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In yet another blow to the beleaguered Secret Service agency, an agent’s gun, badge, and other equipment were stolen from his car.
CNN reports that the agent parked his personal vehicle right by the agency’s headquarters in downtown D.C. on Monday afternoon around 4 p.m. When he returned hours later, a bag with the equipment was gone.
The [Metropolitan Police Department] report lists a black Sig Sauer handgun, an APX6000 radio, handcuffs, a USB flash drive, a black Patagonia bag and a Secret Service badge, number 1266, as the stolen items.
The agent, who isn’t named in the report but who a source said works in the Presidential Protective Division, saw a person reaching into the vehicle, the report states, “but didn’t see him take anything out.”
The Secret Service declined Tuesday to comment on the incident. But a law enforcement official noted that the USB is encrypted and password protected and argued the theft does not appear to be a threat to the agency.
The Secret Service has been struggling to deal with White House fence-jumpers, most recently on Thanksgiving, as well as their own agents’ hard-partying ways.
Rachel Kurzius