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PROTECTIVE STRATEGIC GOAL

Protect our nation's leaders, visiting world leaders, and other protectees as well as reduce threats posed by global terrorists and other adversaries.

Objective - Ensure the physical protection of protectees.

Teddy Roosevelt and his Secret Service DetailMeans & Strategies

  • Maintain a protective intelligence program as a critical component of the risk management process.

  • Identify groups, individuals, and emerging technologies that may pose a threat to protectees.

  • Formalize the risk management process as a decision-making tool to improve resource allocation decision-making.

  • Continue to develop the National Threat Assessment Center to enhance the risk assessment process.

  • Leverage U.S. intelligence assets to improve early warning of threats posed by adversaries and assessments of their capabilities.

  • Deploy countermeasures that will ensure the protection of the President, Vice President, visiting foreign dignitaries, and other protectees.

  • Enhance the ongoing protective review process, including continued review and evaluation of protective details and support staffing guidelines.

  • Continue to assess and enhance security measures at the White House Complex, and other protected facilities.

  • Effectively use locally available resources when appropriate to meet mission requirements.

  • Continue to develop and implement the Emergency Preparedness Program in compliance with PDD 63 and PDD 67.

Objective - Prevent terrorism directed towards Secret Service protectees, protected facilities, and our citizens and visitors at events of national significance.

Means & Strategies

  • Continue to refine the process by which we design, plan, and implement security for designated National Special Security Events.

  • Work with external partners to prevent the use of terrorist weapons at Secret Service protected sites.

  • Maximize interagency cooperation among federal, state, and local entities to take advantage of each agency's specific expertise and resources.

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