Sergeant Lyn Smith of Hampshire and Isle of White Constabulary describes the role of the Marine Support Unit in delivering a "safe" state visit for U.S. President Donald Trump. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00So we've been planning this for the last couple of months. The Marine Support Unit have been in Windsor since Friday and we're here for the next week.
00:07We're going to be doing high visibility patrols, some searching, some specialist searching in and around the area and working with our partners in the Environment Agency to deliver a safe event.
00:18You were talking earlier about how you've had a bit of a warm up, if you like, with President Macron's visit, but how does this one compare?
00:27This is similar to President Macron's visit. We are still providing capability on the water. It's just on a larger scale for us.
00:35We're being joined by colleagues from Marine Units across the country to deliver this event.
00:39And obviously, you know, every president will come with their own security team. Can you tell me how you have to work alongside people like the Secret Service to make this visit happen?
00:49We are quite self-contained here on the water. Our plan involves some closure of the River Thames for certain periods of time over the next couple of days, but everything we do is quite contained to the water.
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