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Department of the Navy Police | |
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Abbreviation | US Navy Police, US Navy Security Forces, DON Police [1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Federal agency | United States |
Operations jurisdiction | United States |
General nature | |
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. They work primarily alongside U.S. Navy Masters-at-Arms, the military police of the U.S. Navy.
The DON Police carry out the following duties:
and antiterrorism missions. [2]