All in VIP Protection
Our latest book focuses on room clearing tactics (RCT) as they apply to VIP protection work. The book is the first volume in Special Tactics’ new advanced series. The term “advanced” does not necessarily mean that the techniques themselves are more advanced. The book still focuses on basics and fundamentals but instead of covering individual techniques, it focuses on providing more real-world, scenario-based examples of how to combine various techniques to solve tactical problems.
This article is adapted from our new Escort Detail Venue VIP Protection book and offers a few examples of techniques for physically controlling and evacuating the VIP in an emergency situation. When an attack takes place you will generally not continue moving in your standard walking formation. Rather you will either form a close or contact protective ring and grab hold of the VIP to physically control the VIP’s movement. Depending on the location of greatest threat, there are techniques for either pushing the VIP in front of you or pulling the VIP to safety.
This article is adapted from our new Escort Detail Venue VIP Protection book. The article offers one technique for how a four-person detail might handle an unruly or violent crowd and evacuate the VIP to safety. When protecting the VIP from a large crowd, the detail must carefully monitor the mood of the crowd to anticipate problems or incidents before they occur. Crowds tend towards extreme behavior, whether positive or negative. If the crowd grows unruly for whatever reason, the detail might have a short time window to respond and get the VIP to safety.
The security mission never stops. If a detail is protecting a VIP against a serious threat, they will need to provide security 24-hours per-day and 7-days per week. It is impossible to predict where and when an attack might take place. Even if the VIP cannot afford round-the-clock security, there must still be plans and measures in place to maintain security at all times. Therefore as time passes, security operations generally fall into three phases or categories: site security (including compound, building, office, home etc.), mobile security and venue security.
There are many factors to be considered when selecting vehicles for a motorcade. In some cases, you will not have a choice and will have to work with whatever vehicles are available. Regardless, as the security detail it is your responsibility to know your vehicles and understand their advantages and disadvantages. This short article is taken from our new Escort Detail Mobile VIP Protection Online Course. It discusses considerations for choosing the right vehicle for a motorcade or protective detail.
Mobile security focuses on protecting the VIP when he/she is moving from one point to another. The VIP could be moving from his/her home to a venue or moving between scheduled and unscheduled stops. While the techniques of VIP protection vary widely depending on the situation and a number of influencing factors, there are certain core concepts and fundamentals that apply to almost all aspects of mobile security operations.
Should the limo/motorcade come under attack, the detail generally has four options to be executed in the following order of priority: drive through, push out, crossload or evac/bailout. This article provides a general discussion of each of these four options along with some of their advantages and disadvantages. The full book goes into great detail on how to execute each procedure from different directions of attack and with different size details.
