Police organisation
United States Secret Service
A United States federal law-enforcement agency with two joined mandates: protecting designated people and events, and investigating crimes against the financial system.
At a glance
- Official name
- United States Secret Service
- System
- United States
- Level of government
- Federal
- Kind of body
- Specialist national service
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://www.secretservice.gov/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 17 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 17 September 2026
What it is
The Secret Service describes its mission as integrated rather than dual — protection and investigations pursued together rather than as two agencies sharing a name. It states that it protects its protectees, key locations and events of national significance, and separately that it protects the integrity of the currency and investigates crimes against the United States financial system. The pairing is unusual enough that it is worth stating plainly: the protective role most readers know is, by the agency’s own account, one half of a body whose other half is financial crime.
What it covers
The United States, defined by subject matter — designated protectees, events of national significance, the currency, and the financial system — rather than by territory.
Broad responsibilities
- Protection of designated people, locations and events
- Investigation of financial crime against the United States financial system
- Protection of the integrity of the currency
Who it answers to
The agency cites 18 U.S.C. 3056 as the source of its law-enforcement authority. The statutory text was not read.
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how United States is structured, against other systems
Where this connects
Roles: Detective / investigator.
Sources
About Us — United States Secret Service
United States Secret Service · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-17
SCOPE: the United States Secret Service only. The agency's own overview page, read directly. Supports the official name and the service's own description of an integrated mission of protection and investigations, and its citation of 18 U.S.C. 3056 as the source of its law-enforcement authority. The statutory text itself was NOT fetched; the section number rests on the agency's own citation of it.