VISION STATEMENT

"Built on a tradition of excellence and meeting the challenges of the future, the United States Secret Service moves as one to protect our nation's leaders, visiting world leaders, and the integrity of the nation's financial systems."


MISSION STATEMENT

The Secret Service is charged with protecting the President and Vice President of the United States and their immediate families; the President-elect and Vice President-elect and their immediate families; former Presidents and their wives; the widows of former Presidents until death or remarriage; minor children of a former President until they reach 16 years of age; visiting heads of foreign states or foreign governments and their spouses traveling with them; and, at the direction of the President, official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad, major Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates and within 120 days of the general Presidential election the spouses of such candidates. Presidents elected to office after January 1,1997, will receive Secret Service protection for 10 years after leaving office. Individuals elected to office prior to January 1, 1997, will continue to receive lifetime protection. Furthermore, the Secret Service provides security at the White House Complex; the Treasury Building and Treasury Annex; buildings that house Presidential offices; the Vice President's residence; and various foreign diplomatic missions in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area or in other areas as designated by the President.

The Secret Service is charged with the detection and arrest of any person committing any offense against the laws of the United States relating to coins, currency, stamps, Government bonds, checks, credit/debt card fraud, computer fraud, false identification crimes, and other obligations or securities of the United States. The mission of the Secret Service also includes investigations related to certain criminal violations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Federal Land Bank Act, and the Government Losses in Shipment Act.