Dennis Crandall was our guest speaker at the May 2011 dinner meeting. Mr. Crandall has a long and distinguished career in law enforcement. He studied political science and police science at Brigham Young University. After working for the Los Angeles Police Department, he was hired by the United States Secret Service, where he has helped protect several presidents. He was in charge of security at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Mr. Crandall is retired from law enforcement but now teaches at Salt Lake Community College.
He explained how the Secret Service came to be and how it has changed over the years. Protecting the President of the United States has become very complex and demanding. Mr. Crandall quipped that security agents hate it when the newly elected president jumps out of the car in the inaugural parade to shake the hands of people in the crowd. He said that Secret Service agents have to have a healthy relationship with presidents because they are always close to them, even if it means jogging with them, as Mr. Crandall did with President Clinton.
The Utah Mayflower Society is grateful to you ,Mr. Crandall, for a very interesting and informative presentation.