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Foreword by General Sir Rupert Smith KCB DSO OBE QGM About the Author Notes
About this Book
- United Kingdom s Official Secrets Act
- DA-Notice
- Pictorial Content
List of Abbreviations and Terminology Preface
- Topics Not Included
- The Aim of this Book
- The Responsibility for Another One s Life
Introduction
- Hollywood Representation The Illusion of Competence
- Specialists
- The Role of Close Protection
Chapter 1
Historical Development of Bodyguarding & Close Protection
- The 47 Ronin A Lesson in Loyalty The Ako Incident
- British Military Elite Units and Civilian Police Close Protection
- Special Air Service BG Course
- Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit
- Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department
- Main Terrorist & Criminal Attacks A Historical Snapshot 44BC 1998
Chapter 2
Upper Echelons of Close Protection Operatives in the United Kingdom
- British Government Assigned Close Protection
- Government Intelligence & Support
- Police Protection Command
- SO1 Specialist Protection
- SO6 Diplomatic Protection Group
- SO14 Royalty Protection
- The British Prime Minister and The Royal Family
- The Special Escort Group (SEG)
- British Diplomats and Military Commanders in High Risk Locations
Chapter 3
What Makes a Good Close Protection Operative?
- Requirements & Attributes
- THE BODYGUARD how he stands where he puts his hands
- Minimum Age & Life Experience Requirements
- Mental & Physical Fitness Requirements
- Training & Selection Objectives
- General Attitude and Bearing
- Appearance and Blending In The Basics
- Appearance and Blending In Operational
Chapter 4
Close Protection The Basics
- Personal Security
- Personal Situational Awareness
- The Colours of Awareness State Cooper s Colours
- Situation awareness Accept the threat exists
- Avoid routine
- Follow security procedures
- Exercise common sense and initiative
- Remain anonymous or show of strength
Chapter 5
Composition of a Close Protection Team
- The Close Protection Team Leader
- Second in Command
- Personal Escort Section
- Level One
- Duties of the PES
- Planning
- Level Two (CAT – Counter Attack Team)
- Composition
- Equipment
- Duties of the PES Level Two
- Planning
- Security Advance Party
- Planning
- Reconnaissance
- Dress
- Vehicles
- Recce Reports
- Surveys
- The Location
- The Operation
- CP Team Member Responsibilities
- Team Q
- Vehicles
- Medical
- Communications
- Overall Team Member Responsibilities
- Bodyguard
- Role
- Responsibilities
- Personal Escort Section (Level 1)
- Role
- Responsibilities
- Personal Escort Section (Level 2/ CAT)
- Role
- Security Advance Party
- Role
- Responsibilities
- Residence Security Team
- Role
- Responsibilities
Chapter 6
The Role & Responsibilities of the Bodyguard
- The Close Protection Team Bodyguard (CPT BG)
- Role
- The Individual Bodyguard (IBG)
- Principles
- Considerations
- Pre-op Preparations
- Appearance
- Etiquette, Protocol and the Principal s Staff
- The Reputation of One is the Reputation of Many
- Delusions of Grandeur
- Outlook of CP from the Boss Perspective
Chapter 7
Threat, Risk & Vulnerability Assessments
- Risk = Threat + Vulnerability
- The Purpose of a Threat & Risk Assessment in a CP Environment
- How do we Actually Quantify It?
- Assets Identification
- Threat Assessment
- Risk Assessment
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Recommendations
- Why is the Principal a Target?
- The Surveillance Threat
Chapter 8
Operational Planning Could ve. Should ve.
Would ve .
- Why Do We Have A Plan?
- Operational Planning Cycle
- Notice of Intended Travel
- Categories of Protection
- Levels of Protection
Chapter 9
Residence & Estate Security
- Residences of Principals
- The Four-D Package
- Outer Cordon
- Intermediate Cordon
- Inner Cordon
- BG/ RST
- Recommendations
- Composition of the RST
- Initial Actions by the CPTL
- Actions by the RST (Non – Permanent Residences)
- Actions by the RST (Permanent Residences)
- Internal Features of a Residence
- VIP Suite
- Guest Rooms
- Public Rooms
- Staff Quarters
- Ops Room & RST Accommodation
- Residence Security Worst Case Scenarios
- Media Intrusion
- Sniper
- Multiple Simultaneous Perimeter Breach
- Residence Security Over-run Multiple Hostiles in Grounds and Unsighted
- Fight Through
- Containment
Chapter 10
Fitness & Unarmed Combat Training
- Physical Training
- Physical Resilience & Mental Fortitude
- Mobility & Physical Impairments
- Close Protection Medical & Physical Fitness Assessments
- The SIA Influence
- The Drivers Medical Group
- Unarmed Combat Training (Close Quarter Combat/ CQC)
- Principles of CQC
- Action Beats Reaction
- Aspects of Conflict
- Control & Restraint It s Place?
Chapter 11
Close Protection Communications
- The Basis of all Operations and Planning
- Team Comms
- Radio
- Wired
- Wireless
- One-Way Communication Systems
- Full Duplex Communication
- Digital or Analogue
- Hytera X1
- Radio Voice Procedure
- Carriage of Comms and Ancillaries
- IPod Style Ear Buds
- Transmitter
- Mobile Phones
Chapter 12
Reconnaissance
- Introduction
- Conduct of Ops
- SAP Briefing & Recce with Drivers
- Liaison
- Phots, Video & Mapping
- PUP s & DOP s
- Routes
- Scheduled & Unscheduled Locations
- Private & Commercial Air Terminals, POC s
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Offices
- Other Locations
- Hospitals
- Police Stations & Government Buildings
- Local Crime/ Local Threats
- Operational Movement in Detail
Chapter 13
Walking Drills Skills
- Team & IBG Walking Skills A Practical Consideration
- Close Protection Operational Tactics, Techniques & Procedure
- Prior knowledge available of the Boss presence in a given area by the threat (scheduled or unscheduled)
- Time of day and length of walk
- Areas walking/ to be walked
- A busy or quiet street scene and densely crowded areas
- The Elastic Band & Coiled Spring Effects
- Vehicles passing
- Vehicles parked
- Open areas flat & undulated terrain
- Large department stores and small shops (entrances and inside)
- The Store Entrance
- Inside
- The Store Exit
- Small Shops
- Escalators
- Elevators
- Stairways
- Hotels
- As a guest
- As a visitor
- Drop off nearest to hotel entrance
- Vehicles to remain as close to the hotel entrance as possible
- Points to note
- Boss enters the hotel
- Boss meets with associate in lobby
- Designated office buildings
- Other residences
- Dinner parties, red carpet events & media presence
- Crossing roads
- Street corners
- Subways
- Tramps & street beggars
- The Beach
- Running
- Route Recce
- SAP
- The Event
- Restaurants
- Scheduled
- Unscheduled
- Nightclubs
- Accompanying person(s); family members including children, other well known personalities
- CPT vehicles
- Walking Formations
- Textbook Flaws
- Thinking outside the box
Chapter 14
Use of Close Protection Vehicles
- Introduction
- Reasons for a VIP protection driver
- Reasons for a Back-up vehicle
- Vehicle selection
- Area of Use
- Role of Use
- Armoured vehicles
- History
- Current Standard
- Principles of vehicle protection
- The Real World
- The Threat versus The Protection
- European Normalisation Standards (EN)
- National Institution of Justice (NIJ)
- European B Standard
- Run-Flat Tyres
- Custom soft skin vehicles
- Reinforced windows
- Tinted windows
- Current Legislation for Window Tints The Law
- Implications for the vehicle owner
- Disabling vehicles airbags
- Rear View Mirrors & Vehicle CCTV DVR
- Ramming Bars
- Disabling interior lighting
Chapter 15
Advanced Driver Training
- Knowing your vehicle
- Vehicle search
- Immediate area search (IED s)
- Under-Vehicle IED s (UVIED), Trackers & Bugs
- Police Advanced Driving – Road craft
- Standard Response
- Advanced
- Observation
- The Police System of Car Control
- Close Protection Observation
- SIA Statement
- Working with employed chauffeurs
- Use of door locks
- Use of seatbelts
- Use of windows
- Positioning in the vehicle
Chapter 16
Tactical Driving (Protective Mobile Skills)
- Introduction
- Reasons for Tactical Driving
- Stationary & Mobile Positioning
- Driving for the Boss
- Driving in Convoy
- Positioning & Observation
- Convoy Control
- Lane Procedures
- Specific Training for the Theatre of Operation
Chapter 17
Vehicle Embus & Debus
- Introduction
- Types of embus/ debus drills
- Orthodox method
- Unorthodox method
- Principles
- Vehicle positioning (Embus)
- Vehicle with Manual Gear Shift
- Vehicle with Automatic Gear Shift
- PES deployment
- Escape routes
- BG positioning
- Discreet Standby
- Sequence of a Debus
- Sequence of an Embus
- Embus/ Debus Considerations
- Event factors
- Official Engagements
- Private Engagements
- Unscheduled Engagements
- Profile influence
- Low Profile
- High Profile
- SAP
- Light control
- Principal control
- Insecure locations
- Crowd control
- Principal s image
- Flexibility
- Vehicle positions
- PES positions
- CP Team positions (Secure venue orthodox debus)
- CP Team positions (Insecure venue orthodox debus)
- CP Team positions (Secure venue unorthodox debus)
- CP Team positions (Insecure venue unorthodox debus)
- Joint US/ Chinese Government Team Embus Critique, (Ex-President George W Bush)
- High-Threat Protection Convoy s
- Media Embus & Debus
Chapter 18
International Travel & Equipment
- Actions on notice of Intended Travel
- Schedule
- Passports
- 2 Passports
- Visas
- Local currency
- Hotel accommodation
- Vehicles
- Team attachments
- Armoured vehicles
- Weapons
- Commercial Flights
- Clothing & Equipment
- Operational Kit
Chapter 19
Private Aircraft
- Passage of information
- Luggage accountability
- Counter-Surveillance
- Heli-moves
Chapter 20
Super Yachts, Mega Yachts & Giga Yachts
- CPT s Knowledge & Understanding
- The layout of the ship s deck
- The ship s crew, personalities & responsibilities
- The security systems installed
- The ship s travel and port schedule
- International Ship Port & Facility Code, (ISPS)
- Maritime security industry
- Close Protection on yachts
- Surveillance Detection
Chapter 21
Use of Weapons in CP Training & Operations
- Close Quarter Battle (CQB)
- Types of weapons
- Military & Police Protection Units
- Difference in operating methods between RMP CP, Police & SAS
- Attitudes to firearms training
- Individual qualities for CQB programs
- Operational Planning for the Area(s) of Deployment/ Operational Environment
- Weapon sourcing & selection
- Procedures in difficult countries
- Weapon Concealment, Covert Carriage, Comms and Ancillaries, Bags & Vests
- Holsters
- Use of Covert Weapon Bags, Harnesses & Vests
- The Basic Safety Rules & Fundamentals of CQB
- The cardinal firearms safety rules
- Training for the Area(s) of Deployment/ Operational Environment
- Maximising training effectiveness
- Advanced applications
- The aimed shot
- The instinctive shot
- Fire & manoeuvre
- Weapons Use & CP Operations in the United Kingdom
- Prohibited weapons and ammunition in the United Kingdom
- Can you conduct pre-deployment weapons training in the K for operational countries requiring refresher shoots, team drills and tactics?
- .22lr Rifles
- Real Action Marker (RAM) Systems
- Blank firing weapons
- UK Violent Crime Reduction Act
- Offensive Weapons
- UK Law
- S 141 Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988
- Telescopic Truncheon (ASP Baton)
- Stun Guns
- CS Spray
- Rules of Engagement (ROE)
- Use of Force
- ROE for the CPT/ PSD
- Weapons A Professional Embarrassment
Chapter 22
Close Protection Medic Training, Administration & Considerations
- Medical Training
- Disclaimers?
- Advanced Procedure Chest Drains
- Casualty Evacuation/ Extraction (CASEVAC)
- Medical Coverage
- Reaction to Attack Training
- Equipment
- IBG Team Member Illness
- Vaccinations
Chapter 23
Operational Situational Awareness
- Operational Planning & Operational Observations
- Involuntary Attention
- Voluntary Attention
- Habitual Attention
- Interpretation
- Signs of Danger
- Ambush
- Ambush principles
- Ambush siting
- Springing the ambush
Chapter 24
Surveillance
- Intrusive Surveillance
- Skills of a Typical Operator
- HUMINT
- Mobile Phones
- Computers
- Audio Transmission
- UHF Transmitters
- GSM Transmitters
- GSM Interceptor Landline & Room Listening Device
- UHF Mini Telephone Transmitter
- Video Transmission
- GSM 3G Cameras
- Vehicle Tracking Devices
- Passive versus active tracking
- RF (Radio Frequency) trackers
- GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) Trackers
- GPS (Global Positioning System) Trackers
- Electro-Magnetic Radiation
- Laser Listening Device
- Near Silent Drill
- Other Government & Commercial Surveillance Devices
Chapter 25
Surveillance Awareness
- Composition of a Surveillance Team
- The 5 Main Types of Surveillance
- Commercial Influence on Surveillance Operations
- The Pick Up
- Methods of insertion and types of OP
- Rural location
- Urban location
- Vehicle position
- Foot position
- The Follow
- Communications
- Target identification
- Commentary
- The Housing
- The CP Mind-set Towards Surveillance
Chapter 26
Countering the Effects of Surveillance
- Counter Surveillance
- Anti-Surveillance
- The Effect of Surveillance on CP Operations
- The Amount & Manner in which Travel is Conducted by the Boss
- Vehicle
- Vehicle information
- Private Aircraft
- Private Yacht
- The Presence and Level of all Residence, Office and Vehicle Security
- The Security Awareness and Integrity of all Household, Administrative and Associated Staff
- Operational Procedure by the CPT
- Web based
- The Electoral Register
- Anti/ Counter Surveillance
- Countering vehicle tracking devices
- Tracker jammers
- GPS tracker jammer
- VHF Lo-Jack tracker jammer
- Bomb Jammers
- UHF/ VHF radio & mobile phone jammers
- Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM)
- The threat
- Oscor 5000E
- Oscor Blue
- Oscor Green
- Orion Non-Liner Junction Detector (NLJD)
- Searchlight GSM Detector
- Hostile Activity Detection & Response
- Counter surveillance team (CST)
- Options after positively identifying
- The response
- Hostile Surveillance Planning Cycle
- Planning cycle
- Needs of an attacker
- Proactive Actions of Anti & Counter Surveillance
Chapter 27
Covert Protection Operations: Protective Surveillance, Counter Surveillance and Counter Attack Team
- Protective Surveillance
- Surveillance Detection
- Prior to Embus
- The Move
- The Debus
- Counter Surveillance
- The Effectiveness of Reaction to Attack (Actual & Perceived)
- The Counter Attack Team
Chapter 28
Reaction to Attack An Introduction
- React to What You See
- Embus Reaction To Attack Options
- Debus Reaction To Attack Options
- Pre-Attack Recognition & Identification Markers
- Principles of Reaction To Attack
- Remove or Reduce the Threat
- Place Assets Between the Threat and the VIP
- Remove the Principal from the Threat
- Types of Attack
Chapter 29
Reaction to Attack IBG
- A Static Action? You may as Well be a Figure 11 Target
- Splitting the Targets Getting off the X
- IBG Fire & Manoeuvre
Chapter 30
Reaction to Attack CPT
- CPT RTA & Extraction Drills
- The Theory of Body Cover & Evacuate
- Commercial Mistakes
- Immediate Action Drills
- Open Ground
- Pairs Fire & Manoeuvre
- Problems
- Stoppages
- Secondary threats
- Killed or injured PES
- Injured Principal
Chapter 31
Reaction to Attack Vehicle Anti-Ambush
- Introduction
- Principles of Vehicle Anti-Ambush
- Vehicle Anti-Ambush Drills
- Response options
- One Car Drills
- Drive Through (Gunmen Side)
- Actions by the driver
- Actions by the BG
- Drive Through (Block Front – Gunmen Front)
- Rapid Block Front/ Gunmen Front
- Actions by the driver
- Actions by the BG
- Block Front Not immediately confirmed hostile Beware the decoy
- Actions by the driver
- Actions by the BG
- Block Front and Rear (Gunman threat) no drive through
- Two Car Drills
- Drive Through (Gunmen Side)
- Drive Through (Block Front – Gunmen Front)
- Reverse Out (Block Front – Gunmen Front – No Drive Through)
- Block Front & Rear – No Drive Through
- Block Front (No Drive Through – Immobilised VIP Vehicle)
- Vehicle Immobilisation
- Actions inside the vehicle
- Actions outside the vehicle
- Counter Attack Team Drills
- CAT Going Firm
- CAT Flanking Attack
- CAT Attack The Threat(s)
- Three Car Drills
- 3-Car Convoy Positions
- Reverse Out (Block Front – Gunmen Front – No Drive Through)
- Attacking the Ambush
- City Congestion
Chapter 32
Close Protection Team Leaders
- Close Protection & Corporate Security – Effective Emergency Decision-Making for the Team Leader/ Security Manager
- Leadership
Chapter 33
The United Kingdom Security Industry Authority, (SIA) Commercial Close Protection Licensing A Travesty in the Making and a Warning for the Future
Epilogue
- The Need For Regulation
- Licensing Close Protection – SIA Training Core Competencies
- Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
- A Derogatory Debacle
- Points to Note
- The Omissions & Absence of Understanding the Provision of Close Protection
- SIA Training Limitations
- The SIA Consultation Process – It Takes Two to Quango
- The More the SIA Thinks, the More I Think They Shouldn t Think More
- Close Protection – Future Regulation and Standards
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