St. Louis Cardinals' Stephen Piscotty, right, scores past Milwaukee Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado on a double by Matt Holliday during the second inning of a baseball game on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in St. Louis.
Secret Service agents go through rigorous training to perform their job effectively. All agents must go through about 7 months worth of training when they are initially hired. Once an agent has gone through the initial training, if they want to be on a protection detail, they must work in a field office for six to eight years. After spending six to eight years in the field, agents will then be transferred to work on a protection detail for three to five years.
Depending upon the level of access required, individuals holding security clearances are subject to periodic reinvestigations (PR) at a minimum of every five years for Top Secret, ten years for Secret, and fifteen years for Confidential.lease note that effective April 1, 2013, the Defense Security Service (DSS), Personnel Security Management Office for Industry (PSMO-I) is only accepting requests for Periodic Reinvestigations (PR) that are within 30 days of the investigation anniversary date.