC 201  Cleveland, Toledo
 406.200 Unk      Indianapolis (P25, Unknown NAC)
 407.000 NAC 201  Minneapolis/St. Paul
 408.200 NAC 201  Detroit
 406.700 NAC 201  Chicago (Primary), Milwaukee
 406.200 NAC 201  Milwaukee (Primary), Chicago

Region 6 (Heartland)
 417.200 Unk      St. Louis (P25, Unknown NAC; Partial Encryption reported)
 408.200 Unk      Kansas City (P25, Unknown NAC; Full Encryption)

[edit] MegaCenter Denver (Regions 7, 8, 9, 10)

Region 7 (Greater Southwest)
 *In the process of transitioning to P-25
 
 410.800 NAC 201  Houston, San Antonio, Dallas
 410.800 NAC unk. Fort Worth  
 415.200 CSQ      Dallas/Ft. Worth Dispatch (old, replaced by 410.800)
 417.650 CSQ      Dallas/Ft. Worth
 419.150 CSQ      Dallas Tactical
 419.650 CSQ      Ft. Worth Tactical
 415.200 PL 103.5 Austin
 415.200 PL 103.5 Houston (old, replaced by 410.800)
 415.200 Unk      El Paso
 415.200 PL 103.5 Oklahoma City
 415.200 PL 103.5 Little Rock

Region 8 (Rocky Mountain)
 410.800 DCS 125  Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley
 *Denver/Boulder operations are on the Front Range Federal (GSA) TRS
 *Salt Lake City operations are on the Salt Lake City Federal (GSA) TRS

Region 9 (Pacific Rim)
 417.200 PL 127.3 San Fransisco, Sacramento
 417.200 PL 127.3  Mount Lukens
 415.200 Pl 127.3  11000 Wilshire Blvd., Federal Building
 415.200 PL 127.3  300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building

Region 10 (Northwest & Arctic)
 408.2000 NAC 114  "Regional" Regional Channel
 410.8000 NAC 114  "Issaquah" Issaquah Channel
 408.2000 NAC 114  "Tacoma" Tacoma Channel
 415.2000 PL 114.8 "TacomaSSA" Tacoma Social Security Admin Guards Tac (may be using NAC 114)
 410.8000 NAC 114  "Olympia" Olympia Channel
 408.2000 NAC 114  "Everett" Everett Channel
 411.0375 PL 114.8 "FL Ward 1" Floor Warden Channel 1 (may be using NAC 114)
 408.2000 NAC 107  "Portland" Portland Channel
 407.0000 NAC 114  "EGWW Gar" Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building Guards
 413.9500 PL 114.8 "ODS Ptnd" ODS Tower Portland Guards Tac (may be using NAC 293)
 407.0000 NAC 114  "SpokaneFB" Spokane Federal Building Guards Tac
 413.4750 NAC 114  "E-WA Gd" East Washington Guards Tactical
 413.9500 PL 114.8 "JunoFBks1" Juno-Fairbanks Channel 1 (may be using NAC 114)
 413.9500 NAC 114  "GuardTac"
 408.2000 Unk       Anchorage
 
 *Quoted text denotes channel name.

[edit] MegaCenter Suitland (Region 11)

Region 11 (National Capitol, includes Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC)
 415.200 NAC 201  National Capitol Region Ch 1/2 (Partial Encryption)
 417.200 NAC 201  National Capitol Region Ch 3/4 (Partial Encryption)
 414.475 NAC 203  National Capitol Region Ch 5/6 (Partial Encryption)

FPS may also use the following frequencies:

• 411.2750
• 412.4000
• 414.4750
• 417.2500
• 417.4250
• 418.0750
• 419.1500
• 419.6500

[edit] Federal Protective Service - States Database

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Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Federal Protective Service - San Francisco (County)

Colorado

Connecticut

Hartford (County)

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

(Chicago/Milwaukee)

GSA Police

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Suffolk (County) Boston

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Onondaga (County)

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Federal Building Security (GSA) - Oklahoma City

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Austin

Dallas-Fort Worth

Houston

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

District of Columbia

District of Columbia - Washington-Baltimore

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