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Article #147: An Exciting Security Officer Career as a Body Guard

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A bodyguard is a person who adapt to quick changes in any given
professionally protects someone (known as situation or emergency. A high degree of
their principal) from personal assault, dedication to duty and cause is a must
kidnapping, assassination, loss of for the successful executive protection
confidential information, or other specialist. The ability to perform under
threats. Alternative term for bodyguard adverse and dangerous situations is
that is gaining popularity (particularly mandatory.
with the bodyguards themselves) is The Protection Specialist must have the
close-protection officer. Many training and aptitude in which he can
professional training courses identify defend himself and his client and have
themselves close-protection training knowledge of disarming and defensive
instead of body guarding training, for techniques which would enable him to
example. defend himself and his client in both
In multi-agent units (like those armed and unarmed situations and at the
protecting a celebrity or a head of same time be able to maintain control of
state) one or more bodyguards may a perpetrator until the proper
specialize in specific tasks, such authorities are notified and arrive.
as:communications/communications As a Protection Specialist you will be
protectionoperation of physical security required to complete many tasks and have
measures (regarding premises, transport many responsibilities. The following list
vehicles and personal armor)intelligence, is a summation of some of the
threat/vulnerability/risk assessment and responsibilities you will have in the
analysisexplosives and chemical protection of your client.
detectionsniper warfare and special 1. Stay awake and aware or the changing
weaponscrowd screening and control circumstances and plan ahead so you may
This job is unlike other security avoid problem areas.
watchman's jobs. The important person, 2. Pre-plan a course of action as you
whose life you are guarding, totally continually re-assess the situation.
trusts you because the question of his or 3. The hands of the persons near your
her life depends entirely on you. Your client are always the greatest threat and
alertness and integrity and the sense of as such you should always watch their
dedication must be of highest degree. hands and plan defensive countermeasures.
Still, there are more traits of equal "If you can't see their hands expect
importance, this job calls for. trouble".
1. high degree of duty consciousness 4. If a close-in attack occurs then
2. fearlessness and courage to fight back attack the weapon of the perpetrator and
3. expertise in hand to hand combat in doing so you may defeat the purpose of
technique and firearms usage the attack.
4. strong eye for suspicious people and 5. Do not look directly at a suspicious
movements person as this may result in the person
5. unmindful of 9-5 type work hours attacking outside your zone of control
Most Bodyguard Training courses are and enable the perpetrator to
designed to provide you with basic first successfully carry out the attack. Use
aid training, self-defense techniques and your peripheral vision to keep the
sometimes weapons training. Although not suspect in sight and you will not signal
all Bodyguard jobs require that you carry your scrutiny to the suspect.
a weapon, there are some Bodyguard jobs 6. When a potentially hazardous situation
that do. A person with Military training, arises you should immediately escort your
or Martial arts training, is usually client from the scene to a predetermined
highly regarded in the Bodyguard location of safety and stay in
industry, as their skills are often concealment until such danger has passed.
needed in certain Bodyguard positions. 7. Don't engage in any Confrontation.
Although you are not likely to ever have If you do, how can you know what is
to physically grapple with a person, happening to your client during this
there is the possibility that it can time. The Protection Specialist should
occur, so knowledge of self-defense quickly escort the client from the danger
techniques are important. while another confronts the attacker.
There are many situations in everyday 8.Be alert for covert diversions which
society that require a Bodyguard. For may be a ploy to attack your client. (For
example, many film and music stars often instance: a loud commotion nearby.)
hire Bodyguards to protect them from the 9. When people want to see your client,
possibility of kidnapping, or from the double-check to ensure they are among
possibility of being attacked by a crazy those who have the right to access of the
fan. There are also less glamorous client.
Bodyguard positions, such as protecting a 10. Protection Specialists should develop
bank, shopping mall, or private both a verbal and non-verbal method with
properties at night. Often these which to maintain communications with
Bodyguard positions require you to be on themselves and their client to relay
your own, hence the need for self-defense information on the changing
skills. circumstances.
What are the necessary requirements to 11. A plan of the scenario at hand should
work as a bodyguard? include multiple escape routes and
Be in good Physical Condition; in that options and should be changed as
persons who are excessively overweight, necessary to stop potential perpetrators
or who have respiratory or heart problems from seeing a pattern of protection
or who have high blood pressure or other develop and locations that are repeated.
physical problems which would keep them 12. Use of alternate routes to enter and
from engaging in strenuous or physically leave a location should be random and
challenging activities are not normally change frequently. Alternate routes
capable of performing the job of an should be known to all members of the
Protection Specialist. Vision should be Protection Specialist team and should
easily correctable to 20/20. Although age provide for non-emergency situations such
requirements are not specifically set the as traffic problems as well as emergency
average is from 21 to 55. More situations.
important than the age of the bodyguard 13. The Protection Specialist should
is their physical condition, their train the Client in basic survival
training and experience. techniques in a manner which shows the
The psychological makeup of the necessity of such training and actions
Protection Specialist is also of prime for the survival of the client.
importance. The candidate must be mature If you do possess the vital skills and
and precise in his ability to quickly and psychological requirements for this
correctly assess a situation and respond dangerous profession, an elite career
in the proper manner as dictated by the position may be available to you as a
situation at hand. He should not be Protection Specialist with all the
overly aggressive, hostile or moody, nor benefits, glamour and challenges that
should he be slow to respond or correctly this unique position entails.






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