Department for Protection and Security

Members of the DPS at the National Rally party's annual tribute to Joan of Arc in Paris, 1 May 2007.

Department for Protection and Security (DPS) (French: Département Protection et Sécurité) is the security branch of the National Rally (RN) political party of France (formerly the "National Front"), which depends directly on the RN's president and is led by Eric Staelens as of 2007.[1] As of 2007, it consists of 1,500 members.[2]