 MOD Guard Service Patch and Insignia | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1992[1] |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Type | Unarmed Guarding |
| Employees | 2,500+[2] |
| Annual budget | £116.8m (2012/13)[3] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Defence Infrastructure Organisation |
| Website | Official Website |
The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation of the Ministry of Defence, it provides Defence establishments across the United Kingdom with guarding and patrol services and was established as a response to the Deal Bombing.[4][5] The Guard Service is one of the few remaining uniformed Civil Service agencies within the UK, and has been named an elite guarding service within the United Kingdom.[6] They provide the highest level of security to Defence assets supporting critical Defence assets.[7]
The MGS deals with access and pass control, initial response, key control, vehicle and personnel searching, security patrols of buildings and perimeter fences, dog patrols, CCTV, and alarm monitoring. It also performs other duties like helicopter marshalling, first aid provision, mail and baggage scanning, security sweeps, and health and safety guidance and the cordoning off of suspected bomb threats.[8]
- ^ "Archived" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "DIO Ministry of Defence Guard Service Security Officer Shift worker - Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8JH, UK - VERCIDA". Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Corporate Business Plan 2009-2013 / Business Plan 2006-2007" (PDF). Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency.
- ^ MOD Guard Service, GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "House of Commons - Defence - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence". www.publications.parliament.uk. 12 December 2001.
- ^ "Flashlight Issue 37" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "MOD Guard Service". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "MOD Guard Service". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.