White House Police Force

White House Police Force
Agency overview
FormedOctober 1, 1922
Dissolved1930 (merged into the Secret Service)
Superseding agencyUnited States Secret Service (Uniformed Division)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
USA
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
USA
Operations jurisdictionUSA
Legal jurisdictionFederal (United States)
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersWhite House, Washington D.C.
Child agency
  • United States Secret Service (after 1930)

The White House Police Force was a security police force formed in 1922 to protect the White House and the President of the United States. It became part of the United States Secret Service in 1930. It was renamed the Executive Protective Service in 1970 and then the Uniformed Division of the Secret Service in 1977.