DPS may refer to:

Arts and entertainment Dps (band), a Japanese alt rock band Damage per second, in video games Dead Poets Society, a 1989 film The Dead Pop Stars, a Japanese hard rock band Double page spread, two facing pages in a periodical with connected content Dramatists Play Service, an American theatrical publisher

Government, law and politics Government agencies Department for Protection and Security, France Department of Public Safety, in US state and local government Public Safety Canada, (formally Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), Canada

Policing units Diplomatic Protection Squad, New Zealand Police Dorozhno-Patrulnaya Sluzhba (), Russia's road traffic police Directorate of Professional Standards, London Metropolitan Police

Political parties Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, a political party in Montenegro Department of Protection-Security (Département Protection et Sécurité), a branch of the National Front (FN) political party of France Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi (, ДПС), known as the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a political party in Bulgaria

Other uses in government and law Desha Putra Sammanaya, a military decoration in Sri Lanka Designated Premises Supervisor, in British law the person with day-to-day responsibility for a premises where alcohol is sold Deposit Protection Service, a company authorised by the UK government to run Tenancy deposit schemes

Schools United States Dalton Public Schools, Georgia Dearborn Public Schools, Michigan Decatur Public Schools District 61, Illinois Denver Public Schools, Colorado Detroit Public Schools, Michigan Durham Public Schools, North Carolina

Elsewhere DPS Academy, a now defunct school in the United Arab Emirates Delhi Public School, a type of school in India Delhi Private School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Delhi Private School, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Divisional Public School, Lahore and Faisalabad, Pakistan Dawood Public School, Karachi, Pakistan

Science Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells), a class of proteins 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide, an oxidizing agent and a reagent for forming 2-pyridinethiol esters in the Corey-Nicolaou macrolactonization Distinct population segment, a population considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act Division for Planetary Sciences within the American Astronomical Society

Technology Data Processing Systems Engineer, a flight engineer responsible for data processing systems in a space flight Descent Propulsion System, a rocket engine used in Apollo's Lunar Module Degrees per second, a unit for measuring angular velocity Direct Print Standard, part of PictBridge standard Display PostScript, an on-screen display system Dynamic positioning system, a means to automatically maintain a ship's position and heading by using her own propellers and thrusters DPS protocol, a quantum key distribution protocol DPS (Data Processing System), the designation of several lines of computer in the List of Groupe Bull products

Other uses DPS Compound, Baguio, Philippines Deltic Preservation Society, a British railway preservation group Doctor of Professional Studies, a professional doctorate Ngurah Rai International Airport (IATA code), on Bali, Indonesia

See also DP (disambiguation)