Federal Protective Service
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The U.S. Federal Protective Service is 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.
Contents
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:
- GEORGE - Contract Guards
- IDA - Investigators
- KING - Canine Unit
- PAUL - Patrol Officer
- SAM - Supervisor
- TOM - Physical Security Specialist (Non-Commissioned)
- VICTOR - Commander
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.
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.
MegaCenter Philadelphia (Regions 1, 2, 3)
Region 1 (New England) 417.2000 NAC 295 Boston, New Haven (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 Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic) 413.8750 CSQ Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore (PL 123.0 reported in use in Philadelphia)
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 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)
MegaCenter Denver (Regions 7, 8, 9, 10)
Region 7 (Greater Southwest) 415.200 CSQ Dallas/Ft. Worth Dispatch 419.150 CSQ Dallas Tactical 419.650 CSQ Ft. Worth Tactical 415.200 PL 103.5 Austin 415.200 PL 103.5 Houston 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 TRS *Salt Lake City operations are on the Hill AFB TRS Region 9 (Pacific Rim) 417.200 PL 127.3 San Fransisco, Sacramento 417.200 PL 127.3 Los Angeles Basin, San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley 415.200 DCS 125 West Los Angeles 415.200 DCS 245 Los Angeles Civic Center 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.
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