Ministry of Defence Guard Service

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The Ministry of Defence Guard Service is part of the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency, and provides British Ministry of Defence (MOD) establishments with unarmed security guard and patrol services.

The Guard Service deals with access and pass control, key control, vehicle and personnel searching, security patrols of buildings and perimeter fences, dog patrols, CCTV, and alarm monitoring. It also performs specialist duties like helicopter marshalling, boat patrols, first aid provision, mail and baggage scanning, security sweeps, and health and safety guidance. It frequently shares facilities with and works hand in hand with the Ministry of Defence Police and the Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), although its members are unarmed civilians without police powers.They are in fact civil servants.