DPS may refer to: Schools United States Dalton Public Schools, the public school district in Dalton, Georgia Dearborn Public Schools, the public school district in Dearborn, Michigan Decatur Public Schools District 61, the public school system in Decatur, Illinois Denver Public Schools, the public school system in Denver, Colorado Detroit Public Schools, the public school system in Detroit, Michigan Durham Public Schools, the public school system in Durham, North Carolina Other countries Delhi Public School, private schools run by the Delhi Public School Society Delhi Private School, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Delhi Private School, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Divisional Public School, a school in Lahore and Faisalabad, Pakistan Dawood Public School, a private school in Karachi, Pakistan Politics and government 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 Department of Public Safety, a type of state or local government umbrella agency in the United States Public Safety Canada, legally incorporated as the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, a Canadian federal cabinet-level department Diplomatic Protection Squad, VIP protection unit of the New Zealand Police Directorate of Professional Standards, a division of the London Metropolitan Police Dorozhno-Patrulnaya Sluzhba (), Russia's Road Inspection Service, a division of the Russian police responsible for regulating road traffic Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi (, ДПС), known as the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a political party in Bulgaria 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 Biology Dps (DNA-binding proteins from starved cells), a class of proteins Distinct population segment, a population considered for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act Other uses Ngurah Rai International Airport (IATA code), near the city of Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia DPS Compound, Baguio, Philippines Damage per second, a way to calculate the damage dealt in online multiplayer games Dead Poets Society, from the film of the same name The Dead Pop Stars, a Japanese rock band Dps (band),