How Much Gear is Too Much Gear?
Since it is, once again, “Post on your social media what gear you are carrying”, or “Bodyguards unite! Empty your pockets” season, we thought it might be the right time to address the important issue of how much gear is too much and clarify some misconceptions about what EP agents should carry on duty. […]
The Importance of Basic Medical Skills for Executive Protection Agents
If you ask people who do not operate within the executive protection industry what skills an EP agent or “bodyguard” should have, what you will hear is martial arts, firearms, be big, etc. Truth to be told, sadly, there are many colleagues who have the same beliefs. The primary objective of protective services, […]
Ethics and Morals in the Executive Protection Industry
The topic of ethics and morals seems to rise to the surface in the executive protection industry every time a news outlet publishes an incident regarding an EP agent (Or as they love to call them, “bodyguards”), and after the hundreds of “likes” and “dislikes”, sharing and finger pointing on social media by colleagues, these […]
Identifying Suspicious Behavior: Essential Pre-Attack Indicator Training for Executive Protection Agents
Senior executive protection professionals will all agree that the number one goal when performing protective details is to prevent a threatening or embarrassing situation before it becomes a reality for your client. Now, we all know that the majority of EP schools are highly invested in the ‘’cool guy skills’’. They spend hundreds of […]
