The Pentagon Police Department will pursue excellence in the delivery of professional law enforcement services to the Department of Defense community in the National Capital Region. We will also stand ready to support the over arching Pentagon Force Protection Agency's mission. We will accomplish our mission by the use of highly trained, dedicated police officers, state–of–the–art technology and by effective partnerships with other federal, state and local public safety agencies. We are committed to uphold the public trust by maintaining the highest moral and ethical standards. We will strive to enhance the services we provide and stand ready to defend against current and future threats.
Key Functions:
Provides Law Enforcement and Security for the DoD/National Capital Region facilities consistent with a community law enforcement Agency
Perimeter and general area security of the Pentagon and its environs
Vehicle and foot patrols of DoD facilities
Vehicle and pedestrian traffic control
Response to and investigation of motor vehicle accidents
Response to emergency situations and law enforcement or security related calls for service
Response to security alarms
Emergency Response Team (SWAT)
Coordination of emergency response for medical care
Preliminary investigations of crime
Contract Security Force (Leased Facilities) inspections and oversight
PFPA Partners with DHS on "If You See Something, Say SomethingTM" Campaign
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), today launched a public awareness campaign, aimed at encouraging Pentagon employees, visitors, and commuters to report suspicious activity: "If You See Something, Say Something
The campaign centers on a new reporting system allowing people to report suspicious activity via telephone, e-mail and via the agency’s website. The phone number used to report suspicious activity is 703-692-2SAY (703-692-2729). Reports can also be made via e-mail at
"It’s really a simple and effective program to raise public awareness, and let people know that if they see something, we have the infrastructure in place for them to say something," said Pentagon Police Department Chief Richard Keevill. "It makes it easy for the large number of people who work in the building to report something that they see that doesn’t belong here that looks suspicious."
Keevill points out that a critical element of the program is ensuring that the civil rights and civil liberties of people are not diminished by the program.
"It’s not about characteristics like ethnicity," said Keevill, "it’s all about conduct. Reporting things that look out of place or are not where they belong. People who work in this building are very astute about terrorism and threats to the building so they understand that."
The implementation required the creation of the infrastructure: the phone line, the web form and e-mail address as well as the training of the call-takers. But Keevill says the system is a simple one.
"When a person makes the telephone call, it goes to the Integrated Emergency Operations Center
TM." 2say@pfpa.mil, and with an online reporting form available by clicking the "If You See Something, Say SomethingTM" image at www.pfpa.mil. Those who prefer a more direct approach are encouraged to speak to any officer with the Pentagon Police Department.
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inside the Pentagon. That call will be fielded by a trained employee who will take the information offered. They then report it to the proper authority who will dispatch the appropriate assets be it the police department; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive directorate; explosive ordnance disposal or canine teams."
The "If You See Something, Say Something
TM" campaign-originally implemented by New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and now licensed to DHS for a nationwide campaign-is a simple and effective program to engage the public and key frontline employees to identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to the proper transportation and law enforcement authorities. As a federal law enforcement agency, PFPA is coordinating its use of the slogan with DHS to ensure a similar look, themes and messages across the federal government.
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Contact Paul Taylor, Pentagon Force Protection Agency,
Below thumbnail photos are available as high-resolution .jpg files upon request. paul.taylor@pfpa.mil, 703-695-4618
Emily Donohue, an operations specialist with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s Integrated Emergency Operations Center, is one of the people trained to take calls on the new suspicious activity reporting telephone line 703-692-2SAY (2729). The reporting program was launched today as part of PFPA’s public awareness campaign, aimed at encouraging Pentagon employees, visitors, and commuters to report suspicious activity: "If You See Something, Say Something
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit uses one of its robots to move a simulated suspicious package during a presentation today in the Pentagon Center Coutyard. PFPA’s EOD team is one of the assets the agency has to respond to reported suspicious packages. PFPA launched a public awareness campaign today, aimed at encouraging Pentagon employees, visitors, and commuters to report suspicious activity: "If You See Something, Say SomethingTM."
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