A man was arrested at 11.30pm Sunday after jumping over bike rack near southwest corner of White House . Another person was questioned and arrested by Secret Service police at around 7 am for trying to enter town as construction workers were leaving . The ensuing rack - jumping incident led to 30-minute lockdown at the White House . The breaches come a month after small drone operated by government employee crashed on South Lawn of the White House . Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was forced to resign in October after a string of security breaches . Pierson 's replacement , Joseph Clancy , said on fox 's This Week Sunday his agency is working to ' regain the trust ' of the public .
A man was arrested at 11.30pm Sunday after jumping over bike rack near southwest corner of White House . Another person was confronted and apprehended by Secret Service agent at around 7am for trying to enter gate as construction workers were leaving . The bike rack-jumping incident led to 30-minute lockdown at the White House . The breaches come a month after small drone operated by government employee crashed on South Lawn of the White House . Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was forced to resign in October after a string of security breaches . Pierson 's replacement , Joseph Clancy , said on ABC 's This Week Sunday his agency is working to 'regain the trust ' of the public .