The U.S. Secret Service failed to give clear guidance to local law enforcement and suffered communication failures on July 13 before a man fired shots at former President Donald Trump, Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe told a press conference on Sept. 20.
Summarizing an internal review of what unfolded in Butler, Pennsylvania, Rowe said that “this was a failure on part of the United States Secret Service” and that lessons learned from the experience will help propel the service from a reactive to a proactive posture.
The Secret Service was stationed in a room that was separate from the Butler County Emergency Services command post, and some local officers did not know that there were two separate communication centers, the review found….