Security Planning - Mid

1 . Explain the history of security services . How far back does this history go ? What did

security organizations do prior to the present ? How has the role of security service organizations changed over time

The history of crime is replete with tales of master forger and confidence tricksters . A very important and significant branch is that of counterfeiting currency . The financial situation in the USA , in the 1860 's , was different forms of American currency and with no controlling authority to oversee the printing of currency . Not surprisingly , there were several

criminals , who utilized this opportunity by printing and circulating counterfeit currency . The problem was so acute that the quantum of counterfeit money was 33 of the In 1863 , wisdom finally dawned , and the Treasury was accorded the onerous task of printing currency . Despite this development counterfeiters went about printing counterfeit currency and by the end of the Civil War , this problem reached extremely alarming proportions After the Civil War 's conclusion , McCulloch the then Secretary of the Treasury prevailed upon the president Abraham Lincoln to create the Secret Service in to protect the U .S . monetary system Accordingly , the Secret Service Division was inaugurated on the 5th of July , 1865 with William

. Wood , who was a veteran of the Mexican war and who had also been the Keeper of the Capital Prison , as its first director . In combating financial crime he was the best . The United States Secret Service was allotted two very important tasks , first ensuring the safety of high-ranking government officials and foreign dignitaries and second , to combat counterfeiters and white collar criminals

President Abraham Lincoln had decided to establish this agency on April 14 , 1865 just hours before he was shot dead by John Wilkes Booth Although , it was a small organization , it proved its mettle in fighting financial crime and between 1865 and 1869 operatives of the Secret Service apprehended more than 200 counterfeiters and took into possession currency and government bonds to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars . Subsequently , its operatives diversified their activities and commenced investigations into postal fraud , illegal federal land transfers , etc . At this stage the Justice Department stepped in and ensured that Congress limited the activities of the Secret Service to counterfeiters

In 1894 , William Hazen director of the Secret Service deployed two officers to guard the White House subsequent to the obtention of authentic information in respect of a criminal conspiracy to assassinate President Grover Cleveland . This was a significant development as the Secret Service had forayed into protecting the president . In 1898 , the Spanish-American War began and Congress authorized 24-hour protection to be given by the Secret Service to the president . Further , the task of apprehending Spanish agents on U .S . territory , as well as collecting military information , was entrusted to the Secret Service . Although , the war ended , the Secret Service continued with its protection of the president , who was targeted by anarchists , with frequent assassination threats . Accordingly , Congress allowed the Secret Service to...