This documentary helps explain a large portion of what is required of the USSS men and women in assessing threats to their protectees. It is unfortunate that much of the details of the preparation work was excluded in the documentary -- possibly for security purposes. Prep work can begin MONTHS before a protectee arrives. Also not mentioned is how thinly spread the small elite group of professionals are. As they take on new duties as part of the Dept. of Homeland Security, more agents are feeling stress. I do not remember anything in that documentary that addressed how these professionals deal with on the job stress.
Here is what I DO know about how the USSS professionals deal with a protective detail when a protectee comes to tour the area of devastation, like Katrina -- they do it with utmost professionalism even though their own homes are underwater, destroyed, and they have trouble getting to the scene. They do it and don't complain. These men & women leave their own emergencies to guarantee the safety of their protectees.
Still informative. Still very well worth viewing. Makes you kinda want to sign up if you want to have the most stressful jobs in the world.
Here is what I DO know about how the USSS professionals deal with a protective detail when a protectee comes to tour the area of devastation, like Katrina -- they do it with utmost professionalism even though their own homes are underwater, destroyed, and they have trouble getting to the scene. They do it and don't complain. These men & women leave their own emergencies to guarantee the safety of their protectees.
Still informative. Still very well worth viewing. Makes you kinda want to sign up if you want to have the most stressful jobs in the world.
