Short on sharpshooters: New report says Secret Service understaffed

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00:00The U.S. Secret Service counter-sniper team is drastically understaffed, according to a new

00:04report. The new report from the Department of Homeland Security shows the counter-sniper team

00:12is staffed 73 percent below the necessary level to meet mission requirements. Failure to

00:18appropriately staff CS could limit the Secret Service's ability to properly protect our nation's

00:23most senior leaders, risking injury or assassination, and subsequent national-level

00:28harm to the country's sense of safety and security, the report reads. The report shows the need for

00:34counter-sniper team has greatly increased, up 150 percent between 2020 and 2024. However, the number

00:41of snipers only increased by five percent. To make up that difference, the Secret Service relied on

00:46overtime and snipers from other department components. The report laid out two recommendations

00:52to address the issue, the first being to develop and implement a plan to achieve full staffing.

00:57The second, to develop and implement a process to ensure the counter-sniper teams

01:02meet weapon requalification standards. The report started following the assassination attempt of

01:08President Trump in July of last year at that rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. For Straight Arrow News,

01:14I'm Lauren Keenan. For more unbiased straight facts, download the Straight Arrow News app or visit

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