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Basis Threat (DBT) issued by the Department of Energy. Though the DBT is classified, the hypothetical adversary has been generally described as a "larger" force that would seek to overrun the defenses of a DOE facility in order to capture Category I special material. Department of Energy studies have indicated that up to 50 percent of a Protective Forces detachment would be killed responding to some variations of the threat envisaged. The size of individual Protective Forces detachments ranged, in 2007, from between 233 and 533 personnel per protected site.
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the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) range of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's M134 gun emplacements, creating the potential that "children at play, joggers and families working in their yards" could be subjected to heavy defensive shelling by Federal Protective Forces if an attack originated from their direction.
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Since 1972, the Department of Energy, and its predecessor agencies, have organized the annual Security Police Officer Training Competition (SPOTC), a tactical contest pitting nuclear security units against each other. In addition to the Federal Protective Forces, external teams have been invited from
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Some have called for Category I material-holding sites located near populated areas to be moved to more remote regions due to the threat of heavy civilian deaths that could be incidentally inflicted by the Protective Forces while defending a site from attack. For instance, a neighborhood sits within
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The Federal Protective Forces are heavily armed, which is reflective of the anticipated capabilities of an adversary likely to attempt an assault against a Category I material-holding site. The current hypothetical adversary against which Protective Forces prepare is described in a 2004 Design
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has called for the Protective Forces to be fully federalized, arguing that a non-federalized force may have less willingness to "stay and fight" against a very committed adversary able to inflict heavy casualties. Representatives of Protective Forces personnel have also called for the forces to be
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Prior to 2010, Protective Forces uniforms varied from site to site. That year, the NNSA adopted a mandatory, system-wide uniform. The NNSA estimated the standardized uniform would save the Department of Energy $ 500,000 over eight years due to bulk purchase savings, as well as "promote solidarity"
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The Department of Energy organizes 26-man Composite Adversary Teams (CAT) that probe Protective Forces-secured sites to identify weaknesses and test the preparedness of Protective Forces units in responding to an attack. CAT members are drawn from the regular Protective Forces for rotating,
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called for Pantex to be shut down during the dispute due to what was claimed to be a serious erosion of the security of nuclear weapons stored at the facility. The Department of Energy rejected claims that the security of nuclear material was compromised during the strike.
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Federalization has been opposed by the Department of Energy. The International Union of Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America also oppose federalization, noting that a federalized force would no longer be able to participate in
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An NNSA study noted that the level of force and types of weaponry the Protective Forces would deploy in pursuit of an adversary which had seized nuclear material and moved it off-site may produce heavy
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The Protective Forces are recruited and employed by private companies, yet are trained, equipped, and under the operational command of Defense Nuclear Security, a program of the Department of Energy's
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The Federal Protective Forces are responsible for defending Department of Energy sites at which Category I special material is stored. This generally includes
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DOE's Office of the Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment Needs to Take Prompt, Coordinated Action to Meet the New Design Basis Threat
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arrests while on-duty and for a specific series of federal crimes related to nuclear material and government property.
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The following year, 524 members of the Protective Forces detachment at Pantex, whose personnel were provided by
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Protective Forces personnel running an obstacle course while wearing CBRN masks at SPOTC 2012 in South Carolina
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the U.S. armed forces. In 2001, the first international teams entered, with a contingent representing the
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used by the Protective Forces, as well as static gun emplacements at Department of Energy facilities.
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Thomas, John (December 2008). "SPOTC: Desert shoot-out at the security crossroads of the nation".
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The Protective Forces are trained at the Department of Energy's National Training Center in
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In 2006 the Department of Energy Inspector General received complaints from inside the
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Fisheries: Office of Law Enforcement
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A Protective Forces helicopter operating at the Savannah River Site in 2006
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Protective Forces are sited at eight Department of Energy facilities:
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National Wildlife Refuge System: Division of Refuge Law Enforcement
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United States Merchant Marine Academy Department of Public Safety
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Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Energy Response
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assignments overseen by a dedicated, 12-man training nucleus.
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Protective Forces pictured at the Savannah River Site in 2008
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Protective Forces employ a variety of weaponry including the
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Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex
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Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
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that Protective Forces were not being issued the correct
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armored personnel carriers system-wide, and also use the
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Central Intelligence Agency: Security Protective Service
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US Forest Service: Law Enforcement & Investigations
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Federal law enforcement agencies of the United States
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Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service
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in certain formulations. Under the provisions of the
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Bureau of Land Management: Office of Law Enforcement
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Under Secretary of Energy for Science and Innovation
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Index

Federal Protective Service (United States)
U.S. Department of Energy
security police
special nuclear material
United States Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration
nnsa.energy.gov
energy.gov
COL
law enforcement agencies
United States Department of Energy
special nuclear material
security police
law enforcement
Atomic Energy Act of 1954
nuclear material

M4 carbine
Savannah River Site
uranium-235
uranium-233
plutonium-239
Atomic Energy Act of 1954
probable cause

National Nuclear Security Administration
Hanford Site
Idaho National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory

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