The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police is the uniformed law enforcement and police service of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, responsible for the protection of the VA Medical Centers and other facilities operated by United States Department of Veterans Affairs and its subsidiary components of the Veterans Health Administration as well as the National Cemetery Administration and the Veterans Benefits Administration respectively. The VA Police have several divisions and operate separately but alongside the VA Law Enforcement Training Center under the umbrella of the Office of Security and Law Enforcement. The primary role of VA Police is to serve as a protective uniformed police force in order to deter and prevent crime, maintain order, and investigate crimes which may have occurred within the jurisdiction of the Department or its federal assets. The role of investigating felony offenses is referred and investigated in conjunction with agents from the Office of the Inspector General. The Office of Security and Law Enforcement is the parent agency of the VA Police within the Law Enforcement Oversight & Criminal Investigation Division which provides national oversight to individual VA Police Services at each location throughout the United States. They also facilitate support, guidance, funds and regulation of the Police Service and their corresponding independent facilities. Upper level management and specialty positions other than Police Officer include; Detective, Special Agent, Inspector, and Criminal Investigator. Other semi standardized rank structures are developed within each VA Police Service at the local level. These serve to reflect job title, function, and/or role and range from Sergeant to Chief. The VA Police also maintain groups of specialty service elements such as K-9, Bicycle, and Motorcycle patrols. Wikipedia [ - ]

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