United States Secret Service Uniformed Division#Organization

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Established in 1922 as the White House Police, this organization was fully integrated into the Secret Service in 1930. In 1970, the protection of foreign diplomatic missions was added to the force's responsibilities, and its name was changed to the Executive Protective Service. The name United States Secret Service Uniformed Division was adopted in 1977.

In 1970, Phyllis Shantz became the first female officer sworn into the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, then called the Executive Protective Service. In 1971, the first five official female Special Agents were sworn in - Laurie Anderson, Sue Baker, Kathryn Clark, Holly Hufschmidt, and Phyllis Shantz.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/6998539/trump-shooting-republicans-blame-dei-secret-service-women/|title=Critics Blame 'DEI' for Trump's Shooting|first=Koh|last=Ewe|date=July 15, 2024|magazine=TIME}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/timeline|title=Timeline of Our History | website=U.S. Secret Service}}

With more than 1,300 officers as of 2010, the Uniformed Division is responsible for security at the White House Complex; the vice president's residence; the Department of the Treasury (as part of the White House Complex); and foreign diplomatic missions in the District of Columbia area. Uniformed Division officers carry out their protective responsibilities through a network of fixed security posts, foot, bicycle, vehicular and motorcycle patrols.

The Uniformed Division has four branches: the White House Branch, the Foreign Missions Branch, the Naval Observatory Branch and the Special Operations Branch.{{sfn|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.|p=11}} Together they provide protection for the following: the president, vice president, and their immediate families; presidential candidates; the White House Complex; the Vice President's Residence; the main Treasury Department building and its annex facility; and foreign diplomatic missions in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/whoweare_ud.shtml|title=Uniformed Division|publisher=US Secret Service|access-date=19 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815094113/http://www.secretservice.gov/whoweare_ud.shtml|archive-date=15 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Officers are responsible for providing additional support to the Secret Service's protective mission through the following five Special Operations Branch units:{{cite web |title=Become a Uniformed Division Officer |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2024-02/ud-brochure-20240206.pdf |website=U.S. Secret Service |access-date=23 July 2024 |page=15|ref={{SfnRef|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.}}}}

; Counter Sniper Team (CS): Created in 1971, the Counter Sniper Team's purpose is to provide specialized protective support to defend against long-range threats to Secret Service protectees.{{cite report|title=Federal Tactical Teams: Characteristics, Training, Deployments, and Inventory|date=September 10, 2020|series=GAO-20-710|publisher=United States Government Accountability Office|url=https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/709297.pdf|access-date=23 July 2024|page=35|ref={{SfnRef|United States Government Accountability Office|2020}} |archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116153943/https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/709297.pdf|url-status=live}} Counter snipers work in pairs with one acting as a spotter.{{cite news |last1=Finley |first1=Ben |last2=Santana |first2=Rebecca |title=What to know about the Secret Service's Counter Sniper Team |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-shooting-secret-service-counter-sniper-team-4b37fd13def3199f5235518b41a02909 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=Associated Press |date=19 July 2024}} In 2016, CBS Evening News reported that no CS member had to fire a shot since the unit was formed.{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Margaret |author-link1=Margaret Brennan |title=Inside the Secret Service sniper team |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGzhfkFF314 |access-date=23 July 2024 |work=CBS Evening News |publisher=CBS |date=18 September 2016 |via=YouTube}}
In July 2024, the CS shot and killed Thomas Matthew Crooks who had attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, the Republican Party's then-presumptive nominee in the 2024 presidential election, at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.{{cite press release |last=Cheatle |first=Kimberly |date=July 15, 2024 |title=Statement From U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2024/07/statement-us-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle |url-status=live |publisher=U.S. Secret Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715190946/https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2024/07/statement-us-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=23 July 2024}}{{cite news |last1=De Mar |first1=Charlie |last2=Hoffman |first2=Kelsie |title=Cellphone video shows Trump rally attendees pointing to shooter on roof before assassination attempt |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-assassination-attempt-new-cellphone-video-shows-security-failures/ |access-date=23 July 2024 |work=CBS Mornings |publisher=CBS |date=16 July 2024}}

; Canine Explosives Detection Unit (K-9): Created in 1976, the mission of the K-9 unit is to provide skilled and specialized explosives detection support to protective efforts involving Secret Service protectees.

; Emergency Response Team (ERT): Created in 1985, ERT's primary mission is to provide tactical response to unlawful intrusions and other protective challenges related to the White House and its grounds. ERT personnel receive specialized, advanced training and must maintain a high level of physical and operational proficiency.{{cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/UD100|title=Celebrating 100 years of the Uniformed Division |website=U.S. Secret Service |access-date=July 21, 2024}}{{sfn|United States Government Accountability Office|2020|p=36}} The ERT includes the Specialized Rifle Unit.{{sfn|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.|p=15}} Since 2003, the ERT has included tactical K9 units.{{cite report |title=2015 Annual Report |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2021-03/USSSAnnualReportFY2015.pdf |publisher=U.S. Secret Service |access-date=24 July 2024 |page=21}}

; Airspace Security Branch: Develops and implements security plans to monitor and control the airspace surrounding locations visited by the president and vice president of the United States, National Special Security Events and other designated major events.{{cite web |title=Safeguarding Places |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/protection/places |website=U.S. Secret Service |access-date=24 July 2024}}{{sfn|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.|p=15}}

; Hazardous Agent Mitigation Medical Emergency Response (HAMMER): Created in 2004, HAMMER supports the agency's protective mission through chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) detection and intervention, emergency medical support and rescue/extrication capabilities.{{cite web |title=Special Operations Division Prerequisites |url=https://www.secretservice.gov/protection/specialoperations/path |website=U.S. Secret Service |access-date=24 July 2024}}{{sfn|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.|p=15}}{{cite report|last1=James|first1=Nathan|title=Federal Tactical Teams|date=September 3, 2015|series=CRS Report for Congress, R44179|publisher=Congressional Research Service|url=https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=787682|access-date=July 25, 2024|page=23 |archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192155/https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=787682|url-status=live}}

Officers assigned to CS, ERT, and K9, are designated "Technicians" to recognize their advanced training.{{sfn|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.|pp=12, 16-17}}

The Division also has the following other units:

; Magnetometer Support Team: Formed to ensure that all persons entering secure areas occupied by Secret Service protectees are unarmed, the Secret Service began relying on magnetometer (metal detector) support by Uniformed Division officers to augment its protective efforts away from the White House following the attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.

; Crime Scene Search Unit: Photographs, collects, and processes physical and latent evidence.{{sfn|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.|p=17}}

; Motorcade Support Unit: Specializes in the operational support for all official protectee motorcade movements.

; Special Operations Section: Handles special duties and functions at the White House Complex, including conducting tours.{{sfn|U.S. Secret Service|n.d.|p=17}}

The Secret Service Uniformed Division's statutory authority is set out in Title 18, §3056A of the U.S. Code.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3056A|title=Title 18, §3056A|work=U.S. Code|access-date=April 20, 2016}}

Uniformed Division ranks, set out in the salary schedule in Title 5, § 10203 of the United States Code, are as follows:{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title5/pdf/USCODE-2011-title5-partIII-subpartI-chap102-sec10203.pdf |title=5 U. S. C. § 10203 |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |access-date=4 November 2015}}

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• Chief
• Assistant Chief
• Deputy Chief
• Inspector
• Captain
• Lieutenant
• Sergeant
• Officer

Like all other officers, the standard sidearm for the Uniformed Division is the 9mm Glock 19. Officers are trained on standard shoulder weapons that include the FN P90 submachine gun, the 9mm Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun, and the 12-gauge Remington 870 shotgun.Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35th edition (January 27, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2869-5}}. The continued use of the MP5 remains a source of controversy as many other federal agencies have moved away from submachine guns altogether and replaced them with automatic rifles.{{cite book|title=In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect|year=2009|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|last=Kessler|first=Ronald|isbn=9780307461353|url=https://archive.org/details/inpresidentssecr00kess|url-access=registration}}

As a non-lethal option, Uniformed Division Officers are armed with the ASP 16" expandable baton, and Uniformed Division officers also carry pepper spray and X20-series tasers.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Units assigned to the Special Operations Branch carry a variety of non-standard weapons. The Emergency Response Team (ERT) is issued with the Knight's Armament Company SR-16 CQB rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. {{cite book|last1=Kessler|first1=Ronald|title=The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents|date=2014|publisher=Crown|isbn=978-0804139229}}

Uniformed Division technicians assigned to the Counter Sniper Team use custom built .300 Winchester Magnum-chambered bolt-action rifles referred to as JARs ("Just Another Rifle").{{cn|date=July 2024}} These rifles use Remington 700 actions in Accuracy International stocks with Schmidt & Bender optics.{{cn|date=July 2024}} CS technicians also use the 7.62mm Mk11 Mod 0 semi-automatic sniper rifle with a Trijicon 5.5× ACOG optic. "The Gear and Guns of the Secret Service". World of Firepower. Vol. 4, Issue 3, May/June 2016. pp. 9–10. ASIN: B01GK8XJEY.

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