one more

department of defense police
Originally uploaded by slack13

Perhaps this is one too many entries on D.C.'s police forces (or three too many?) but for the first time I have a photo, and of a logo that had befuddled me for some time.

I'd seen these cars driving around, but couldn't figure out exactly what entity they were policing for - only that the cars were more gaudily colored than the average cruiser in this city. Caught this one parked on a curb and was finally able to identify the shield on the side: The Department of Defense.

Makes sense, I suppose, that they'd have a police force (or at least as much sense as, say, the Housing Authority having a police force) but I think they could do a better job of identification.

adding on

Today I added two new sightings to my police force list:

1. I discovered the Government Printing Office has its own police
force. Unanswered is the question why.

2. Parked in the bowels of union station are a fleet of Amtrak police.
At least this makes some sense, although I'm not sure if train robbery
is quite as common as it was, say, 100 years ago.