Secret Service Drives Hard to Protect the President

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Published 2019-04-07

Protecting the president of the United States involves far more than being willing to step into the path of gunfire. As VOA's White House bureau chief Steve Herman reports from the Secret Service's training center in Laurel, Maryland, every one of its agents and officers also has to learn how to drive.
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All Comments (21)

@myscabula 5 years ago

Random guy: hops over the fence and runs in the white house
@spencernelson1560 5 years ago

I bet that place goes through a lot of tires
@a_literal_brick 5 years ago

Step 1: literally become James Bond
@Smithy223 5 years ago

as a car guy, I now want to be in training
@johnygsh 5 years ago

00:00 Even Stevie wonder saw that Belly who you trying to fool
@10--50 5 years ago

1:27 We can see the secret service really cares about their bicycles. Nice tire bro
@Tracer2376 4 years ago

Grew up around the Secret Service Agents. When I was 15 and wanting to get my license, a family friend of the agency helped me learn how to drive. But he also taught me their way of driving and I have never been in an accident due to him teaching me what to look for. Until I was 18 and was hit head-on by a DUI. The person was speeding 90 in a 25, that scared the shit out of me and even more so when looking at part of my engine from a 1985 Chevy Celebrity Station Wagon sitting in the passenger seat. He and several others with a shit ton of patience and several friends in an 18 year time, assisted me in driving again. I went back through the course and was retaught how to drive both offensively and defensively as well. I have had cops pull me over and ask who taught me how to drive. And when I say the Secret Service, they say never mind have a good day sir.
@mikederkonig 3 years ago

Just remember, what you seen in this video is probably 1% of what they actually learn and go through.
@jenswaldram5955 3 years ago

Here in the Netherlands our premier doesn’t need this protection. He was his bicycle to move around city.
@RyanDeGreg 4 years ago

0:02 "send it"
@benabadie7351 3 years ago

2:51 Hey Michael, what’s in that envelope?
@purdhupley7864 11 months ago

I'd never heard of or had seen the bus before. Learn something new every day
@llcooljjay4383 4 years ago

Watching videos like this taught me how to drive
@gangesexcavating 5 years ago

When did John Deere Gators go become electric golf carts?
@kezhasivozashumo9334 5 years ago

As quickly and expeditiously as possible music to the ears
@moneebkhan3744 5 years ago

Why do I feel like I'm watching a video from the late '90's?
@diamondssophia341 4 years ago

Y’all ain’t going nowhere in those V6 chargers
@vettebecker1 3 years ago

This is awesome!! Brings back memories of being with Sheriff’s office
@melissahannah587 4 years ago

Thank you .
@jerico2316 3 years ago

Thank you for your Service, May God Bless Us All