The 569th United States Forces Police Squadron, based in Vogelweh Military Complex, Germany, is an Air Force Security Forces squadron. The mission of the 569th USFPS is to provide airtight security for its Protection Level resources while delivering the highest degree of Air Provost duties and Force Protection integrity to the Kaiserslautern Military Community. They are supplemented in this mission by German Military Police (Feldjäger), and by the 230th Military Police Company.
The 569th is the last "Security Police" squadron in the Air Force. All members are recognized by their Security Police brassard. The 569 USFPS executes the Air Force’s largest law enforcement mission, covering 1.1K square miles and providing police services to over 53,000 DoD personnel and their dependents, all while deploying and redeploying members to 15 different locations worldwide.
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