The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders,their families,and visiting heads of state or government. The Secret Service was,until 2003,part of the Department of the Treasury,due to their initial mandate of combating counterfeiting of U.S. currency. The agency has protected U.S. presidents and presidential candidates since 1901.
In the United States,a special agent is an official title used to refer to certain investigators or detectives of federal,military,tribal,or state agencies who primarily serve in criminal investigatory positions. Additionally,some special agents operate in criminal intelligence,counterterrorism,or counterintelligence-based roles as well,with one or all of these roles occasionally taking precedence over criminal investigatory tasks.
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It is also "the federal agency charged with protecting and delivering integrated law enforcement and security services to facilities owned or leased by the General Services Administration (GSA)"—over 9,000 buildings—and their occupants.
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers serves as an interagency law enforcement training body for 105 United States government federal law enforcement agencies. The stated mission of FLETC is to "...train those who protect our homeland". Through the Rural Policing Institute (RPI) and the Office of State and Local Training,it provides tuition-free and low-cost training to state,local,campus and tribal law enforcement agencies.
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States with nationwide jurisdiction charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories. It answers to the Capitol Police Board and is the only full-service federal law enforcement agency appointed by the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.
The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) is a division of the United States Coast Guard that investigates crimes where the U.S. Coast Guard has an interest. It is composed of civilian (GS-1811),active duty,reserve enlisted,and warrant officer special agents.
John William Magaw is an American former police officer and administrator for the United States Federal Government. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Otterbein College,in Westerville,Ohio in 1957. He began his career in public service in 1959 as a state trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
William Ralph Basham Jr. is an American law enforcement official who served as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,director of the United States Secret Service,director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers,and chief of staff of the Transportation Security Administration.
Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush,a position he held from 2004 to 2006.
A. T. Smith is a former Deputy Director of the United States Secret Service. He was appointed by former Director Mark Sullivan in April 2012. Smith also served under former directors Julia Pierson and Joseph Clancy.
Mark J. Sullivan is a former federal law enforcement agent who served as the 22nd Director of the United States Secret Service from May 31,2006,to March 27,2013. Sullivan succeeded W. Ralph Basham and was succeeded by Julia Pierson.
Lewis Carlo Merletti was the 19th Director of the United States Secret Service. He succeeded Eljay B. Bowron,and was sworn in on June 6,1997,by the Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin. A 25-year veteran of the United States Secret Service,Merletti has also served as Assistant Director in the Office of Training,and as the Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protection Division.
James F. Sloan was an American intelligence official who served as the Assistant Commandant for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations for the United States Coast Guard and head of Coast Guard Intelligence from November 17,2003 to February 27,2009. He was responsible for directing,coordinating,and overseeing intelligence and investigative operations and activities that support all U.S. Coast Guard mission objectives,the national strategy for Homeland Security,and National Security objectives.
The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.
The director of the United States Secret Service is the head of the United States Secret Service,and is responsible for the day-to-day operations.
Joseph "Joe" P. Clancy is an American law enforcement official. He was the 24th Director of the United States Secret Service. Clancy previously served as head of the agency's presidential protection division until 2011,when he retired and became director of corporate security for Comcast.
Joseph Vincent Cuffari is an American government administrator who has been the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2019. He previously held positions in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. Cuffari was also a policy advisor to Arizona Governors Jan Brewer and Doug Ducey.
Anthony M. Ornato is the former assistant director of the United States Secret Service Office of Training. He was the service's 34th special agent in charge who headed the security detail of president Donald Trump until being detailed to the White House where the president named him White House Deputy Chief of Staff for operations in December 2019. After his tenure as a government SES detailee in the Trump administration,he returned to the Secret Service where he worked as the assistant director in the office of training until August 29,2022.
Ronald L. Rowe Jr. is an American law enforcement officer who is currently serving as the acting director of the United States Secret Service. Rowe was appointed to the position after former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned in 2024,amidst intense criticism of the Secret Service following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
