Here is the best analysis of the incident that I've come across to date. In the YouTube video comments, there was an excellent comment by an Australian bodyguard. He made a point about communication in his 2nd main point that I found particularly enlightening. An opportunity was missed by the police officer who peeked and saw the gunman who then turned his rifle on him. Instead of trying to get on the radios, he should have fired shots in the air to alert everyone. That would have caused the sniper to potentially delay his shot, caused the Secret Service team responsible for Trump to react to shield him, and it would have gotten the Snipers to zero in on the shooter. Brilliant! Following is what he said:
@theozBandit
6 hours ago (edited)
I am one of Australia's most experienced PPS (Personal Protection Specialists) or 'Bodyguards' in which I am part of the teams that look after our Prime Minister, Diplomats, Corporate Executives and a number of other VIPs along with some of the world's biggest celebs all over the world with over 35yrs experience in high level security situations.
FIRSTLY, let me say that this analysis displayed on this channel of what happened when he was struck, where based on my professional opinion is ONE OF THE BEST descriptions to what actually had happened on the day.
The Secret Service on the day did many things right although many more CRITICAL TYPE ACTIONS were wrong where quickly just the top main points of which I can mention at the moment are,
1) This operation should have been identified as an extreme TL1 (threat level 1 status, the exact same security level provided to current POTUS) where because of holding this status, the Secret Service should have had an operative on every high position in a clock figuration such as one at 1oclock, 1 at 2oclock etc etc on EVERY SINGLE one of the buildings, basically a full perimeter watch point with a high point advantage which Counter Snipers would then be approx. 100m from each other being able to see and cover a whole 360 cover covering ALL high vantage points.
2) When the police officer climbed up the building and noticed the shooter, the moment he fell off the building due to being seen by the shooter, the officer should then have taken out his weapon and fired some shots off into the air to firstly bring attention of the shooters position as well as warning and having the actual PSDs immediately rushed Trump off the stage once they heard gunshots then the USSS counter snipers would have also heard the direction of the gun shots and not seen the officer but instead the guy on the roof with a gun and taking appropriate action.
Further to this, by the officer firing his weapon off would have also distracted the shooter from pulling the trigger thinking that he was being targeted where as if for only just a few seconds, is enough time for the USSS counter snipers to taken him out..
3) Being such a high profile event there should have been a large number of normal security guards situated all around the entire perimeter monitoring and providing an outer perimeter protection starting 2 days before so as having a 24 hours security presence keeping the area secure and preventing anyone entering or setting up any devices before the normal USSS security protocol commences.
4) The female US Secret Service Agents should NOT HAD BEEN part of the actual Trump PSD (Personal Security Detail) for the reason that as not only are they not tall enough, BUT more importantly...should SHTF and several members of the team be shot and go down, females DO NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL physical strength to drag a large size man or men being double their weight OUT OF DIRECT FIRE to safety whether its be their own agents or the VIP Trump.
THIS IS NOT THE PLACE OR CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN FEMALES SHOULD BE INCLUDED FOR REASONS OF EQUALITY.
5) They should have been another two shadow snipers WAY OUTSIDE of the perimeter set up at 3 and 9 o'clock approximately 1000m away or further which these agents would be the OUTER counter snipers watching for anyone forward of themselves popping up with a weapon as you can't protect anyone from shots taken in excess from over the 1000m threshold.
The director of the Secret Service Kim Cheatle must step down immediately and the USSS advance team questioned as they had not indicated the area the shooter was positioned as a RZ (Red Zone, highest threat level positions)
I can't go into any more details in relation to how the US Secret Service operate on social media due to National Security protocol although if anyone has any Yes/No questions ask away"