New Hampshire
After Trump assassination attempt, New Hampshire police chief says Secret Service communication is key
MANCHESTER, N.H. – As the nation grapples with the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, law enforcement in New Hampshire are already thinking about the lessons learned from Pennsylvania and how they can secure future campaign events.
“No chief or no police agency wants what happened on Saturday on their resume,” Manchester, New Hampshire Police Chief Allen Aldenberg told WBZ-TV.
Secret Service and police coordinate weeks before campaign event
Aldenberg has helped secure his fair share of campaign events involving presidents, former and current. Manchester is a popular campaign stop in the swing state of New Hampshire and Secret Service often reach out to local police weeks before an upcoming event.
“They trust us. So perhaps they may give us a little more than they would,” Aldenberg said.
Most Manchester rallies are held at the city’s SNHU arena. In those cases, Aldenberg says Secret Service is involved with securing the interior of the arena, Manchester police are involved with securing the outside, and preparation for these events can take weeks.
“And once you get three or four days out from the event, we’re in there probably sometimes two or three times a day, meeting with Secret Service, meeting with the arena staff, the management, doing walkthroughs,” Aldenberg said.
“Communication is key”
On the day of the event, communication is key. Each agency involved works with its own communication system. That is why Aldenberg says he pairs up his local police with other agencies.
Manchester police offer all sorts of capabilities to Secret Service. They use bomb-sniffing dogs, local intelligence, and tactical assistance in the form of SWAT teams. Aldenberg says they do not offer sniper capability.
Each event can be time-consuming and costly. Aldenberg says each local department is typically left to pick up the tab for the security it provides, which can be a strain on small police departments.
“It can also be a financial burden. It’s a significant amount of money when a candidate or a particular sitting president comes into your community to hold an event. But that cannot be an excuse not to do what’s appropriate and what’s right,” he said.
Aldenberg says it’s critical that local law enforcement and the public receive as much information as possible about what led to the assassination attempt on Trump at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally.
“They owe it to the public to be fully transparent so we make sure this doesn’t happen again,” he said.
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One person was seriously injured in a small plane crash in Newport, New Hampshire, on Sunday.
Newport police and fire responded to Parlin Airfield shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday for a reported plane crash. When they arrived, they said they found a private, single-engine plane in a wooded area off the end of the grass runway.
An off-duty Newport police employee had witnessed the crash, and assisted Newport fire personnel in removing the pilot from the plane. The pilot sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and was flown by medical helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
The pilot’s name has not been released. They were the only one in the plane at the time of the crash.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, with assistance from local, state and federal authorities.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has further information is encouraged to contact police at 603-863-3232.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office said a man who allegedly shot two people in Hampton Beach died by suicide when confronted by police.
In a joint statement, the state Attorney General’s office, State Police and Hampton Police Chief Alex Reno identified the man as Tyshawn Cooper, 21, of Taylors, South Carolina, who was declared dead at the scene.
Initially, officers responded to reports of a shooting at about 1:19 a.m. Sunday. Police said they located a man and woman suffering from gunshot wounds in the area of 29 Ocean Boulevard.
Officers found a man who matched the description of the suspected shooter at the intersection of P Street and Ashworth Avenue. During their interaction, police said the man pulled out a handgun and raised it, then shot himself in the head while an officer also fired.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy Sunday and determined the cause of death was suicide.
The 23-year-old man and 25-year-old woman who were shot were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.
The shootings remain under investigation.
The Attorney General’s office said it will also investigate the police officer’s use of deadly force, though the officer that fired did not cause Cooper’s death. No other injuries were reported.
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