 In late 2005, MCLB Barstow started a transition from military police to civilian police to free Marines for deployment; the Provost Marshal Office, military police, was augmented with a civilian Marine Corps Police Department, while many of the Marine Military Police stationed aboard the base have transferred to other commands.The transition from a Provost Marshal Office to a Marine Corps Police Department ended in 2007.As of late 2007, the department became the first police department in the Marine Corps to consist of all civilian officers.