What is the purpose of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency?
Q: What is the purpose of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency?
A: The Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) protects and keeps safe the occupants, visitors and infrastructure of the Pentagon, Navy Annex and other assigned Pentagon facilities.
Q: What type of agency is the PFPA?
A: The PFPA is a civilian defense agency within the United States Department of Defense.
Q: How does the PFPA perform its job to protect the Pentagon facilities?
A: The PFPA does its job using law enforcement officers (Pentagon Police), criminal investigative and protective services agents, threat management agents, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives technicians, and anti-terrorism/force protection and physical security personnel.
Q: What is the role of PFPA's law enforcement officers?
A: The law enforcement officers, also known as Pentagon Police, are responsible for maintaining law and order in the Pentagon facilities and ensuring the safety of its occupants and visitors.
Q: What type of agents does the PFPA employ for threat management?
A: The PFPA employs threat management agents who are responsible for identifying, assessing, and managing potential threats to the Pentagon facilities, occupants and visitors.
Q: What is the responsibility of the PFPA's anti-terrorism/force protection personnel?
A: The PFPA's anti-terrorism/force protection personnel are responsible for developing and implementing measures to protect against acts of terrorism and ensure the safety of the Pentagon facilities, occupants and visitors.
Q: What is the role of the PFPA's physical security personnel?
A: The PFPA's physical security personnel are responsible for ensuring the physical security of the Pentagon facilities, occupants and visitors by managing access control, perimeter security, and surveillance systems.
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