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Security police are usually endowed with full Police powers of crime prevention, arrest, law enforcement and investigation within their jurisdictions. They fall into two broad categories:

Examples in the United States of federal security police are the Federal Protective Service , the Veterans Affairs Police And Security Service , the United States Marshals Service , the United States Secret Service and the Federal Air Marshal Service . Some of these services may have concurrent jurisdiction with civil police agencies, such as the United States Park Police and the National Zoological Park Police .

Security Police is also the former official title of the occupation currently known as Security Forces in the U.S. Air Force .