It's to protect our currency and to protect people's hard earned money.
It's strictly a countermeasure to prevent illegal activity specific to counterfeiting.
I can't comment to why he wasn't flown. The medical folks that were there would have weighed more into that than our people on the scene. Decisions were made on their advice at that point.
The Secret Service has worked in conjunction with not only government agencies but with industry partners in coming up with preventive measures for this type of equipment to make it more difficult to use illegally to produce counterfeit currency.
They made arrangements at the sheriff's request to have deputies come out and interview the vice president the following morning at 8 a.m., and that indeed did happen.
One individual has been detained with no further information on that individual. But there are three apparent stabbing victims.
Ten years ago, 1 percent of (counterfeit) bills were produced on digital equipment. These days, 56 percent are produced on digital equipment, and the technology is more accessible to the general population.
We interviewed the pilot and he was unaware that he had wandered into restricted airspace.
The intention was not to create a counterfeit-proof note -- which is basically impossible -- but one that's harder to duplicate and easier to authenticate. The new designs have definitely improved upon our efforts in detection and enforcement.
It was at the sheriff's request that somebody come out the following morning, which we facilitated and passed through to the vice president's office.
