Introduction To Close Protection

Introduction To Close Protection

Introduction To Close Protection

The world of the Close Protection Officer or bodyguard as it is more commonly known is something that most people know only by way of the media. They have seen the role glamorised by way of the movies, or by reading magazine articles or fictional novels.

Although a fraction of this imagined information is close to the truth, the vast majority of what is shown is far detached from the actual reality of the profession.

The view many hold is quite extreme when it comes to their concept of what class and type of character they associate with working in Close Protection.

It ranges from one end of the scale where they believe that all bodyguards or close protection officers, as they shall be referred to from now on, are large aggressive people with very little in the way of a fully functioning intellect. This then jumps to the complete opposite end of the spectrum.

Where we find our tremendously adept super intelligent representative, who is able to take on and defeat, any terrorist group or major felon. Both these ideals are far from being accurate.

There may be a number of individuals who fall into the former definition, but they are not and never will be capable of working at a professional level within the world of Close Protection.

Also the media vision of the work of Close Protection Teams, which shows them incessantly protecting their client against repeated acts of violence, is also a work of pure fiction.

Yes, there are officially sanctioned teams out there who do afford protection for certain clients on whom there is an absolute and continuing threat. But it is intelligence and aversion that are the employed tools of their trade and not handguns.

So what exactly do we mean by the term close protection and what is the role of the close protection operative?

The term close protection has many definitions; but the one that describes the role most succinctly is the following:

It is to reduce the possibility of kidnap, assassination or unlawful act by the application of certain principles and measures to normal daily life.

So this then is the basic role of those working in Close Protection. Their duty is to protect their employer, their Principal, by way of applied standard operating procedures and security measures. What measures are required and at what level have to be correctly assessed and determined by the team.

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