A Top-Notch Security Detail Watches Over You
When you see the president, you might notice intense-looking, hyper-alert men and women with earpieces following behind. That’s the Secret Service, the agency tasked with protecting the president — even at the cost of members’ own lives.
Well-armed, trained and prepared, members of the Secret Service are more than bodyguards. They conduct advance work, threat assessments, counter-surveillance and airspace security. Ex-presidents get Secret Service protection for life, and their children are protected until age 16. The agency’s 2017 budget is $1.9 billion.
