Department of the Navy Police

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Department of the Navy Police
Generic Patch of the Department of Defense Police
Abbreviation	US Navy Police, US Navy Security Forces, DON Police[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	United States
Operations jurisdiction	United States
General nature	Federal law enforcement Military provost
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 (a.k.a. US Navy Security Forces, US Navy Police or DON Police) is the civilian law enforcement programme of the U.S. Navy, in that it provides professional, civilian, federal police officers, to serve and protect the US Navy community.

It works alongside the active duty personnel of the U.S. Navy Master-at-arms (naval military police).

Duties[]

The DON Police carry out the following duties:

• law enforcement,
• force protection,
• physical security

and antiterrorism missions.^[2]

See also[]

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
• 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)
• Military police
• 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)
• Special agent
• U.S. Coast Guard
• U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), State Department

JAG Corps[]

• Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy
• U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division

Intelligence[]

• Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
• Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
• Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI)

References[]