Frank Roberson - CEO / Black Rhino Group Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Frank Robertson, CEO Black Rhino Group there Texas based Protection
Group joints US. Frank, thanks for coming on the show
talk about the logistical nightmare of trying to protect the
person against you know, when you're dealing with a crowd
that's going to be that loud in that large.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Thanks for having me appreciate you guys. It's a definitely
not easy, but they do have a template for that
kind of thing. Arguably, the most protected game ever was
the first Yankees game after nine to eleven when George W.
Bush went out and threw out a first pitch. So

(00:36):
they do have a template and a game plan for that.
You got to take it in segments. You can't look
at the stadium as a whole. You have to narrow
it down to little areas where you're going to take
the former president and then go from there. But it
all starts with the perimeter. That's the number one thing
on the list.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
Well and apparently the leaking of the information about where
the president.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Is going to be.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah, that's not helpful. I mean part of the I.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
Mean I don't mean at the game, I mean being
in certain sections. You know, his route through the stadium
and into the stadium and out of the stadium all
those things.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah. Yeah, And you remember a few years ago when
the Olympics were in winter Olympics were in Utah, some
agents left behind the plan for that current president at
that time in a Starbucks. I don't know how those
those things happen and how those things get leaked out,
but they got some problems beyond communication and and their

(01:41):
perimeter issues.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah. I would think that maybe you know, in the
stadium is one thing. The fans are good, They're all
going to be checked out before they ever go in
and probably go through metal detectors and all that kind
of stuff. I would assume the biggest concerns are his
ingress and egress in and out of the stadium and
any building in other areas where somebody could potentially hide

(02:02):
and take a pot shot.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Correct. And I'm guessing just from as that have been
on the Secret Service details with about three blocks, don't
have folks in stairwells and taller buildings. They'll have some snipers.
You know, at and T Stadium when the Cowboys play,
they have they have a sniper on the northeast corner

(02:25):
of that stadium. Every every Sunday when they play at home.
I'm sure they have guys all around within a three
block radius when they when they leave. But thank goodness,
they've changed to pick up drop offs undercover instead of
doing those things outside anymore since Reagan's shooting.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
In this era of miniaturization, I mean, I've been as
media on the receiving end of Secret Service clearance for
a lot of times. Now, how in the world, with
all the media that's going to be there at that game,
can you even be sure that that doesn't fall through
the cracks?

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Well, we just have to hope that they all did
do their job. I mean, if they're truly giving him
the same level of protection as the current president, the
current vice president, he should be secure. The press should
be kept at a distance, anybody else should be kept
at a distance. And they just get him in and

(03:27):
get it out. I imagine the Secret Service of just
I know from my experience, I'd rather just get in
and get out and be done with it. But I
will have to see how that works out. But I'm
hoping that they got the problems fixed. I mean, there's
enough publicity on the little things going on that balls
have been dropped that I'm sure hoping that they have

(03:49):
this stuff ratcheted up.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
Okay, Frank, thank you appreciate your insight. That is the
CEO of Black Rhino Group, Frank Rubberson