 Sheriff Michael Sloop. I hope they're not made a scapegoat because they did their job to the best of their abilities. The Secret Service director says while the buck stops with her, they were responsible for the rally where Trump was. Local police were responsible for the outer perimeter where the gunman was. I'm Julie Walker. Donald Trump appeared triumphantly at the Republican convention's opening night last night with a bandage over his right ear two days after surviving that attempted assassination.