Spotlight on Protective Service Cuts

The Washington Post weighs in today with a story about plans to cut personnel at the Federal Protective Service and rely more heavily on contract guards to protect federal facilities. I say, welcome to the party. We've been writing about budget and staffing issues at the agency for almost a year now. (And those links are just the tip of the iceberg of our coverage.) The agency says it's all part of an effort to beef up oversight of the 15,000 contract security guards FPS employs. Which is good, because you don't want private security guards doing stuff like shooting each other.