Red and Blues

There are a plethora of different police forces patrolling the streets of D.C., or at least driving their cars around.

On a given day, I can see marked cars from the D.C. Metropolitan Police (the city's main police force), the Uniformed Division of the Secret Service, the U.S. Park Police, the National Park Service, the Capitol Police, the Metro Transit Police. Every so often, I see a new one to add to the list.

Today, I saw a new one I hadn't seen before. Squad cars bearing the name of Homeland Security, next to the designation Federal Protection Service.

According to this list I can look forward to spotting at least a dozen more insignia on squad cars around the city.