Advanced Close Protection Training_

Our 8-week close protection course is an advanced training program for aspirant and experienced personal security specialists seeking an all-in-one curriculum to prepare them to operate in all threat environments worldwide. Whether looking after a movie star or providing travel security to a corporate executive, working solo or on protective security detail, armed or unarmed, covertly or overtly, our 56-day bodyguard training will meet and exceed your needs by covering the following topics.

Threat assessment and risk analysis
Client interview, ops planning, briefing/de-briefing
Route and venue reconnaissance
Protective foot formations and walking drills
Vehicle and building embus/debus
Emergency protocol and evacuation drills
High-risk close protection
Convoy protection
International travel planning
Event and site security
Transportation management
Tactical driving
Anti-surveillance, surveillance detection, and counter-surveillance
Technical surveillance countermeasures
Covert and overt protection
Vehicle, people, and building search
IED awareness
Operational and personal security
Anti-kidnapping
Tactical shooting
Vehicle close-quarters battle
Building close-quarters battle
Close-quarters combat
Emergency first aid
Protective intelligence and counterintelligence
Open-source intelligence
Cybersecurity awareness

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Course outcomes_

Upon the course, candidates will be able to:
Conduct detailed mission planning and collect pertinent information on clients, threats, and risks.
Maintain Principals' safety and secured environments while static/mobile, on foot/vehicle.
Plan for contingency and extract a protectee out of harm's way.
Take on different positions/tasks, including personal protection officer, security advance party, team leader, second in command, surveillance detection, counter-surveillance team, security driver, residential security officer, and quick reaction force.
Safeguard corporate and government VIPs in complex and hostile environments.
Arrange secure transportation and understand motorcade procedures.
Employ anti-ambush and defensive driving.
Apply anti-surveillance measures to improve/ensure safety.
Detect hostile/unwanted surveillance and carry on counter-surveillance on threat actors.
Provide unobtrusive and low-profile protection.
Clear vehicles, people, and buildings from eavesdropping devices, weapons, and IEDs.
Deal with unconventional threats such as terrorism, kidnapping, cyber attack, extortion, and blackmailing.
Use pistols and rifles tactically.
Fight in/out/around vehicles by applying vehicle counter-ambush techniques.
Sweep rooms and buildings in a careful-hurry mode.
Employ hand-to-hand combat techniques.
Use tactical medicine to patch themselves and injured on the field.
Gather, analyze, and protect tactical intelligence.

Enrollment requirements_

English language
Valid driver's license
Clean criminal record
Physically and mentally healthy
Good fitness level
Minimum 21 years old

Pricing_

$10,000 is all-inclusive, covering accommodation, food, training facilities, equipment, certificates, weapons, ammo, and airport pick-up/drop-off.