The District of Columbia Protective Services Division (PSD), is the police force responsible for law enforcement activities and physical security of all properties owned, leased or otherwise under the control of the Government of the District of Columbia.
The DC Protective Services Police Department was officially created in 1973, when the Government of the District of Columbia was granted Home Rule from the US Congress. At that time, officers from the Federal Protective Service (FPS) were transferred to the DC Protective Service and given the responsibility for areas designated as under the control of the local government.