Department of Defense police for the Department of Defense and its component branches of the US Armed Forces. There is a DoD police agency based at the Pentagon named the United States Pentagon Police, which is part of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. Formerly the Defense Protective Service (DPS), the Pentagon Police have exclusive jurisdiction within the Pentagon Reservation and have concurrent jurisdiction with other police agencies (state, county, and local) in an area of approximately around the complex. Through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Arlington County, U.S. Pentagon Police Officers also possess authority, to enforce laws while on duty in Arlington County,
Department of the Army Civilian Police "Department of Defense Police" is a catch-all phrase that refers to any civilian engaged in police duties for the Department of Defense and its component branches of the US Armed Forces. There is no such unified agency that goes under the title "Department of Defense Police". A Fort Irwin Department of the Army Civilian Police Officer is assigned the federal occupational series code "0083", the code reserved for police and federal protective officers in the U.S. Government civil service. This occupational series code applies regardless of what specific agency of the officer works for. Individual installations conduct the hiring process