Secret Service Agents placed on leave

[Vambram]

Multiple Secret Service agents put on leave following Trump assassination attempt

At least five members of the Secret Service have been placed on administrative leave following the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Fox News has confirmed.

www.foxnews.com

What are y'alls thoughts about this development here?

 

[Fantine]

Some possible mitigating factors:
Campaigns can spread their security too thin. It takes days for security to prepare for a convention, and big rallies on a way can make it hard for them to fulfill obligations. This criticism can be leveled at both campaigns.
Trump doesn't pay his bills. In addition to those in the video, he owes Minneapolis half a million.

He owes Erie, nearby Butler, $35K. I believe Erie refused to host him until he paid his previous bill.
I believe it affects the morale and even staffing if you fear you'll be left emptyhanded.
Will the hardworking cops providing overtime be caught in a budgetary shortfall?
Did Butler skimp on staff knowing tge town would have to sue to get reimbursed? Maybe.
Candidates who cheat the taxpayers in the towns they visit resemble snake oil salesmen more than aspiring public servants.

 

[Vambram]

Some possible mitigating factors:
Campaigns can spread their security too thin. It takes days for security to prepare for a convention, and big rallies on a way can make it hard for them to fulfill obligations. This criticism can be leveled at both campaigns.
Trump doesn't pay his bills. In addition to those in the video, he owes Minneapolis half a million.

He owes Erie, nearby Butler, $35K. I believe Erie refused to host him until he paid his previous bill.
I believe it affects the morale and even staffing if you fear you'll be left emptyhanded.
Will the hardworking cops providing overtime be caught in a budgetary shortfall?
Did Butler skimp on staff knowing tge town would have to sue to get reimbursed? Maybe.
Candidates who cheat the taxpayers in the towns they visit resemble snake oil salesmen more than aspiring public servants.

You raise some fair points. However, the budget and money issues regarding local law enforcement does not, in my opinion, effect the resources within the Secret Service. The Secret Service should have made absolutely 100% sure that they smartly and effectively had more than enough Secret Service resources for each and every campaign event for ALL the presidential candidates.

 

[Tuur]

Multiple Secret Service agents put on leave following Trump assassination attempt

At least five members of the Secret Service have been placed on administrative leave following the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Fox News has confirmed.

www.foxnews.com

What are y'alls thoughts about this development here?

Isn't that standard procedure? Were agents put on leave after the attempt on Reagan's life? I can't recall. But why wait until now? Shouldn't they have been placed on administrative leave while it was under investigation?

 

[Vambram]

Isn't that standard procedure? Were agents put on leave after the attempt on Reagan's life? I can't recall. But why wait until now? Shouldn't they have been placed on administrative leave while it was under investigation?

I think that it should not have taken 6 weeks to put them on administrative leave.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Isn't that standard procedure? Were agents put on leave after the attempt on Reagan's life? I can't recall. But why wait until now? Shouldn't they have been placed on administrative leave while it was under investigation?

I believe they all resigned freely because the failure was on them - their watch - and Reagan was nearly killed so they all resigned and immediately.

 

[Bobber]

Some possible mitigating factors:
Campaigns can spread their security too thin.

What are you talking about! Government are supposed to be protecting these politicians period.

 

[Fantine]

Cities have a right to charge campaigns, concerts, festivals and fairs for security that requires their departments to expend extra resources. Campaigns are required to pay their bills.
The Secret Service can't do it all.
Campaigns should work cooperatively with the Secret Service and follow their best advice.
All presidential candidates will now appear behind large plastic screens so this should solve the problem.

 

[Pommer]

Cities have a right to charge campaigns, concerts, festivals and fairs for security that requires their departments to expend extra resources. Campaigns are required to pay their bills.
The Secret Service can't do it all.
Campaigns should work cooperatively with the Secret Service and follow their best advice.
All presidential candidates will now appear behind large plastic screens so this should solve the problem.

Watch this be the reason we finally get public funding for campaigns, making sure the people running for high office are safe enough to do that effectively.

 

[essentialsaltes]

6 Secret Service agents suspended over conduct during attempted Trump assassination​

In the aftermath of the shooting, an independent review by the Department of Homeland Security showed a series of law enforcement breakdowns had created an environment that left Trump vulnerable to a would-be assassin.

The discipline against the six agents was issued in recent months, and the agents were given the right to appeal. The suspensions ranged from 10 to 42 days, according to the official, who was briefed on the agency's actions.

The positions of those suspended ranged from supervisory level to line agent level, a source familiar with the agency's decision told ABC News.