Homeland security of American police system

After 9 1 1, the United States established the Department of Homeland Security in March 2003 1, and put police agencies and research institutions originally belonging to different departments under its own door. Up to now, there are180,000 employees. (United States Coast Guard)

The United States Coast Guard is a team with both police and military characteristics. In peacetime, it belonged to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and in wartime it was handed over to the United States Admiralty, with a total of 40 150. The agency's activities are very extensive, covering waters from the high seas to the US coast, including American ports and inland waterways. Its tasks are also many, basically there are five categories: first, rescue at sea to protect the personal and property safety of people in water areas (including transportation, fishing and sightseeing); 2. Maintain the enforcement of maritime laws, crack down on maritime drug trading, smuggling and smuggling, and stop illegal fishing; Third, sailing at sea; Fourth, as the fifth largest military force in the United States, homeland defense also undertakes the task of maritime homeland defense; 5. Protect natural resources and minimize the environmental damage caused by traffic, fishing and sightseeing. Their slogan is "always ready". (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP)

The U.S. Customs and Border Service is part of the Department of Homeland Security. This agency is responsible for protecting the 7,000-mile-long land border of the United States and the 2,000-mile-long coastal border between Florida and Southern California. In addition, it also cooperates with the US Coast Guard to protect other 95,000-mile-long coastal borders, with a total of about 44,000 employees. Its main tasks are to prevent terrorists from entering, combat smuggling, combat drug smuggling, combat illegal immigration and prevent

The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) is affiliated to the U.S. Customs and Border Service. The history of USBP can be traced back to 1904, when theodore roosevelt was president. At that time, USBP members were called "Mounted Police". At first, there were only 75 members, and they had to bring their own horses. Today, USBP has grown to 1 1000 employees, of whom 9500 are guarding the 2000-mile-long US-Mexico border. It is said that 4 million illegal immigrants enter the United States every year, and USBP is seeking to further expand its team to cope with this task. (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is part of the Department of Homeland Security. 9 1 1 was established in March 2003. It is the largest organization in the Department of Homeland Security system. It was merged from the former Immigration and Naturalization Bureau and the former law enforcement agencies of the United States Customs to better enforce the laws of the Immigration and Naturalization Bureau and the Customs and prevent terrorist attacks. Its task is to protect the safety of the United States and the people (sic), and its scope of responsibility is to identify and reduce criminal activities against the border, economy, transportation and infrastructure of the United States (it is also responsible for economic, transportation and infrastructure cases), specifically: 1. Identify members of criminal organizations and trace their sources of funds; 2. Investigate employees and illegal workers working in infrastructure jobs (such as nuclear power plants, chemical plants, weapons factories, ports and airports); Third, investigate fraud in immigration applications; 4. Investigate the illegal export of ammunition and sensitive technologies abroad; 5. Combating organized smuggling and smuggling; 6. crack down on foreigners illegally staying in the United States; 7. Combating money laundering activities of criminal organizations; 8. To undertake the security alert task of 8,800 federal government buildings; Identify the activities of criminal organizations that produce, smuggle and distribute counterfeit products. (USCIS).

The US Citizenship and Immigration Service belongs to the Department of Homeland Security, and it looks nothing like a police agency by name. Its predecessor was the famous Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which was originally attached to the US Department of Justice. People who have applied for an H 1B visa are familiar with it, and those who have applied for an American green card and American citizenship have to deal with it. In March 2003, it was renamed and led by the Department of Homeland Security. Its functions are: 1. Approve immigration applications (American green card); 2. Examining and approving naturalization applications; 3. Examining and approving asylum and refugee applications; 4. Examining and approving temporary non-immigrant work visas (H 1B, O 1 etc. ); 5. All the original functions of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization; Six, in addition to examination and approval, it also has the right to implement its own decisions. At present, the organization has 250 branches with * * * 1.5 million people. (united states secret service)

United states secret service, also known as the Secret Service, belongs to the Department of Homeland Security. This is a very mysterious organization. Their brokers are carefully selected from many professionals and can be called the elite of the elite. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., it has 65,438+050 branches around the world. The organization swears that its employees are divided into agents and uniformed employees. This institution was established after 1865 American Civil War, and it is one of the oldest police institutions in the United States. Before March 2003 1, the Secret Service was attached to the US Treasury. At first, its function was only to crack down on the criminal activities of counterfeiting money, and then it gradually changed into a dual function: to protect the safety of senior American officials and visiting foreign dignitaries, and to investigate certain criminal activities, specifically: to protect the president and vice president and their families; Protect governors and other dignitaries; Investigating criminal activities against protected objects; Protect the White House and the Vice President's residence; Protecting foreign missions; Protect other buildings in the capital; In addition to investigating major cases nationwide, it still retains its original functions: cracking down on counterfeit cash and securities and investigating financial crimes. (Transportation Security Administration)

The Traffic Safety Administration is also attached to the Department of Homeland Security. It has 43,000 people and is responsible for protecting the safety of the transportation system (not the traffic police), such as conducting security checks at airports, trains and subways, claiming to be neighbors, friends and relatives of the American people.

Federal law enforcement training center

(Federal Law Enforcement Training Center)

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is also attached to the Department of Homeland Security. It has three training bases in the United States, and its main task is to provide training for 82 federal police agencies (82 federal police agencies! ) provide training services for law enforcement personnel, and also provide services for some state and local law enforcement agencies and some foreign law enforcement agencies.