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VIP Close Protection & Hostile Environment Protection Services  

Many prospective clients ask us," What does your VIP close protection & hostile environment service have that I cannot get with other companies?"

To answer this honestly, I would have to say, that most companies are not much different from each other. There are a lot of good and very good companies working in this field. The distinguishing factor for us is in the training of our operatives, who are all licensed by the SIA (Security Industry Authority UK). Most, if not all, of our operatives have extensive field experience and all have been trained and are re-trained periodically to fine hone their skills and keep up with new methods, as the threat to prominent VIP's, politicians etc becomes more and more a technological one new methods must be used to counter that threat. At our training area we focus on new threats and ways to avoid them thereby protecting the client to the fullest. Many of our operatives come with military backgrounds to join us; EX Special forces from many countries are among our operatives, thereby having a very good command of at least two languages, many are tri-lingual.

All our operatives have been trained in the following and not just close protection:

- Approaching people, handcuffing and driving;

- Approaching suspect vehicles;

- Defense and attack techniques with a baton (expandable and PR 24);

- Defense techniques against cold weapons;

- Weapon restraining;

- Basic and Advanced Rappelling (Tactical);

- Helicopter Rappelling;

- Self defense for police activity;

- Extreme risk situations (short distance shooting)

- Entering closed environments (SWAT, SAS, GSG9);

- Moving in closed environments (stairways and halls);

- Closed Quarters Battle (CQB);

- Ambush and Counter Ambush in VTR;

- Overcoming Obstacles;

- Duo techniques;

- Techniques for the use of shields;

- Defensive and offensive driving;

- Collective action and reaction;

- Bus interdiction;

- Small vehicle robberies;

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- VIP protection;

- Basic principles

- Equipment

- Protection program (principles and definition)

- Essential characteristics to the agent

- Agent’s behaviors

- Agent's mental attitude

- Operation protocol

- Types of Protection:
- Static;
- Dynamic.

- Team Formation:
- VIP Relocation Team;
- Advanced or Survey Team;
- Intelligence and Counter Surveillance.

- Planning

- Itinerary and Routes

- Convoy and Escort:
- Formal;
- Informal;
- Concealed;
- Boarding and landing.

- Walking Escort:
- Escorting agents’ mental attitude;
- Spherical safety Zone Principle;
- Concentric Circles System.

- Security formations:
- Wedge;
- Diamond;
- Greeting line;
- Speeches and rallies;
- Formations used by the Israeli.

- Possible places for assassination attempts;

- Preventive measures to avoid assassination attempts in possible places.

- Self-Defense:
- Defense and disengaging techniques;
- Immobilization;
- Defense, attack and immobilization with expandable baton;
- Disarming and weapon seizure techniques.

- Pistol shooting techniques – 100 shots by student with a 40 caliber pistol.

- Ten exercises will be performed, starting with withdrawal.

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- Crisis management;

- Negotiation;

- Basic police shooting;

- Tactical police shooting (long and short gun);

- Night shooting with flashlight techniques;

- Long gun shooting techniques.

This training and the professionalism that all our operatives have makes us, I believe, a little different in our approach to close protection and hostile environment services. The prospective client can rest assured that our operatives are up to whatever threat is put in their way, by reacting in a timely and professional manner.

We also offer training programs with our partner CTTE ( Brazil ) for more info on this please contact us.

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