Secret Service Must Shift From Reactive to Readiness Model: Acting Director

The head of the Secret Service said that following the assassination attempt during the rally in Butler, he had ‘ordered a paradigm shift.’

Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey B. Veltri of the FBI Miami Field Office (L), Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. of the U.S. Secret Service (C), and Sheriff Ric Bradshaw (R) of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office attend a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida., on September 16, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said in a Sept. 16 update on the investigation into the second alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that the Secret Service will adopt a different approach to protecting current and former presidents.

At a Sept. 16 press conference, Rowe said that after the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential candidate during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, he “ordered a paradigm shift.”