Close Protection Explained

Will Geddes (Close Protection Officer) gives expert video advice on: What's the difference between a close protection officer and a bodyguard?; Do I have the right to kill someone?; Am I bound by criminal law if I hurt someone? and more...

What is 'Close Protection'?

Close Protection is the term that's used within the security industry to describe the physical protection of an individual who's at risk.

How much does it cost?

Cost protection can vary in cost, really depending on where you are in the world and the sort of risks you are possibly facing. So, it can cost anything from 3 pounds per day per officer to 1 pound per day per officer. Again, whether it be working in London or working in Columbia, Mexico, New York, it really does depend on the threat that they're facing as to how much it costs.

What will it protect me against?

Close protection should work on two levels: a preventative level and a reactive level. It should look at obviously ensuring there is planning set around your social and working environment to protect you against a human risk ambushing you, jumping out at you from a car, or presenting itself in places where you least expect it. Close protection is a protective membrane, or a fabric, around you to ensure that you can go about your normal day as easily as you can with the minimum of disruption but the highest degree of safety.

Can't the police provide this?

A common misconception is that the police can provide you with close protection. Unfortunately, they don't have the resources or the finances to provide close protection to the number of people that quite often do require it every year - and that's just in this country. The police can provide evidential gathering. They can operate under the various criminal acts to ensure that an individual who is threatening you can be prosecuted, or certainly their case presented forward to the Crown Prosecution Service. However, it is only in very specialist events or situations (and if you are a very high profile individual) that you would be afforded close protection by the police. Unfortunately, other than that, you would need to come to a company that specializes in this area.

What's the difference between a close protection officer and a bodyguard?

The common difference, as it's interpreted, and again it is down to individual interpretation between a bodyguard and a close protection officer (because the two are somewhat the same), is a bodyguard will be more often aligned to the individual you'll see very visibly next to Britney Spears, Tom Cruise, or some high-known celebrity that's attending a red carpet event. Close protection officer, you may be less likely able to identify. They'll be more clandestine; they'll be low-profile, but they'll be still maintaining that security provision: watching out for the threat and ensuring that there is protection around that principal at all times.

How will my close protection officer be trained?

In this country, you need to be licensed. This was recent legislation that requires every individual who is offering close protection, or offering the specialization, to be duly vetted. It's ensured that they don't have a criminal record, and have undertaken basic, fundamental training. That fundamental training, if you don't come from a previous protective background, such as in the police or in the military, would require a minimum of at least 5 to 6 weeks of basic training. But over and beyond that is the experience that you get when you're actually on the job that will make the difference as to whether you qualify or not to undertake more extensive protective tasks.

Will they take a bullet for me?

Close protection officers or body guards are occasionally referred to as "bullet catchers". So yes, in theory, your body guard, your close protection officer should take a bullet for you. But if you're hiring the right people, they should have done sufficient planning; they should have the sufficient expertise and skills to try and evade the chances where a bullet could even be fired towards you.

Do I have to have been in the SAS?

You don't have to have been in the SAS. To be honest, the SAS have only their one particular section that is involved in close protection, and that is the Protective Wing. Over and beyond that, in fact, there are more individuals that will come from former Royal Marines in the Parachute Regiment, and traditional groups such as the Royal Military Police, who are involved in these types of tasks and duties in their own military roles. Therefore, you don't have to come from a Special Forces background such as the SAS.

Do I need to be trained?
You do need to be trained. You also need to be licensed to provide close protection in this country. You would need to be licensed by the regulatory authority, which is the Security Industry and Authority. But you also need to have attended and passed training that has a formal examination at the end through an accredited training group. This can take in excess of four to five weeks, and that is only foundation level.

What makes a good close protection officer?

I'm often asked, "What makes a good close protection officer?". My simple answer to that is that there are two basic ingredients to a good close protection officer: the hard skills, and the soft skills. The hard skills you can get virtually anywhere, but it's the soft skills that make all the difference. And the soft skills involve not only protocol and deployment, but how an individual can convey themselves; whether they're communicating with household staff - the principal's driver - or talking to the board of directors for a major corporation. A good close protection officer is someone who can blend in; who can look like a corporate executive, but at the same time, shed that shell if they need to; if they're faced by aggression.

How much money will I earn?

As a female within the close protection industry, you can stand to make in excess of 100,000 a year. As a man within the industry, you can make in excess of at least 60,000 a year. There is some very good money to be made, but you live a very transit existence. When you join the security industry and you dedicate yourself to being a close protection officer, you almost take an oath, because you could be transported virtually anywhere around the world; but equally, you're not always going to go to the most glamorous locations.

Am I likely to get shot?

The likelihood of getting physically harmed or even getting shot in this industry really does depend on where you are operating. The function and the principal reason of what you are undertaking as a close protection officer means that you are the fabric of security between an individual and a threat that they're facing. So, as a direct result, there is a potential that, yes, you could be injured. However, that risk is naturally only increased depending on the environment. So, if you're operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Colombia; somewhere where guns and knives are greatly more prevalent, yes, the risk is obviously that much higher. However, with a good team, good skills, good procedures, and good planning, that threat is certainly going to be minimised.

Do I have the right to kill someone?

Nobody has the right to kill someone, unless they are defending their own life or the life of someone under their charge. And again, there have to be very good mitigating circumstances that are clearly evidential and within the confines of the legal jurisdiction of the environment within which you are operating. The simple answer is that you cannot willingly kill someone unless there is a very good chance that your life is at risk or at threat, and it is a situation of either life or death that forces you to undertake that kind of action.

Am I bound by criminal law if I hurt someone?

You are bound by criminal law in whichever country you're operating and that will differ from country to country, and therefore it is the responsibility of the class protection officer to understand what jurisdiction restrictions one is operating within when one is protecting a VIP. As such, you are as likely to be prosecuted as any normal person if you break the law and therefore, it is even more critical that as a class protection officer and a protection professional, that you understand the parameters..

Will I live a life of luxury?

Some people ask if they will live a life of luxury as a close protection officer, looking after various VIPs. And, yes, you will be travelling with them and staying with them at some of the best resorts in the world, some of the best hotels, restaurants, or travelling by private jet. However, the moment you lose focus on what you're there to do and start absorbing the environment over and beyond assessing it for the risks that potentially present themselves, then that's the time that you should give up the job of close protection officer.

What is surveillance?
Surveillance is the term that is used within the security industry to regard obviously, the observation of an individual without that individual being aware. That is surveillance.

Can I have someone followed?

By law, you can have someone followed. But, again, it depends on where they're being followed. If it's within publicly accessible domain, like on the street, then yes, that is possible. However, there could be occasions where, if the individual discovers that they're under surveillance, you may be asked questions by the police to explain and justify your actions. Therefore, you have to have good reasoning. Otherwise, it's commonly termed as "stalking."

How would a surveillance team follow someone?

Surveillance is commonly undertaken utilizing a variety of different means. That will be foxtrot, on foot, in a vehicle, which can be a car or a motorbike. On average, a good professional surveillance team should compromise of no less than six people.

How much does surveillance cost?

Surveillance can cost a variety of things, again depending on the individuals that you are utilizing. If you're using a couple of gum-shoe detectives, it may only cost you a few hundred pounds a day. If it's something such as an insurance fraud, often it probably won't cost more than 300 pounds a day for two operators. However, if this is a very important case that requires some extra special skills (and certainly where the threat of discovery is far greater because the target is security-aware), then you could be looking anywhere up to about seven or eight thousand pounds a day.

How can I protect against being followed?

One of the first bits of advice I would always suggest to people if they feel that they could be under surveillance, and I'm not just talking cheating wives and husbands, but individuals that could be at greater risk from a potential ambush or a possible attack will be to randomize their actions and movements. By human nature, we will be terribly predictible. We will fall into routines and patterns of behavior. In the same way as when we leave the house during the working week, on average five to ten minutes at the same time every morning, we'll follow the same path to the tube station, or the bus stop, and then when we get to the tube station we'll stand at the same spot on the platform every single morning. We can fall into these routines, which an individual may pick up on, whether it be a mugger, a stalker, a rapist, or something even more serious. And therefore, we need to randomize that: not drink in the same pub that we always do, not eat in the same restaurant that we always eat in, and make sure that we are far, and less easy to determine.

Can I have someone bugged?

A lot of people ask me the question, Can I bug someone? And the simple rule of thumb is, No, you can't have someone bugged. Again, there's a question of invasion of privacy. There's a question of intrusion. Whereas it may

be checking on a cheating husband or a cheating wife if you are trying to tape their conversations within obviously your own home. If you start interfering with telephone systems or cell phones, or even start to put devices into locations where you are not permitted to access you're getting into very fraught areas of legal complications and interceptions of telecommunications acts. So as a general rule, I would always say, ideally try not to have someone bugged, but if you do, you need to take a specialist's advice both legally and security-wise before you have that person bugged.

How did you become a bodyguard?

I came into the industry through a very unorthodox approach to be honest. Most individuals within this business either come from former military or a former police background. I came from a martial arts background. I was an instructor for many years and provided instruction to British army, and also to police personnel and various other government agencies. From there, I was a close protection office for private individuals primarily out in the Far East. From there, I then expanded my team through people I met and both instructed and also worked along side into then creating the business there is today.

What do you do now?

These days I'm a little less active than I used to be however that doesn't mean that I don't roll up my sleeves from time to time. More often than not, I'm running the company, obviously providing strategic advice and direct provisions for various clients of ours from around the world, which includes some of the most major international corporations and some of the richest people in the world.

Who have you guarded?

The question that we're often asked is who do we protect, and who do we advise, and that is one of the hardest questions to answer. The close protection business's foundation is on confidentiality, and there are very few clients who would ever wish for us to disclose that they either require or have required our services. Therefore, it makes it incredibly difficult to be able to tell you all the amazing companies, and all the high-level individuals that we've protected or advised. However, suffice to say, there are a few familiar faces that, no doubt, you may catch on DVD at the moment, or in various concerts and stadiums around the world, as well as leading industrialists and business people that will be quite major figures within the public eye.

Have you ever feared for your life?

The simple answer when people ask me, "Have I ever feared for my life?" is yes, and often. And the simple reason is that, unless you do have some element of fear and anxiety before you go into a close protection job - whether it be operating in Iraq, Hellman Province, Colombia, Mexico, wherever - if you go in there completely blas and not feeling just slightly in jeopardy, then you're not going to be working on all your senses. And ultimately, you're not only putting your principal at risk, but you're putting yourself at risk.

What are the highlights of your job?

The highlights of the job are in the diversity of the work that you get. No one job is ever the same. No one bodyguarding assignment or close protection assignment is ever the same. No one surveillance is ever the same, and in twenty years of working as a close protection officer, I have to say every single job has always differed in one respect or another. You meet all sorts of different people across the world, and when they're celebrities or high profile individuals quite often they're very different to the public persona they give off, and that can be good or it can be, sometimes, very bad.

What is the worst part of your job?

The one thing about this job is that people have this romantic notion of Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, or Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. People have this impression that they are given from TV and from movies. Unfortunately, and the dark reality and the boring reality is that it is 90% boredom and 10% excitement. And the vast majority of your time is set about in planning, in preparation, in training and ensuring that you're not putting your principal at risk or putting him in to a situation which is going to further endanger him.So, it's all down to very careful thinking and planning to ensure that those problems don't materialize. But when they do, they're usually fast and furious. You have to be quick to react to them.

Have you ever had an affair with someone you are guarding?
Any person who has an affair with a person that they're guarding or protecting really has lost the grasp of what they're supposed to be doing. Our role is to protect people when they're at their most vulnerable. I have CEOs from major companies in floods of tears in front of me, looking at me, wondering what the hell to do. I've had very senior female executives who have normally got control of every domain of their life, but this one element has now unbalanced them and put them at a great level of vulnerability. For a close protection officer to exploit that vulnerability, in whatever capacity it might take, is not only unethical but of the most highly unprofessional attitude, and shouldn't be in this industry. Thanks for watching the interview Close Protection Explained For more how to videos, expert advice, instructional tips, tricks, guides and tutorials on this subject, visit the topic Bodyguard.

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a} You will receive your LEBAI Certified advanced security training Diploma in Advanced VIP Protection.

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a] Seek & gain employment as a member of an Executive VIP Protection team on high-risk assignments overseas.

b] Seek & gain employment as a member of an Executive VIP Protection advanced security team on high-risk assignments overseas. Prior Close Protection Training Experience Required Basic & Intermediate close protection security training Prior Close Protection Courses Attendance Requirement - YES Physical Fitness Requirements YES. Some physical fitness training is conducted on this programme. LEBAI Close Protection Training Instructors One Promise. Every one of our Close Protection Training Instructors is a handpicked close protection operative specialist. They have been drawn from backgrounds as diverse as Special Forces, Law Enforcement, Intelligence, Royal & Presidential Protective Service Agencies, Elite Security Forces and the higher Echelons of Martial Arts. Irrespective of their prior backgrounds every one of our close protection training Instructors has had to complete every single one of the entire LEBAI close protection courses as well as intensive Instructor close protection training and development. As this is a close protection training programme covering close protection and bodyguard Industry awareness no prior experience or prior attendance at any other close protection courses is required. LEBAI recognise that every close protection operative has to make a substantial time, effort & financial investment if they wish to obtain long term sustainable bodyguard jobs. This LEBAI close protection training programme provides a full overview of security company requirements, qualifications and experience required to qualify as a professional close protection operative for most of the close protection companies London and offshore from the UK. Every aspiring close protection operative who attends our close protection training and close protection courses are treated with the utmost of respect from every member of the LEBAI

close protection training staff. LEBAI Close Protection Courses Options The LEBAI run two different options for the delivery of their close protection courses... Option 1: LEBAI Certified In-House Close Protection Training LEBAI delivers our own in-house close protection courses. Option 2: LEBAI Certified Mobile Close Protection Training Team External law enforcement, military, security, close protection teams, martial artist & corporate agencies organise the training programmes and a senior LEBAI close protection operative and executive close protection training Instructor will travel to your agency or department and deliver our LEBAI certified close protection courses for you. The LEBAI mobile close protection training team will deploy to any region of any country that is not on the UK or USA restricted list. We organise and provide all the professional training. This includes all close protection training materials, handouts, visual aids for every close protection operative attending the programme. Contact Us Today To Book Our Mobile Close Protection Training Team Many a close protection operative who has previously attended one of our close protection courses has written to us providing fantastic references and testimonials about the high quality of our close protection training. The LEBAI has also had 5 major TV documentaries filmed and broadcast about our close protection experience. The following are just a random selection. THE BODYGUARDS FROM LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND

This was a 50-minute documentary, filmed on location in the Crimea, Southern Ukraine in February 1994. The film centred on LEBAI- Trans Global Security Internationals instructors teaching various government, law enforcement and presidential bodyguards. The documentary was broadcast across Russia and the Republic of the Ukraine.

ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN

This was a 30-minute documentary, filmed on location in the republics of Kazakhstan, Crimea, Ukraine and Russia, all independent States of the former Soviet Union. Filmed during October and November 1994 as a fly on the wall documentary. It focussed on one of the LEBAI, Trans Global Security Internationals main instructors as he taught Government and State Security Officers, Ministry of Interior Police forces, Police Anti Mafia Task Force Units, various military and police covert and overt Special Forces. This was commissioned by a major U.K. television company, and was broadcast in the U.K. The documentary was so successful that it was sold at the Cannes film festival to broadcasting companies from 11 different Countries.

THE PROFESSIONALS

This was a 50-minute documentary filmed on location in Southern England in March 1995. This film centred on four of the LEBAI & Trans Global Security International's instructors teaching a group of 18 Executive Protection Officer trainees, all of mixed ability levels on a specialised intensive training course. The documentary was filmed & broadcast by a major British television company and commissioned by the European Cable Sky Discovery Channel.

PROFESSIONAL BODYGUARDS

Filmed in the South Wales region of the United Kingdom by HTV, predominantly at the LEBAI-TGSI training Academy. It featured the training of a new recruits class of Executive VIP Protection Officers as they prepare for a live operation. This documentary was broadcast across the UK.

THREAT MANAGEMENT & STALKING

Filmed in the United Kingdom by Channel 5. The main focus of this documentary was one of our organizations elderly stalking victims and how our professional threat management service was utilized. This documentary was broadcast across the UK.

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WARNING: We only train close protection security personnel for offshore UK protective service operations. Typically our personnel are deployed into hostile environments for high to extremely high risk protective service operations. As such there is no requirement for a UK SIA close protection officers licence.

However if you have aspirations or plans to seek part time, contractual, or full time employment in the UK as a close protection officer you will require an SIA close protection officers licence.

SIA Information: If you are seeking to work in the UK as a security operative or close protection officer you will need to contact the SIA to discuss how to obtain security sia training, sia close protection training. The SIA should be able to offer you information on a particular approved sia close protection course. An sia licence is a legal requirement for security officers working in the UK. An sia close protection licence is also a legal requirement for personnel working as close protection bodyguards in the UK.
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Bodyguard

Bodyguards of Viktor Yushchenko (far left) flank their client as he leaves Gdansk city hall.

Occupation

Names

Close protection officer

Activity sectors

Security

Description

Competencies

Team player, confidential, observant, physically fit, staying calm under pressure

Education required

Background in security, law enforcement, armed forces,driver's license

A bodyguard (or close protection officer)[1] is a type of security operative or government agent who protects a personusually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of confidential information, terrorist attack or other threats. Most important public figures such as heads of state or governors are protected by several bodyguards or by a team of bodyguards from an agency, security forces, or police forces (e.g., in the U.S., the United States Secret Service or the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service). In most countries where the Head of state is and have always been also their military leader, the leader's bodyguards have traditionally been done by Royal Guards, Republican Guards and other elite military unit. Less-important public figures, or those with lower risk profiles, may be accompanied by a single bodyguard who doubles as a driver. A number of high-profile celebrities and CEOs also use bodyguards.
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1 Roles

1.1 Popular misconceptions 1.2 Breakdown of responsibilities 1.3 Driving 1.4 Weapons and weapon tactics

1.4.1 Counter-sniper weapons and tactics

2 Daily tasks

2.1 Planning and assigning

responsibilities

2.2 Searching vehicles 2.3 Transferring client to vehicle 2.4 Travelling 2.5 Arrival at destination 2.6 Return to secure location

3 Job requirements

3.1 Training

4 Notable organizations 5 Fictional individuals 6 See also 7 References

[edit]Roles [edit]Popular

misconceptions

The role of bodyguards is often misunderstood by the public, because the typical layperson's only exposure to bodyguarding is usually in highly dramatized action film depictions of the profession. In contrast to the exciting lifestyle depicted on the film screen, the role of a real-life bodyguard is much more mundane: it consists mainly of planning routes, pre-searching rooms and buildings where the client will be visiting, researching the background of people that will have contact with the client, searching vehicles, and attentively escorting the client on their day-to-day activities.[2] [edit]Breakdown

of responsibilities

A bodyguard keeps crowds away from his client, a model, during a photo shoot.

The role of a bodyguard depends on several factors. First, it depends on the role of a given bodyguard in a close protection team. A bodyguard can be a driver-bodyguard, a close-protection officer (who escorts the client), or part of an ancillary unit that provides support such as IED detection, electronic "bug" detection, counter-sniper monitoring, pre-searches facilities, and background-checks people who will have contact with the client. Second, the role of a bodyguard depends on the level of risk that the client faces. A bodyguard protecting a client at high risk of assassination will be focusing on very different roles (e.g., checking cars for IED devices, bombs, watching for potential shooters, etc.) than a bodyguard escorting a celebrity who is being stalked by aggressive tabloid photographers (e.g., the role will be to ask the photographers to maintain their distance and block the path of aggressive cameramen). Some bodyguards specialize in the close quarter protection of children of VIPs, to protect them from kidnapping or assassination, a role which is nicknamed "mannyguarding" (a pun on the word "nanny").[citation needed] [edit]Driving In some cases, bodyguards also drive their clients. Normally, it is not sufficient for a client to be protected by a single driver-bodyguard, because this would mean that the bodyguard would have to leave the car unattended when they escort the client on foot. If the car is left unattended, this can lead to several risks: an IED bomb may be attached to the car; an electronic "bug" may be attached to the car; the car may be sabotaged; or city parking officials may simply tow away the vehicle or place a wheel lock on the tire. If parking services tow away or disable the car, then the bodyguard cannot use the car to escape with the client in case there is a security threat while the client is at his or her meeting. The driver should be trained in evasive driving techniques, such as executing short-radius turns to change the direction of the vehicle, high-speed cornering, and so on. The car used by the client will typically be a large sedan with a low center of gravity and a powerful engine, such as a BMW or Mercedes Benz. At a minimum, the vehicle should have ballistic glass, some type of armor reinforcement to protect the client from gunfire, and a foam-filled gas tank. "Run-flat" tires and armor protection for the driver are also desirable. The car may also be equipped with an additional battery; dual footpedal controls, such as those used by driving instruction companies (in case the driver is wounded or incapacitated), a PA systemwith a microphone and a megaphone mounted on the outside of the car, so that the driver can give commands to other convoy vehicles or bodyguards who are on foot; fire extinguishers inside the vehicle in case the vehicle is struck by a Molotov cocktail bomb or other weapon; a reinforced front and rear bumper, to enable the driver to ram attacking vehicles; and additional mirrors, to give the driver a better field of view. In Latin American countries many armored cars will come with a siren and lights to use in situations were they need to get out of places quickly.

[edit]Weapons

and weapon tactics

U.S. Secret Service agents guarding the former First Lady Laura Bush

Depending on the laws in a bodyguard's jurisdiction and on which type of agency or security service they are in, bodyguards may be unarmed, armed with a less-lethal weapon such as a baton, pepper spray, or Taser, or with a lethal weapon such as a handgun, or, in the case of a government bodyguard for a Secret Service-type agency, a machine pistol.[3] Some bodyguards such as those protecting high ranking government officials or those operating in high risk environments such as war zones may carry submachine guns or assault rifles .

Walter B. Slocombe, the Under-Secretary of Defense with his bodyguard in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996. The bodyguard is armed with anAR-15.

In addition to these weapons, a bodyguard team may also have more specialist weapons to aid them in maintaining the safety of their principal, such as sniper rifles and anti-material rifles (for anti-sniper protection) or shotguns (either loaded with buckshot as an anti-personnel weapon or with solid slugs as an anti-vehicle weapon). The weapons used by the U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT) include SIG Sauer P229 pistols; Uzi submachine guns (sometimes in an attach case); H&K MP5K submachine guns (sometimes in an attach case); ColtAR-15 assault rifles; Remington Model 700 bolt-action sniper rifles (with scope);

7.62mm Vaime SSR Mk 2 suppressed bolt-action sniper rifles; McMillan Model 87R bolt-action sniper rifles; Remington Model 870P pump-action shotguns; and the FN P90 personal defense weapon. Bodyguards that protect high-risk principals may wear body armor such as kevlar or ceramic vests. The bodyguards may also have other ballistic shields, such as kevlar-reinforced briefcases or clipboards which, while appearing innocuous, can be used to protect the principal. The principal may also wear body armor in high-risk situations. [edit]Counter-sniper weapons and tactics

Bodyguards during the inauguration of the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.

For a close protection officer, the primary tactic against sniper attacks is defensive: avoid exposing the principal to the risk of being fired upon. This means that the principal should ideally be within an armored vehicle or a secure structure. As well, when the principal moves between a vehicle and a building, the principal must be moved quickly to minimize the time window in which a sniper could take a shot and use a flanking escort of close protection officers to block the view of the sniper and any potential shot that the sniper may take. The use of offensive tactics against snipers will occur very rarely in a bodyguard context. Nevertheless, some bodyguard units do have anti-sniper weapons, such as the U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team, which is equipped with several sniper rifles. [edit]Daily

tasks

A bodyguard team protecting a high-profile politician who is at risk of attack would be based around escorting the client from a secure residence (e.g., anembassy) to the different meetings and other activities he has to attend during the day (whether professional or social), and then to escort the client back to his residence. [edit]Planning

and assigning responsibilities

The day would begin with a meeting of the bodyguard team led by the team leader. The team would review the different activities that the client plans to do during the day, and discuss how the team would undertake the different transportation, escorting, and monitoring tasks. During the day, the client (or

"principal") may have to travel by car, train, and plane and attend a variety of functions, including meetings and invitations for meals at restaurants, and do personal activities such as recreation and errands. Over the day, the client will be exposed to a range of risk levels, ranging from higher risk (meeting and greeting members of the public at an outdoor rally) to low risk (dining at an exclusive, gated country club with high security). Some planning for the day would have begun on previous days. Once the itinerary is known, one or more bodyguards would travel the route to the venues, to check the roads for unexpected changes (road work, detours, closed lanes) and to check the venue. The venue needs to be checked for bugs and the security of the facility (exits, entrances) needs to be inspected. As well, the bodyguards will want to know the names of the staff who will have contact with the client, so that a simple electronic background check can be run on these individuals. Bodyguards often have training in firearms tactics, unarmed combat, tactical driving, and first aid. In multi-agent units (like those protecting a head of state) one or more bodyguards may have training in specific tasks, such as providing a protective escort, crowd screening and control, or searching for explosives or electronic surveillance devices ("bugs"). Bodyguards also learn how to work with other security personnel to conduct threat or risk assessment and analyze potential security weaknesses. Bodyguards learn how to examine a premises or venue before their clients arrive, to determine where the exits and entrances are, find potential security weaknesses, and meet the staff (so that a would-be attacker cannot pose as a staff member). As well, some bodyguards learn how to do research to be aware of potential threats to their client, by doing a thorough assessment of the threats facing the principal,[4] such as a protest by a radical group or the release from custody of person who is a known threat. Close protection officers also learn how to escort a client in potentially threatening situations. The militaries in many countries offer close protection training for the members of their own armed forces who have been selected to work as bodyguards to officers or heads of state (e.g., the British SAS). As well, there are a number of private bodyguard training programs, which offer training in all aspects of Close Protection and including the legal aspects of bodyguarding (e.g., use of force, use of deadly force); how to escort clients; driving; searching facilities and vehicles, and so on. [edit]Searching

vehicles

An hour prior to leaving with the client to his first appointment, the driver-bodyguard and another bodyguard remove the cars that will be used to transport the client from the locked garage and inspect them. There may be only one car for a lower risk client. A higher risk client will have additional cars to form a protective convoy of vehicles that can flank the client's vehicle. The vehicles are inspected before leaving.

[edit]Transferring

client to vehicle

Once the cars have been inspected and they are deemed to be ready for use, they are brought into position near the exit door where the client will leave the secure building. At least one driver-bodyguard stays with the cars while waiting, because the now-searched cars cannot be left unattended. If the convoy is left unattended, an attacker could attach an IED or sabotage one or more of the cars. Then the bodyguard team flanks the client as he moves from the secure residence to his car. [edit]Travelling The convoy then moves out towards the destination. The team will have chosen a route or two and in some cases it may involve 3 routes that are designated for travel along, which avoids the most dangerous "choke points", such as one-lane bridges or tunnels, because these routes have no way of escape and they are more vulnerable to ambush. In some cases, if the client has to travel by train, the bodyguards will inspect the rail car they are traveling in and the other cars he/she will use. Traveling by transport other than vehicle is very dangerous because of the lack of control over the environment. [edit]Arrival

at destination

Taiwanese Secret Service officers flank Premier of Taiwan Su Tseng-chang in Taipei. The briefcases carried by the officers are actually folded bullet-proof shields[citation needed]

When the convoy arrives at the location, one or more bodyguards will exit first to confirm that the location is secure and that the staff who were booked to work that day are the ones who are present. If the location is secure, these bodyguards signal that it is safe to bring in the client. The client is escorted into the building using a flanking procedure. If the client is attending a private meeting inside the building, and the building itself is secure (controlled entrances) the client will not need to have a bodyguard escort in the building. The bodyguards can then pull back to monitor his or her safety from a further distance. Bodyguards could monitor entrances and exits and the driver-bodyguard watches the cars. If the client is moving about in a fairly controlled environment such as a private golf course, which has limited entrances and exits, the security detail may drop down to one or two bodyguards, with the other

bodyguards monitoring the entrances to the facility, the cars, and remaining in contact with the bodyguards escorting the client. Throughout the day, as the client goes about his activities, the number of bodyguards escorting the client will increase or decrease according to the level of risk. [edit]Return

to secure location

After the day's activities, the client will be brought back to the secure residence location. Exiting from the vehicle and walking to the door exposes the client to risk, that is why you keep the distance as short as possible to cut down the time it takes to reach the door. Once the client is inside, the bodyguards assigned to the overnight detail will take up their positions outside or inside the residence. The vehicles are then parked in a locked garage (to prevent tampering, sabotage, or IED placement). Some team members may spend additional time doing maintenance on the equipment used by the team. The TL (team leader) will ensure that all equipment is checked and packed away for the next day and ensure the radios are being charged for the next day's operation. [edit]Job

requirements

The bodyguard of Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, who was killed by an IED in theassassination of the Sheik in 2007

Bodyguards often work long shifts in order to provide 24-hour protection, and shifts often include evenings, weekends, and holidays. Since bodyguards follow their clients throughout their daily activities, the work locations may range from indoor office meetings or social events to outdoor rallies or concerts. Bodyguards often have to travel by car,motorcycle, train, and airplane to escort their client. In some cases, international travel is required, which means that a bodyguard must have appropriate travel documentation.

Quanell X (center), the leader of the New Black Panther Party in Houston,Texas, flanked by his bodyguards.

Bodyguards often have backgrounds in the armed forces, police or security services, although this is not required. The exception to this is in the case of bodyguards protecting heads of state; in some countries, these bodyguards must be trained in military bodyguard training programs. Military experience in foot patrol and convoys escort through urban areas in conflict or war as in Afghanistan, Iraq, West Bank, Northern Ireland,Beirut, Basque country, Soweto and other areas under non conventional enemy stress around civilians is highly considered and difficult to match with any training time though, usually those experienced do not always seek these careers or further exposure in less stressful circumstances but familiar environments. Bodyguards must be physically fit, with good eyesight and hearing, and they need to have a presentable appearance, especially for close protection work for dignitaries and heads of state. A drivers license is usually required, so that the bodyguard can double as a driver. In the United Kingdom and some other countries, bodyguards have to have a license or certification with the SIA, which involves identity and criminal record checks. To be a bodyguard in an agency protecting a head of state, a bodyguard will have to undergo extensive background and loyalty checks. Bodyguards need to be observant, and retain their focus on their job, despite distractions such as fatigue. As well, they need to be able to work as member of a team, with assigned tasks, or be able to act independently, and adapt and improvise an appropriate response if the need arises. Bodyguards need to be able to recognize potentially dangerous situations and remain calm under pressure. A bodyguard has to have a strong dedication to their protective role. Since bodyguards often have to collaborate or coordinate their protection with other security forces, such as local police other private security guards, bodyguards need good interpersonal and communications skills. Since bodyguards accompany their client throughout their day, the bodyguard will be privy to the private life of the client, which means that a bodyguard has to show discretion and maintain confidentiality.

[edit]Training

A Croatian close protection unit trains using submachine guns and pistols during a demonstration exercise

Bodyguards often have training in firearms tactics, unarmed combat, tactical driving, and first aid. In multiagent units (like those protecting a head of state) one or more bodyguards may have training in specific tasks, such as providing a protective escort, crowd screening and control, or searching for explosives or electronic surveillance devices ("bugs"). Bodyguards also learn how to work with other security personnel to conduct threat or risk assessment and analyze potential security weaknesses. Bodyguards learn how to examine a premises or venue before their clients arrive, to determine where the exits and entrances are, find potential security weaknesses, and meet the staff (so that a would-be attacker cannot pose as a staff member). As well, some bodyguards learn how to do research to be aware of potential threats to their client, by doing a thorough assessment of the threats facing the principal,[4] such as a protest by a radical group or the release from custody of person who is a known threat. Close protection officers also learn how to escort a client in potentially threatening situations. The militaries in many countries offer close protection training for the members of their own armed forces who have been selected to work as bodyguards to officers or heads of state (e.g., the British SAS). As well, there are a number of private bodyguard training programs, which offer training in all aspects of Close Protection and including the legal aspects of bodyguarding (e.g., use of force, use of deadly force); how to escort clients; driving; searching facilities and vehicles, and so on.

[edit]Notable

organizations

18th century Imperial bodyguard of the Qianlong Emperor

In countries where the head of state is a military leader or dictator, the leader's bodyguards may also be part of an elite military unit. Such was the case with the Somatophylakesin Macedon, Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany, the former Iraqi Special Republican Guard, or the Praetorian Guard in the Roman Empire, Varangians of the Byzantine Empire, or the Housecarls of the English Monarchs. In India, VIPs are protected by National Security Guards (NSG), an organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The protection of the Prime Minister and some other important persons is entrusted with the Special Protection Group (SPG). SPG was formed as a specialized unit in the protection of Prime Minister and his family members, after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in 1984. Former Prime Ministers also get the protection of SPG for a period of 5 years, after stepping down from the post. The President of India is also protected by SPG while the President's Bodyguards, which is a mechanized regiment of Indian Army, has now a largely ceremonial role. Persons with lower threat level are given security cover by Delhi police in the Capitol and respective state police forces elsewhere. In Pakistan, the President and Prime Minister receive close protection teams from the military's elite Special Service Group unit. President Pervez Musharraf, as civilian head of state, was due to have this withdrawn after retiring as Chief of Army Staff, but the Pakistan Army has retained his close protection unit. In Turkey, the President is closely protected by two organizations: the Kar Saldr Timi'nde (KST) and the Cumhurbaskanligi Muhafiz Alayi Komutanligi. The KST is an elite counterattack team which provides close protection to the President and the First Family. The Cumhurbaskanligi Muhafiz Alayi is an elite special forces military unit of 65,000 specially selected personnel and is charged with the duty of

protecting the President (and members of his family), security of the Presidential palaces and also the manning of the Turkish President's mode of transport (e.g. pilots for TC-ANA, the presidential plane etc.).

The Cossaks Imperator Bodyguard unit from the early 1900s

In the United States, the United States Secret Service safeguards the lives of the President, his family, and other executive officials, including former presidents and vice-presidents. Another agency, the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, is responsible for protecting U.S. missions and their personnel overseas, as well as selected dignitaries in the U.S., including the Ambassador to the United Nations, the Secretary of State, and visiting foreign dignitaries other than heads of state. While the Secret Service's close-protection role is its most visible, its historic role as agents of the United States Treasury (although they are now agents of the Department of Homeland Security) made it unusual internationally, as usually "official" bodyguards are part of general police forces.

A NepaleseGurkha bodyguard in Nangarhar

In the UK during 1913-1914 the suffragette movement did protests in an attempt to change the UK law so that women would be able to vote. After suffragette leaders were threatened, activists formed an allfemale close protection unit to protect the leaders of the Women's Social and Political Union both from harassment by the general public and from arrest under the so-called Cat and Mouse Act. In the modern UK, Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department of the Metropolitan Police is responsible for the security of the Sovereign.

In the Vatican, the Pope and other senior Vatican officials are protected by Swiss Guards, Swiss mercenary soldiers who act as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards. After the May 13, 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Aca, the guards were given enhanced training in unarmed combat and firearm use. The pope's chief bodyguard is the Inspector General of the Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City. In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, most bodyguards are former or current police officers, or sometimes former military or other government agency personnel. [edit]Fictional

individuals

Illustration of Japanese Imperial bodyguardWatanabe no Tsuna fighting a demon

The brave and fiercely protective bodyguard who is willing to die to protect his master has long been depicted in fiction. The character of the Scottish hero Quentin Durward appears in stories as the bodyguard of the king of France. The character Charles d'Artagnan appears in stories as the bodyguard of the French Crown. The character Atticus Kodiak is a professional bodyguard who acts as narrator and protagonist in a series of novels by Greg Rucka. Bodyguards also appear in Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai's anthropomorphicrabbit samurai based upon Miyamoto Musashi and in the Artemis Fowl series of children's books. Bodyguards are also depicted in a number of films. Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's film Yojimbo depicts a samurai bodyguard in Japan. The Bodyguard is a film about a bodyguard who protects a celebrity singer. Gogo Yubari is O-Ren Ishii's bodyguard in the film Kill Bill 1. In the sciencefiction/fantasy Star Wars films, MagnaGuard is General Grievous's bodyguard, duties performed on special occasions by the Jedi Knights. In the film Lord of War, the main character's brother protects him while he makes arms deals in war-torn countries. In the film Shanghai Noon martial arts and cinema star Jackie Chan plays the role of an Imperial Guard of China on a mission to America to help rescue a princess.

In the film Man on Fire, John Creasy (Denzel Washington) is a burnt-out ex-CIA officer and counterinsurgency operative who grudgingly becomes the bodyguard of a young girl (played by Dakota Fanning). When kidnappers attempt to snatch the girl, Creasy is severely wounded in a gun battle. The film depicts his perseverance in attempting to continue to protect the girl despite his gunshot wounds, until he becomes unconscious. Several films have been made about the Secret Service's role in guarding the President of the U.S., such as In the Line of Fire and The Sentinel. Bodyguards are also depicted in television shows, comics, and other media. Bodyguard is a Japanese television series starring Reiko Takashima. In the UK, Bodyguards was a late 1990s Britishtelevision series about a specialized Close Protection Group that protected members of the UK government. In the Mortal Kombat fighting game series, Sheeva is the personal protector of Sindel. Sukiis a Japanese manga about a relationship between a teenage girl and a 32-year old bodyguard. The Human Target is an American comic book and television series about a bodyguard who also works as a private detective who impersonates his principal to draw his would be murderer's attention In the Artemis Fowl books, Domovoi Butler is a bodyguard with high competences, who comes from a bodyguards family. In the 2009 videogame Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, the main character Luis Fernando Lopez works as a bodyguard for the nightclub owner Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince. [edit]See

also

Legal guardian List of notable bodyguards List of protective services Private investigator Private military company Secret Service Security detail Security guard Security policepersons who guard government property. James Shortt, Director General of the International Bodyguard Association (IBA) Particular kinds of bodyguards

Praetorian Guard, the bodyguards of the Roman Emperors Rynda, ceremonial bodyguard of early Russian tsars Somatophylakes, the Macedonian bodyguard of Alexander the Great Spatharios, the inner circle bodyguard of Byzantine Emperors Yojimbo, the Japanese word for bodyguard

[edit]References

1. ^ International Association of Close Protection Officers 2. ^ "What's it like being a bodyguard?". BBC. April 4, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 3. ^ Leroy Thompson. "Close Protection Machine Pistols: Before PDWs there were high-capacity, full-auto
pistols that served double duty!", in Combat Handguns. Available at: tactial-life.com

4. ^ Basic Bodyguarding Skills 2008 by Craig Pedersen

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