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Effective March 1, 2003, the Secret Service transferred from the Treasury to the newly established Department of Homeland Security.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|title=History|website=secretservice.gov|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627204241/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|url-status=live}}</ref>
Effective March 1, 2003, the Secret Service transferred from the Treasury to the newly established Department of Homeland Security.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|title=History|website=secretservice.gov|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627204241/https://www.secretservice.gov/about/history/events/#carousel|url-status=live}}</ref>


The [[USA Patriot Act]], signed into law by President [[George W. Bush]] on October 26, 2001, mandated the Secret Service to establish a nationwide network of ECTFs in addition to the one already active in New York. As such, this mandate expanded on the agency's first ECTF—the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force, formed in 1995—which brought together federal, state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, private-industry companies, and academia. These bodies collectively provide necessary support and resources to field investigations that meet any one of the following criteria: significant economic or community impact; participation of organized criminal groups involving multiple districts or transnational organizations; or use of schemes involving new technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|title=United States Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups |publisher=Secretservice.gov|date=October 26, 2001|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806094838/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|archive-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|title=About the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Forces|publisher=Secretservice.gov|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818184516/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|archive-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref>
The [[USA Patriot Act]], signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001, mandated the Secret Service to establish a nationwide network of ECTFs in addition to the one already active in New York. As such, this mandate expanded on the agency's first ECTF—the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force, formed in 1995—which brought together federal, state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, private-industry companies, and academia. These bodies collectively provide necessary support and resources to field investigations that meet any one of the following criteria: significant economic or community impact; participation of organized criminal groups involving multiple districts or transnational organizations; or use of schemes involving new technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|title=United States Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups |publisher=Secretservice.gov|date=October 26, 2001|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806094838/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml|archive-date=August 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|title=About the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Forces|publisher=Secretservice.gov|access-date=August 9, 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818184516/http://www.secretservice.gov/ectf_about.shtml|archive-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref>


The network prioritizes investigations that meet the following criteria:
The network prioritizes investigations that meet the following criteria:
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Since the 1960s, presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] (killed), [[Gerald Ford]] (twice attacked, but uninjured) and [[Ronald Reagan]] (seriously wounded) have been attacked while appearing in public.<ref>{{cite web|first=Elaine |last=Quijano |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/10/bush.georgia/index.html|title=Secret Service told grenade landed near Bush|publisher=CNN.com |date=May 10, 2005|access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Chilcote|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|title=Bush grenade attacker gets life|publisher=CNN|date=January 11, 2006|access-date=January 3, 2007|archive-date=July 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704105908/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Agents on scene, though not injured, during attacks on presidents include [[William Greer]] and [[Roy Kellerman]]. One of the agents was [[Robert DeProspero]], the Special Agent In Charge (SAIC) of Reagan's Presidential Protective Division (PPD) from January 1982 to April 1985. DeProspero was deputy to [[Jerry Parr]], the SAIC of PPD during the Reagan assassination attempt on March 30, 1981.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Petro|first1=Joseph|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Robinson|author2-link=Jeffrey Robinson|title=Standing Next to History, An Agent's Life Inside the Secret Service|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|year=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140 140–141 & 202–204]|isbn=978-0-312-33221-1|url=https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |title=Robert L. DeProspero |year=2005 |website=WVUAlumni |publisher=West Virginia University Alumni Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013212453/http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>
Since the 1960s, presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] (killed), [[Gerald Ford]] (twice attacked, but uninjured) and [[Ronald Reagan]] (seriously wounded) have been attacked while appearing in public.<ref>{{cite web|first=Elaine |last=Quijano |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/10/bush.georgia/index.html|title=Secret Service told grenade landed near Bush|publisher=CNN.com |date=May 10, 2005|access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Chilcote|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|title=Bush grenade attacker gets life|publisher=CNN|date=January 11, 2006|access-date=January 3, 2007|archive-date=July 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704105908/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/11/georgia.grenade/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Agents on scene, though not injured, during attacks on presidents include [[William Greer]] and [[Roy Kellerman]]. One of the agents was [[Robert DeProspero]], the Special Agent In Charge (SAIC) of Reagan's Presidential Protective Division (PPD) from January 1982 to April 1985. DeProspero was deputy to [[Jerry Parr]], the SAIC of PPD during the Reagan assassination attempt on March 30, 1981.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Petro|first1=Joseph|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Robinson|author2-link=Jeffrey Robinson|title=Standing Next to History, An Agent's Life Inside the Secret Service|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|year=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140 140–141 & 202–204]|isbn=978-0-312-33221-1|url=https://archive.org/details/standingnexttohi00petr/page/140}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |title=Robert L. DeProspero |year=2005 |website=WVUAlumni |publisher=West Virginia University Alumni Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013212453/http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/ |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>


[[File:President George W. Bush greets troops guarded by Secret Service.jpg|thumb|left|Secret Service agents guard President [[George W. Bush]] in 2008]]
[[File:President George W. Bush greets troops guarded by Secret Service.jpg|thumb|left|Secret Service agents guard President George W. Bush in 2008]]
The [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]] spotlighted the bravery of two Secret Service agents. First, an agent protecting Mrs. Kennedy, [[Clint Hill (Secret Service)|Clint Hill]], was riding in the car directly behind the presidential limousine when the attack began. While the shooting continued, Hill leaped from the running board of the car he was riding on and jumped onto the back of the president's moving car and guided Mrs. Kennedy from the trunk back into the rear seat of the car. He then shielded the president and the first lady with his body until the car arrived at the hospital.
The [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]] spotlighted the bravery of two Secret Service agents. First, an agent protecting Mrs. Kennedy, [[Clint Hill (Secret Service)|Clint Hill]], was riding in the car directly behind the presidential limousine when the attack began. While the shooting continued, Hill leaped from the running board of the car he was riding on and jumped onto the back of the president's moving car and guided Mrs. Kennedy from the trunk back into the rear seat of the car. He then shielded the president and the first lady with his body until the car arrived at the hospital.


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