[MountainYankee]

FYI...Air Force bases have Air Force Police. U.S. Army bases have M.P.’S..I know I am being picky....the only difference is the name and some of the work they do..I’m an old grumpy MP vet....

[decimon]

FYI...Air Force bases have Air Force Police. U.S. Army bases have M.P.’S..I know I am being picky....the only difference is the name and some of the work they do..I’m an old grumpy MP vet....

Do you know what are the rules regarding the arrest of or being nasty to civilians?

[DYngbld]

Ours here are unarmed "rent a cops".

"STOP! or I will say stop again"
Got to love it.

[vetvetdoug]

The term for Air Police was scrapped somewhere in the late 1960's for a more fanciful term, Security Police. The S.P.s that were at the gates when I was in the USAF were posted at the gates and many did not have weapons and if they did, were not allowed to have ammunition. I hope after 911 this has changed. I was given (1)one bullet to guard seven fully automatic M-16s used in the Honor Guard during funerals. The M-16s were loaded with blanks. (1974-1977).

[LonePalm]

The Navy is three up on both the Army and the Air Force.

We have MARINES.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[IYAS9YAS]

Air Force bases have Air Force Police. U.S. Army bases have M.P.’S..I know I am being picky....the only difference is the name and some of the work they do..I’m an old grumpy MP vet....

Actually, at least it was this way when I got out 16 years ago, the Air Force has Security Police (SPs).

[Ronbo1948]

I thought the Air Force cops were called, “Security Police?”

Anyhow, those boys and girls know how to shoot.

[CodeToad]

“FYI...Air Force bases have Air Force Police”

Um, I always knew the USAF to have Security Police and Law Enforcement. The SP work the gates, the LEs cruise around and write tickets.

[The_Media_never_lie]

FYI...Air Force bases have Air Force Police. U.S. Army bases have M.P.’S..I know I am being picky....the only difference is the name and some of the work they do..I’m an old grumpy MP vet....

I am a retired reservist (6 years Air National Guard). Come to think of it, I believe we called them APs back then.

I have always been impressed with their politeness and professionalism. I know, however, not to speed at all on base nor violate any rules. IMHO, law enforcement on base is much stricter than off base.

I can remember during the Vietnam era, security at an unnamed base was extremely lax. Today, fortunately, that is not the case.

[RadiationRomeo]

FYI...Air Force bases have Air Force Police.

My Air Force base uses civilians for gate duty, never their police who are too busy giving out parking tickets. But the civilian guards are trained well and do have guns. Not to be messed with. If someone tries to ram through a closed gate the base police would respond, of course. The civilian gate guards never leave the active gates.