It’s no secret that the United States Secret Service has suffered a lot of embarrassing (and potentially dangerous) White House intrusions over the last couple of years as assorted nuts simply climb the White House fence and make a run for it.
You might remember last fall when experts enhanced White House security after a fence-jumping incident days earlier by doubling the size of the “buffer zone” between the White House fence and a row of “Barrycades” lined up on the sidewalk out front:
Before and after: initial placement of barricade on Sep 23 and newly expanded buffer zone today. pic.twitter.com/qgLBzLDenD
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 24, 2014
Six months later, the White House is prepared to take the next step: pointier points.
USSS: Starting July, "removable anti-climb feature consisting of sharp metal points will be installed on the top of the White House fence"
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 7, 2015
Work on enhancing the White House fence with anti-climb feature consisting of sharp metal points will be installed starting in early July.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 7, 2015
A rendering of what temporary security measures for WH fence will look like per USSS pic.twitter.com/tWCoZunpuR
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 7, 2015
That’ll stop jumpers MT @FreeBeacon: White House Fence Getting Sharper Spikes http://t.co/5ymqdHOVAb pic.twitter.com/tGKeLQ8W3r
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/jimmiebjr/status/596413865014996992
https://twitter.com/DParry/status/596415857313591296
The “removable anti-climb feature” is only a temporary measure; something a little more permanent is coming in 2016, allegedly.
Spikes will be bolted to White House fence in July – to prevent fence jumpers until more permanent fence change is made in 2016
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 7, 2015
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