Homeland Security replaces head of Federal Protective Service

[The Straight Story]

Homeland Security replaces head of Federal Protective Service
By Robert Brodsky [e-mail] May 26, 2010

The Homeland Security Department this week announced that it will replace the head of the Federal Protective Service after several critical investigative reports found major gaps in the security of government facilities.

Gary Schenkel, who has served as director of FPS since March 2007, told his staff on Tuesday that in early June he will move to a DHS policy office where he will serve as acting deputy assistant secretary for state and local law enforcement.

"It is with great sadness that I announce my departure from the Federal Protective Service," Schenkel wrote in an e-mail to FPS employees. "For the past three-plus years I have been privileged and honored to lead this outstanding organization through many challenges and triumphs."


A retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, Schenkel previously served as assistant federal security director for the Transportation Security Administration at Chicago Midway Airport.

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