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Watching CNN and the arriving Presidential motorcade. Noticing that the Harley's out front all have side cars attached. Is this because of possible ice on the roads? Or do they have armament in there?
 
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Firepower in those hacks.


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and hacks in the cages
 
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We'd all be guessing since they like to keep that info a secret, but nothing the SS does is for show, so I'd say the sidecar is stuffed with cool powerful schit. Too bad they're wasting it protecting The Idiot.
 
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The bikes are usually owned by the city/state that is hosting the POTUS. There shouldn't be any additional in there, other than what the officer riding the bike is carrying while in uniform. The "hardware" is all contained within the motorcade itself, which has about 15-20 vehicles total. Everything you could need is brought in with the motorcade itself.
 
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The department(s) usually deck out their drill/escort teams to the nines for these events.
 
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Originally Posted by MikeBel
…. Too bad they're wasting it protecting The Idiot.

…….. he's no idiot
….. that's what makes he & his policies so dangerous.

…….. and though i would not want there to actually be an attack on the motorcade (read that correctly NSA, i would NOT) it would be totally cool to see an RPG launcher rise up outta one'a those hack tubs & accurately go off !
 
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This is what is in those black Secret Service Suburbans that follow the Beast.

 
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Originally Posted by cmstewart72
The bikes are usually owned by the city/state that is hosting the POTUS. There shouldn't be any additional in there, other than what the officer riding the bike is carrying while in uniform. The "hardware" is all contained within the motorcade itself, which has about 15-20 vehicles total. Everything you could need is brought in with the motorcade itself.
Correct. Every POTUS detail I've done had local motors. So it's whatever the local departments run for bikes. We always handle the traffic along the route and outer security, USSS handles the rest.
 
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A lot of departments in old climates have there motor patrol officers use hacks during the winter months for stability, what's in em never got close enough to ask
 


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