United States Capitol Police [USCP] Law and Legal Definition
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal police force having exclusive jurisdiction to protect the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the nation. The USCP’s primary responsibilities include, protecting life and property; preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal acts. It is responsible for enforcing traffic regulations throughout a large complex of congressional buildings, parks, and thoroughfares. The USCP is also responsible for the safety and protection of members of Congress, officers of Congress, and their families throughout the entire United States, its territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia.
Legal Definition list
- United States Capitol Police [USCP]
- United States Capitol
- United States Bureau of Justice Statistics
- United States Army Retraining Brigade
- United States Army Corrections Command
- United States Census Bureau
- United States Coast Guard
- United States Code Annotated
- United States Commission on Civil Rights
- United States Commissioner
- United States Copyright Office
Related Legal Terms
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Administration of Estates
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO)
- Agency of the United States
- Ally of Enemy of the United States
- Architect of the Capitol
- Bonds and Notes of the United States
- Campus Police
