The Supreme Court of the United States Police is a small federal law enforcement agency headquartered in the District of Columbia, whose mission is to ensure the integrity of the constitutional mission of the Supreme Court by protecting the United States Supreme Court building, the Justices, employees, guests, and visitors.[1]
Established in 1949, the Supreme Court of the United States Police were tasked to provide protection for the Supreme Court Building. The Court had previously resided in the U.S. Capitol Building, and the original force of 33 officers were selected from the ranks of the United States Capitol Police. Currently, the Supreme Court Police are responsible for protecting the Chief Justice, Associate Justices, building occupants, and the Court's historic building and grounds. Additional responsibilities include courtroom security, dignitary protection, emergency response, and providing assistance to building visitors.[1]
Units of the Supreme Court Police include:
* Uniformed Services
* Protective Services
* Threat Assessment Unit
* Background Investigation Unit
* Honor Guard
* Key Response Squad
* HazMat/Bomb Response.
I'll make some calls...night be that all off-site protective details are done by SS, but that seems odd...
The SS only protects the POTUS, VPOTUS, their families, certain foreign dignitaries and other people in the line of succession. They may also take the security "lead" in other high profile national events that may or may not be related to a Presidential visit - a la the 2002-2005 Superbowls.
Personally, I would cut her slack on this. How many types of police do most people know? They can recognize patrol cops (uniform and badge), if they live by a freeway they’d be familiar with Highway Patrol types, and they’ve seen Secret Service types on TV (suits and dark glasses). Most of us haven’t travelled to DC, haven’t seen the SS in person. If the SCOTUS use a special security detail, I’m guessing the odds are they look a lot like SS, and since most of us aren’t that familiar with all the different types of security/police, any of us might assume they were SS. And even if they said “Security guy” or “Security detail”, etc., if she’s assuming that they’re SS, that’s probably what she thinks she heard....