In the President's Secret Service Quotes

“Boys will be boys," he said.
When the door of the elevator shut, Reagan said to Hresko, "But boys will not be president.”
― Ronald Kessler, In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect

“Here, new agents receive a total of sixteen weeks of training, combined with another twelve and a half weeks of training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) at Glynco, Georgia. To apply to be a Secret Service agent, an individual must be a U.S. citizen. At the time of appointment, he or she must be at least twenty-one years of age but younger than thirty-seven. Agents need a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or three years of work experience in the criminal investigative or law enforcement fields that require knowledge and application of laws relating to criminal violations. Agents’ uncorrected vision can be no worse than 20/60, correctable to 20/20 in each eye. Besides passing a background examination, potential agents must take drug tests and pass a polygraph before they are hired and given a top secret security clearance.”
― Ronald Kessler, In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect

“Each CAT team member is equipped with a fully automatic SR-16 rifle, a SIG Sauer P229 pistol, flash bang grenades for diversionary tactics, and smoke grenades. CAT agents also may be armed with Remington breaching shotguns, a weapon that has been modified with a short barrel. The shotgun may be loaded with nonlethal Hatton rounds to blow the lock off a door.”
― Ronald Kessler, In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect

“Thus, the countersnipers are observers and can respond to a distant threat with their .300 Winchester Magnum—known as Win Mag—rifles. The rifle is customized for the shooter who is assigned the weapon. Each team is also equipped with one Stoner SR-25 rifle. Counter-snipers are required to qualify shooting out to a thousand yards each month. If they don’t qualify, they don’t travel or work.”
― Ronald Kessler, In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect

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― Ronald Kessler, In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect

“Voters tend to forget that presidents are, first and foremost, people. If they are unbalanced, nasty, and hypocritical, that will be reflected in their judgment and job performance. If”
― Ronald Kessler, In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect