Sections/Offices
Regional Security Office
Regional Security Office
The Embassy's Regional Security Office (RSO) provides an array of security services to officers and staff within the official mission community as well as people in private business, the host government, and the general public.
The Security team at Embassy Bangkok is comprised of direct hire Special Agents of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service,
a Security Engineering Office, Office Management Specialist, a Marine
Security Guard (MSG) Detachment, Foreign Service National Investigators
(FSNI) and contracted local guards.
The Mission of the RSO
The
primary responsibility of the RSO is to create a safe environment in
which the U.S. Government can carry out its diplomatic mission. The RSO
does this by instituting procedures and countermeasures that make it
more difficult for our personnel and facilities to be targeted by
hostile elements. In addition to serving as the Ambassador's principal
liaison with host country law enforcement, the RSO conducts criminal and
personnel investigations, assists other U.S. law enforcement agencies,
reports on incidents involving terrorism and crime, assesses and
maintains technical security equipment. The RSO provides security
related guidance and training to Chief of Mission Personnel as well as
to the American private sector. The RSO also coordinates the protective
elements for visiting VIP's.
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