Starfleet Security Command

### Headquarters

Office of Starfleet Security, Fleet Operations Center, Starfleet Headquarters, San Francisco, Earth

**Starfleet Security Command** was an administrative section of Starfleet, and a support command of Starfleet Tactical Command, responsible for safeguarding Federation and Starfleet assets from internal and external threats and for investigating criminal offenses by Starfleet personnel.

## Organization

The command was overseen by the Chief of Starfleet Security, operating out of the Fleet Operations Center located at Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco, Earth. It included two directorates and several divisions.

### Office of Starfleet Security

The Office of Starfleet Security served the administrative needs of the command and was divided into four divisions: Command, Logistics, Research & Development, and Training. The Training Division managed the Elite Forces School and coordinated security and survival training courses at Starfleet Academy campuses and locations throughout the Federation.

### Security Operations Directorate

The Security Operations Directorate had four divisions for much of its history: Investigative Services, Field Operations, Prison Operations, and Protective Operations.

After the Dominion War, it was determined that a special operations division was needed and the Military Assault Command Operations Division, named after an old United Earth organization, was formed in 2379. The Elite Forces School, a branch of the Starfleet Academy System, was established to train personnel for service in MACO. The training program was later opened to Starfleet officers meeting the requirements for attendance, and accreditation soon became a badge of honor within the service. These personnel were also granted dispensation to wear MACO uniform colors, though most outside Starfleet Security rarely took advantage of that honor.

In 2381, the success of the Hazard Team Program led to an update in MACO training programs and the adoption of the Hazard Team name for MACO field units.

Two specialized units of the Protective Operations Division were the Diplomatic Protection Section, charged with guarding Federation ambassadors and visiting dignitaries, and the Headquarters Security Section, which managed the security of Starfleet Headquarters and the Palais de la Concorde on Earth.

## Functions

Starfleet Security was responsible for all security matters aboard all Federation starships and at all Federation facilites. The organization was also responsible for providing security at all Federation government facilities, such as the Palais de la Concorde. During the Dominion War, Security personnel also served as Starfleet's ground forces.

Starfleet Security was responsible for maintaining and enforcing Starfleet regulations, procedures, and policies on all Starfleet and affiliated facilities, outposts, and vessels. The division was also responsible for setting security clearances for all Starfleet and government personnel and facilities. Starfleet Security often worked in concert with Starfleet Intelligence.

A special division of Starfleet Security provided constant security for the Federation President. Members of the presidential protection cadre were present with the President at all times, and constantly guarded the Château Thelian and the Presidential Office.

Security personnel served functions both defensive and offensive, ranging from security patrols aboard a starship, to guarding prisoners, to providing escort during away missions. The officer in charge of security aboard a Starfleet starship or facility was the chief of security. This position often assumed the role of chief tactical officer until the restructuring of Starfleet after the Dominion War that placed chief tactical officer as the primary role.

## Equipment and uniforms

Personnel, subject to the Starfleet Uniform Code, wore the standard duty uniform with a departmental color of red, except in the case of Military Assault Command Operations personnel who wore deep blue. On special occasions, personnel wore formal wear from their homeworlds or a Starfleet dress uniform.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Leadership:** Commander-in-chief • Joint Chiefs • Chief of Starfleet External Affairs • Chief of Starfleet Operations • Chief of Starfleet Research and Exploration • Chief of Starfleet Tactical

**Agencies:** Operations (Engineering • Judicial • Materiel Supply • Mission Operations • Personnel Management • Records Service • Shipyards Operations • Starbase Operations) • Research & Exploration (Science • Medical) • External Affairs • Tactical (Intelligence • **Security** • MACO)

**Notable units:** Ktarn Fleet • Task Force 77

**Facilities:** Deep Space K-7 • Deep Space K-13 • Deep Space 9 • Masamichi Array • Starbase 45-Keepsake • Starbase 82-Maat • Starbase 234-Beskerm • Starbase 247-Vershina

**Agencies:** Starfleet • Diplomatic Corps • Department of Temporal Investigations • Federation Security Agency

**Facilities:** 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards • Antares Ship Yards • Beta Antares Ship Yards • Copernicus Ship Yards • Laikan Starfleet Shipyards • McKinley Station • Memory Project • New Aberdeen Shipyards • Proxima Maintenance Yards • Salazaar Shipyards • San Francisco Fleet Yards • TL-9139 Starfleet Maintenance Yards • Tranquility Base • Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards

### Sources consulted

* Starfleet Security article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Starfleet Security article at *Memory Beta*.