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The History of the United States Secret Service
Service protection for their lifetime. Individuals elected to office after that time will receive protection for ten years after leaving office. Therefore, former president Clinton will be the last President to receive lifetime protection.

Due to the importance of the Secret Service's protective function, the personnel of the agency receive the latest weapons and training. The agents of the Protective Operations Division receive the latest military technology. Due to specific legislation and directives, the United States military must fully comply with requests for assistance with providing protection for the president and all other people under protection, providing weapons, equipment, and even military personnel at no cost to the Secret Service.

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Sig Sauer P229
Sig Sauer P229 hand gun
The U.S. Secret Service, in order to move its protective services into the 21st century, has been putting a large amounts of time, money, and effort into developing and testing directed energy weapons ("DEWs"), communication systems, and wall-penetrating surveillance and sniper/weapon detection systems, mostly by obtaining the basic technologies from the U.S. military and having the agency's Protective Research Division adapt the technologies to the specialized uses the Secret Service has for them (See: Microwave auditory effect, Active Denial Technology, Active Denial System,Sonic weaponry, Thermal imaging cameras, millimeter-wave cameras, sniper/weapon detection systems, laser & microwave microphones, etc.). Due to the Secret Service Protective Operations and Research Divisions' personnel all having top secret government clearances, they have access to the very latest military weaponry and military technologies. This class of weapons is excellent for long-range use (over 1000 meters from their targets) and because there is no easy way to detect the devices being used (some only use passive detection methods, which are totally undetectable) and all of them can penetrate thick walls and other building materials, they are difficult if not impossible to detect or to do anything about.
357 Magnum
357 Magnum
Remington 870 Shotgun
Remington 870 Shotgun
Uzi
Uzi
Craig Miller
The Secret Service New York City Field office was located at 7 World Trade Center. Immediately after the attacks, Special Agents and other Secret Service employees stationed at the New York Field office were the first to respond with first aid trauma kits. The 67 Special Agents stationed at the New York Field Office assisted local fire and Police rescue teams by helping to set up triage areas and evacuate people from the towers. One Secret Service employee, Master Special officer Craig Miller, died during the rescue efforts.

On August 20, 2002, Director Brian L. Stafford recognised the bravery and heroism of the 67 Special Agents and other employees stationed in the New York Field Office, by awarding the Director's Valor award to all the employees who assisted in the rescue attempts in the World Trade Center on 9/11.

  1. William P. Wood (1865 - 1869)
  2. Herman C. Whitley (1869 - 1874)
  3. Elmer Washburn (1874 - 1876)
  4. James Brooks (1876 - 1888)
  5. John S. Bell (1888 - 1890)
  6. A.L. Drummond (1891 - 1894)
  7. William P. Hazen (1894 - 1898)
  8. John E. Wilkie (1898 - 1911)
  9. William J. Flynn (1912 - 1917)
  10. William H. Moran (1917 - 1936)
  11. Frank J. Wilson (1937 - 1946)
  12. James J. Maloney (1946 - 1948)
  13. U.E. Baughman (1948 - 1961)
  14. James J. Rowley (1961 - 1973)
  15. H. Stuart Knight (1973 - 1981)
  16. John R. Simpson (1981 - 1992)
  17. John W. Magaw (1992 - 1993)
  18. Eljay B. Bowron (1993 - 1997)
  19. Lewis C. Merletti (1997 - 1999)
  20. Brian L. Stafford (1999 - 2003)
  21. W. Ralph Basham (2003 - 2006)
  22. Mark J. Sullivan (2006 - Present)
Master Special Officer Craig Miller
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