The Secret Service has sent reinforcements to Wilmington, Del., to help protect president-elect Joe Biden.
The FAA has also declared the air space over Biden’s home a no-fly zone.
The Secret Service summoned a squad of agents to add to the protective bubble around Biden after his campaign told the agency that the Democratic nominee would continue utilizing a Wilmington convention center at least another day, according to Washington Post.
Secret Service spokeswoman Catherine Milhoan declined to comment, stressing that the agency does not publicly discuss security planning for the president or candidates it protects.
Dozens of agents have been providing security for Biden’s campaign at the Chase Center on the Riverfront convention center in Wilmington as key battleground states work their way through the count of millions of ballots cast in Tuesday’s election.
Upon a presidential win, the USSS detail for a president-elect would get larger and mirror the size and scope of a president’s.
Additional airspace security measures are also implemented, a source familiar with USSS protocols said.
A team for Biden has been on standby since last week.
“This is as expected. It’s actually a little bit delayed. It’s not telegraphing any specific concern,” a senior law enforcement official said.
The bolstering of security typically happens on election night, the official said, but USSS has played it “cautiously” as the agency does not want seen as making a decision on the election.
There are now additional security assets in Biden’s motorcade consistent with Presidential entourages that are equipped to handle a wide variety of threats and situations and are not part of the typical secret service teams a candidate receives, in addition to Biden’s original detail.