# Must a state/local government provide security for a Presidential visit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-a-state-local-government-provide-security-for-a-presidential-visit/394956>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 7, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-a-state-local-government-provide-security-for-a-presidential-visit/394956 "2007-03-07T15:23:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-a-state-local-government-provide-security-for-a-presidential-visit/394956/1 "2007-03-07T15:23:43Z")

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Whenever the President (any President) makes a visit the Secret Service although in charge of his security coordinates with state and local law enforcement. But could a governor or mayor just say “We can’t stop POTUS from visiting, but we’re not going to make it easy.” and not allow state/local police to cooperate with the SS or close roads?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-a-state-local-government-provide-security-for-a-presidential-visit/394956/2 "2007-03-07T15:33:26Z")

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If they don’t mind losing all their highway funds for the next decade.

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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-a-state-local-government-provide-security-for-a-presidential-visit/394956/3 "2007-03-07T17:45:43Z")

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[QUOTE=silenus]  
If they don’t mind losing all their highway funds for the next decade.  
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Really. And what’s more, it wouldn’t matter in the slightest whether the president was a Democrat or a Republican, or whether Congress was controlled by his party. A state or local government challenging the Feds like that would not be well-received.