 But Trump was clearly less protective at this event, which is the main reason the Secret Service tasked the local county authorities to cover the buildings outside the security perimeter of the valley itself. As Breitbart noted, a local police counter-sniper team was stationed inside the building that Thomas Crooks called on top of to fire at and nearly kill Trump, but not on the roof. The building was a watch post for local police snipers to scan for threats.