Kimberly Cheatle
 Kimberly Cheatle    (policewoman) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | August 15, 1972 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Eastern Illinois University | |||||||||||
Director of the United States Secret Service during the the July 2024 assassination attempt on presidential candidate Donald Trump
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Kimberly A. Cheatle is an American law enforcement officer who became director of the United States Secret Service in September 2022. She previously held multiple roles in the United States Secret Service for over 25 years. She resigned in 2024 following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump[1]
Career
Cheatle joined the United States Secret Service in 1995.[2] She was involved in the evacuation of Vice President Dick Cheney on the September 11 attacks, and worked in Joe Biden's protective detail during the Obama administration, when she was assigned to the Vice Presidential Protective Division.[3] In 2017 and 2018, she worked as deputy assistant director. She also worked as special-agent-in-charge in the Grand Rapids, Michigan office. She became the first woman to become assistant director of Protective Operations, a department tasked with protection of the president and dignitaries, and managed a budget of over $133.5 million.[4]
From 2019 to 2022, Cheatle worked as senior director of global security at PepsiCo, where she was responsible for directing and implementing security protocols for the company's facilities in North America. Her role involves developing risk management assessment and risk mitigation.[5][6]
Donald Trump/Assassination attempt
| Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle was grilled by lawmakers Monday on the Trump assassination attempt, saying, "we failed," but refusing to answer a majority of Congress members' questions. |
After the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, she admitted the agency knew the building rooftop where gunman Thomas Crooks was positioned was a security vulnerability but still opted not to position agents there, explaining that "that building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof..And, so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building from inside." Following a hearing for the poor handling of her agency, Cheatle resigned.[7][8]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240718020923/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/leadership/director
- ↑ Security Magazine, "Kimberly Cheatle, Senior Director – Global Security at PepsiCo," July 1, 2022 by Maggie Shein [1]
- ↑ https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97889-women-in-security-2022-kimberly-cheatle-pepsico
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Biden names new Secret Service director amid Jan. 6 scrutiny," Aug 24, 2022 [2]
- ↑ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/statement-from-president-biden-on-the-appointment-of-kimberly-cheatle-to-be-the-next-director-of-the-united-states-secret-service/
- ↑ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/24/biden-secret-service-kimberly-cheatle-00053638
- ↑ https://nypost.com/2024/07/16/us-news/secret-service-boss-kimberly-cheatle-says-the-buck-stops-with-me-calls-trump-rally-shooting-response-unacceptable-but-still-wont-resign/
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/16/cheatle-police-snipers-were-not-put-on-roof-where-trump-gunman-was-because-it-was-sloped/
