How do the formal suit uniforms of the Secret Service not hinder their ability to do their job?
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Much of how they operate is kept classified for good reason but there has been good documentaries on professional body guards that can give us an idea.
Their suits are tailored specifically to hide their body armor, concealed radios, and pistols as to not overtly appear like police or military.
Note that in most photos their suit jackets are not done up. They are able to draw their pistols in a split second if required. However those closest to the assets job is to jump in the way and move whom they are protecting to safety, not necessarily shooting back or neutralizing the threat.
There’s also layers of defense, the guys in suits are only part of the protection. There’s also officers near by in full kit and body armor with assault rifles, as well as snipers and other officers nearby. You just don’t seem them, and that’s the point.
The guys in suits can also be packing heavier firepower than a pistol. Weapons like the MP7 and MP5K are designed to be concealed under jackets or in suitcases.
I think you have gone and confused the crap suit you got for $200 for that job interview and a quality one. A quality tailored suit is going to have about the same freedom of movement as a tee shit and jeans. Honestly the bullet resistant vest and gun holster are going to be your two biggest issues.
They usually wear the tactical polo and khakis or some kind of tactical slacks.
I had secret service visit my home once because my dad was massively scammed in a crypto fraud scheme they were investigating.
I’ve heard that they’re made with a lot of elastic and stretch to allow for freedom of movement, although I can’t recall where I read that.
If your suit is hindering your ability to move, its not tailored. because its restricting your movement.
Also, Agents in formal suit’s main job isn’t to shoot back, its to literally be the human shield and move the VIP out of the area. They do carry guns, but its pistols.
The guys fully armed is usually in a area you DONT see, at a vantage point.
What about the sunglasses? Are they fitted with some Google glass type tech. The agents were very conscientious about keeping/putting them on.
Generally, those are the agents that they WANT a potential bad actor to see. There’s plain clothes agents there, too.
On top of what everyone else has said about their training and research into keeping a low profile, one thing people are missing in this thread is that bulletproof suits exist, I saw them on modern marvels back in 05’ so the technology has to have gotten better. They likely have a plate style body armor underneath it, but just the suit alone will stop the bullet, just not the force.
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