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Inside the Presidential security detail

Presidential convoy. [File, Standard]

Security protocols for a presidential event are not casual arrangements.

They involve multiple layers of personnel, including advance teams that survey venues days beforehand, sniper teams covering sightlines, plainclothes officers mingling with crowds, uniformed police maintaining perimeter control, and the elite Presidential Security Unit forming the final ring around the principal.

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