Federal Employees With Guns and Badges Quiz

Answer: United States Marshals Service

Created by Congress Act in 1789, The United States Marshals Service (USMS) became the first federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The primary mission of the Marshal Service was protecting the court and ensuring the effective operation of the judicial system.

There is one U.S. Marshal assigned to each federal court district in the United States. Each Marshal is assisted by a supervising Deputy U.S. Marshal, and as many deputy and special deputy U.S. Marshals as needed.

Answer: U.S. Marine Corps Office of Special Investigation

Matters requiring law enforcement investigation in the United States Marine Corps fall under the jurisdiction of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), seven law enforcement agencies are authorized for police and investigative activities. Those agencies includes, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS). the Army Criminal Investigative Division (USACID), the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), and the Pentagon Police.

Answer: The Untouchables

An elite group of eleven agents were selected by Eliot Ness, who was the Department of Justice agent assigned to head the Bureau of Prohibition Task Force in Chicago, Illinois. Ness selected his team after reviewing the personnel files of over 300 bureau agents.

The unit of agents conducted raids on locations with illegal alcohol producing stills and breweries. Key information in the investigation and organization of raids were the product of an extensive wire-tap operations. After a plot by crime boss Al Capone to bribe Ness' men proved unsuccessful, Ness, upon uncovering the plot, seized the opportunity to go public to the press with the information, which lead to the press coining the nickname for the agents as "The Untouchables". Shortly after the conclusion of Al Capone's trials and convictions in 1932, The Untouchables were disbanded.

In recognition of his successful efforts in combating organized crime, Ness was promoted to Chief Investigator of the Prohibition Bureau for Chicago.

Answer: officers must have one-fourth Native American Ancestry

The Shadow Wolves operate under the jurisdiction of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Their primary mission is to track smugglers through the 76 mile stretch of the Tohono O'odlham Nation territory, which runs along the United States-Mexico border in the state of Arizona.

This special law enforcement unit was created by an Act of Congress in 1972, following the federal governments agreement to the Tohono O'odlham (Native American) nation's demand that the officers have at least one fourth Native American ancestry.

The Shadow Wolves were the first federal law enforcement agency allowed to operate on Tohono Indian Reservation. The unit was originally authorized by Congress to have up to 21 members. The unit was comprised by members of seven Native American tribes, including the Tohono O'odlham, the Navajo, the Sioux, the Lakota, the Yurok, the Kiowa, and the Blackfeet.

In 2003, the Shadow Wolves became part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Answer: White House Police

The federal law enforcement agency once called The White House Police no longer exists under that name. In 1930, the force was placed under the command of the U.S. Secret Service. In 1970, the name of the force was changed to Executive Protection Service (EPS).

A third name change came in 1977, when the EPS became the U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division, which is responsible for protecting the physical White House grounds and the foreign diplomatic missions in the Washington D.C. area.

Answer: Bureau of Drug Abuse Control

The agency existed for two years, before being merged with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in 1968. The combined agencies were renamed, Bureau of Dangerous Drugs and Narcotics.

Answer: Smithsonian Police

The Smithsonian Police are under the control of the Smithsonian Institution Office of Protection, and are classified as a Federal Guard Force, with limited special police authority. Officers are charged with the protection of Smithsonian Institute visitors, staff, property, and the grounds of federally owned and managed Smithsonian Institute Museums and research facilities, both in Washington D.C., and in New York City.

Answer: Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, established in 1930, is a federal law enforcement agency, as part of the United States Department of Justice. It is primarily responsible for the administration and operation of the federal prison system. Participants in the Federal Witness Protection Program, who are incarcerated, are managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Program participants are provided with new identities, and relocated to another federal prison facility that will preserve their new identity and anonymity.

Answer: U.S. Secret Service

Created in the late 1970s, the Counter Assault Teams (CAT) are responsible for engaging and neutralizing attacks on high risk protectees. CAT teams normally operate in heavily armed squads of five agents that supplement an existing protective detail.

In the event of an attack, the purpose of the team is to engage the attacker(s), giving the regular protective detail the opportunity to evacuate their protectee to a place of safety. In a U.S. Presidential motorcade scenario (for example), of the 35 or so vehicles that make up the motorcade, between two and six vehicles (SUV or Suburban type) will contain CAT members, depending on the threat level of the day.

The purpose of the CAT is to completely overwhelm the enemy with offensive gunfire up to the point that the protectee has escaped.

At that point, local police SWAT teams, which would also part of the motorcade, would take over the engagement. Until 1992, CAT was part of the U.S. Secret Service Special Services Division. In 1992, CAT became part of the Presidential Protective Division of the U.S. Secret Service, which maintains full protection for the President of the United States and the First Family.

Answer: Diplomatic Security Service

The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement of the United States Department of State. The majority of its agents hold dual responsibilities as both federal law enforcement agents and members of the Foreign Service. DSS agents are required as a condition of employment, to serve multiple tours of duty overseas, on a regular basis. A minority of DSS agents are members of the State Department civil service and are not required to serve tours overseas. Their primary mission is to focus on criminal matters and dignitary protection within the United States. All DSS agents have the power of arrest, carry firearms, and serve arrest warrants and other court process.

DSS agents serving overseas are called "Regional Security Officers", and are charged with security and law enforcement duties at U.S. missions, embassies and consular posts. When assigned to domestic posts, DSS agents are responsible for investigations into passport and visa frauds as well as providing protection for the United States Secretary of State and others.