The original mission of the Service was to investigate the counterfeiting of United States. currency. This mission has been expanded throughout the agencyâs history through presidential, departmental, and congressional action.8 At times, early in the agencyâs history, Secret Service.
Secure means safe, protected. Your money is secure in a bank. Supportive friends and family make you feel secure. Secure can also be used as a verb. You secure the sails before you take out the sailboat, which means you tie them down. If you secure someone a ticket to a popular Broadway play, you've found them a hard-to-find seat. On an airplane, you're told that in the event you need an oxygen mask, you should secure yours â get it in place â before helping someone else. Almost all meanings contain the idea of safety: making sure things are right.
I'll play the pedant here. secured means that it has been made secure at some point in the past, but may no longer be secure in the present. Whereas secure describes the state of the garage currently, which is more relevant for the parker. I don't see a case for #1 unless you're hoping for some kind of loophole in a court of law. I would even take out the and and have heated secure parking.