Dallas ( CNN ) -- Authorities detained a person near the home of former President George W. Bush on Wednesday night after an incident in his Dallas-area neighborhood , a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said . The person who was detained was coming to visit a neighbor of the former president , according to Ed Donovan of the Secret Service . The person was authorized to come onto the street , Donovan said . The incident is being investigated by the Secret Service , and there was no perceived threat to the former president , according to Sgt . Warren Mitchell with the Dallas Police Department . `` President and Mrs. Bush are OK and they appreciate the work of the United States Secret Service and the Dallas Police Department in responding to the incident , '' said Bush spokesman David Sherzer .
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the incident . There is no perceived threat to the former president , police said .