How does the Secret Service advance team work?

In short they try to compose a plan based on the presidents schedule to that visit. Where president should stay, what are the routes that motorcade should choose, very low level security risks & all.. If you want to know how secret service preside... read more

Very often Secret Service Advance Teams will head out weeks or months in advance to map a location, only to find that plans change and the work is unnecessary. This is all part of the job and although it's discouraging, it happens a lot. read more

Before the president arrives, Secret Service agents run background checks on all hotel employees, Kessler said. Anyone with any record of violence - even a minor charge like fourth-degree assault - will be asked not to come in to work during the president's stay, he said. read more

As part of the Secret Service’s mission of preventing an incident before it occurs, the agency relies on meticulous advance work and threat assessments developed by its Intelligence Division to identify potential risks to protectees. read more