Secret Service Agent Jerry Par

Secret service agent jerry par had previously protected president jimmy carter and after the 1980 inauguration Transitioned into reagan's personal detail par had two decades of experience. He knew that in order to protect the president he needed to understand reagan's idiosyncrasies Being able to anticipate seemingly small things like whose hand the president might suddenly shake Could help par make split second decisions in the field So on march 31st par decided to personally accompany the president to his speech at the washington hilton At around 11 a.m. an elite advanced team arrived at the hotel to set up a perimeter and run through the final security checks Regan's visit had been planned six days earlier and agents