Here is the list of the new rules, which Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary provided to Yahoo News:
The following enhanced standards of conduct are effective immediately.
>1. Standards of conduct briefings will be conducted for all protective
visits, events and NSSEs, as well as prior to foreign car plane
departures.
>2. The U.S.
Department of State Regional Security Officer will work with the USSS
advance team to provide intensified country-specific briefings upon
arrival in a foreign country. The briefings will update personnel on
safety issues, off-limit zones and off-limit establishments for USSS
personnel, and any country-specific rules imposed by the Ambassador.
>3. Foreign nationals, excluding hotel staff and official counterparts, are prohibited in your hotel room.
>4. Patronization of non-reputable establishments is prohibited.
>5. Alcohol may only be consumed in moderate amounts while off-duty on a
TDY assignment and alcohol use is prohibited within 10 hours of
reporting for duty.
>6. Alcohol may not be consumed at the protectee hotel once the protective visit has begun.
>The following measures relating to foreign car plane staffing are effective immediately.
>1. Car planes will be staffed with two GS-15 supervisors — one from the
Office of Professional Responsibility and one from the field.
>2. The car plane supervisors will be responsible for briefing the
standards of conduct expectations prior to departure to the destination
country, as well as for enforcing these standards while in the foreign
country.
>3. All personnel
traveling will have to have completed relevant LMS-based ethics training in order to be eligible for protective travel.
>4. The Security Clearance Division will intensify country-specific
briefings covering all pertinent topics prior to departure for the
destination country.
>5. Laws of the United States shall apply to Secret Service personnel while abroad.
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