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Behind the Shades Article

At first glance, the U.S. Secret Service’s new Public Order Tactical Response Vehicle may resemble a firetruck, but it serves a uniquely different purpose.

This vehicle is equipped with everything Secret Service Uniformed Division personnel…

Press Release

WASHINGTON – On April 23, the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center released a new behavioral case study, First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs: A Case Study on the Link Between Domestic…

Behind the Shades Article

BELTSVILLE, MD - Sitting beside the aquatic training tank at the United States Secret Service’s James J. Rowley Training Center, Senior Special Agent Vince Seymour looked across lanes of perfectly pristine water…

Behind the Shades Article
Special Agent Coron Williams played college basketball for Robert Morris University during their 2010 March Madness run. Photo courtesy of Robert Morris University.

 Before his daily attire consisted of a suit, tie, and badge, United…

Behind the Shades Article

Following an intense 2024 presidential campaign season that included more than 100 protective visits, leaders of the U.S. Secret Service Chicago Field Office returned to the battleground state of Wisconsin in March to…

Behind the Shades Article

Retired Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) Tim McCarthy spoke candidly about taking a bullet for President Ronald Reagan more than four decades ago during the attempted assassination outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. 

Press Release

Following an Officer-involved shooting near 17th and F Streets the morning of March 9, Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Michael A. Buck released the following statement:

"On Sunday, March 9, an adult male was shot by U.S. Secret…

Behind the Shades Article

by Kelli Tippett, MFS (USSS Laboratory Director)

This article was originally published in the February 2025 edition of the United States Secret Service Association's official magazine, The Pipeline.

An aperture is an opening in the…

Press Release
SAIC STATEMENT 

The Secret Service is committed to bringing its cyber and forensic investigative resources to bear in support of crimes against children,” said Special Agent in Charge Glenn Dennis. “The National Center for…

Press Release

Below is Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe, Jr.’s written testimony for December 5, 2024, as submitted to the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump for Congressional record.

Good morning, Chairman…