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Established ' ASTORS ' Legacy of Wins ~ Five Years www . AmericanSecurityToday . com 2022 CHAMPIONS - Edition 66

Federal Protective Service in Collaboration with

Argonne National Laboratory ~ 5 Years

Identifying threats to protected persons and facilities has long been a primary focus of law enforcement and security personnel . Towards that end the Federal Protective Service ( FPS ), in collabora- tion with partners from Argonne National Laboratory ( ANL ), contin- ually work to develop various innovative threat detection solutions to safeguard over 9,000 federal facilities nationwide

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As the DHS police force , FPS is responsible for protecting federal facilities , their occupants , and visitors , ensuring a safe environ- ment in which federal agencies can conduct business . FPS does this by conducting facility security assessments ; responding to calls for service for crimes in progress and other incidents to protect life and property ; and detecting , investigating , and mitigating threats posed against the 1.4 million people that visit any of the federal facilities each day .

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