By Doc Rogers

As more people enter the bodyguard industry from all walks of life, there tends to be a section of individuals who are only book smart or academy smart and are not aware or have an understanding of the world.  Street smart bodyguards on the other hand maintain good common sense and know how to avoid bad situations before they happen. They possess the skills necessary to operate in most environments and do so with confidence.

This does not mean street smart bodyguards are not well-educated.  They are mostly academically smart individuals.  But ones that have an advantage of an additional street education; they may have received their street education growing up in bad neighborhoods or by former occupations where they dealt with unpleasant people on an everyday basis.

How You Can Help How can street smart bodyguards teach teammates who are only book smart or academy smart to deal with the real world on assignment?  Although street smarts are a set of characteristics that take years to fully develop, you can start teaching your fresh out-of-the academy or relatively naïve teammates the following recommendations.  It will take time and dedicated effort, but will be well worth it.   Risk and Consequences When on assignment in unfamiliar operational areas teach them not only which areas to keep away from, but also why.  Let them know what may be waiting around the corner so they can effectively avoid potential trouble.

Intel Keep them informed of what’s going on in the operational area and how it may affect the security level.  Teach them to observe, listen and understand the environment they are working in. Remind them that being street smart is knowledge of the operational area and all information should be taken seriously.

Neighborhoods  Brief them on the people in the operational area and what to expect when dealing with them. This includes the risks they present and how to avoid them. Inform them to become acquainted with the common problems in the neighborhood, the ins and outs of the locale and to understand the people in general. This will assist your teammates with making the right decisions and how to deal with different situations that may arise.

Support Support the new BGs on your team who have lived sheltered lives and know little about the real world. Share your intelligence, common sense and wisdom with them. Give them the skills necessary to handle circumstances and avoid bad situations. Have the ability to subtly mentor and teach them to function professionally within a team environment. Show them how to improve their mental toughness, obtain a winner’s mindset and up their street IQ.  Keep safe and God speed.

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Worldwide Intelligence Network is seeking a highly qualified female bodyguard for a 17 day assignment working in and around Beverly Hills. The idea candidate should live within one hour of Beverly Hills. The hours are 11 am to 10 pm. This will be for four females visiting from abroad. Interested parties are asked to please submit their resume, with names and phone numbers of
your references a recent photograph, head shot and full length photo and your Guard Card number with BSIS. Time is of the essence. Rate of pay for qualified PPS is $35 an hour.

Please reply to win@wincor.com

Robert Mann, Director

Worldwide Intelligence Network

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By Doc Rogers

The world is changing and we need to adjust to these changes as we go about our bodyguard (BG) business wherever the BG business may take us. Here are some suggestions that may help. Take what is useful on your BG journey.

Be Trainable: No matter how long you’ve been in the business one month or twenty years you must be willing to be trainable.  Know-it-all BGs do not cut it in today’s changing environment. Whatever your experience level in the business realize you should be learning and growing on every assignment and also during your downtime by studying.  Be willing to listen and learn something from everyone you meet.

Make Connections: It’s not what you know or who you know; it’s the powerful mixture of both.  When making connections it’s like everything else, you must start at the bottom and work your way up. The goal is to make connections with people within high positions in their chosen vocations.  You eventually want to make connections with people who are influential members of society.  To do this you need BG knowhow, connections with people of influence and being friends with the right mix of individuals. This is what makes BG jobs happen.  I once sat in a waiting room in the office of a police general for 12 hours for a “scheduled appointment.”  He finally showed up, never apologized for the delay, but a strong connection and lucrative deal was made. Moral of the story; take action by increasing the number of high quality relationships you make.

Know Your Weakness: In the macho BG trade weakness is looked upon as a disease.  However, BG’s can’t be equally effective in all areas of the business. For example if you are a domestic based BG and have never been on an international assignment, that’s okay. If you land an international BG assignment just hire someone that has expertise within that operational area. There is nothing wrong with paying other BGs to assist you on an assignment that can do a better job than you can.  Continue to work on any weakness you may have, but in the meantime hire a specialist when needed.

You Are the Enemy: We are our own worst enemies in the BG trade at times. It’s our actions or inactions which causes most of our own misfortune. The world we create; our thoughts and opinions can either build or destroy in this trade of ours.  The BG business can be heaven or hell, paved with gold or be the boulevard of broken dreams. It’s basically all up to us. Instead of complaining we should try and make the BG world we build a good one, because just doing nothing makes us the problem.  Know you enemy: 1) Lack of confidence, 2) Lack of passion, 3) Lack of focus, 4) Negativity, 5) Weak on strategy, 6) Fear of criticism and 7) Weak on taking action. That’s dangerous thinking. Stay abreast of the changing BG landscape, be ready to change your game plan as circumstances shifts, and adapt new strategies to maintain the strongest competitive advantage you have. Keep safe and God speed.

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Our client, a leading provider of Private Security Solutions, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Protection Agent.

In this role, the successful applicant will be responsible for adhereing to Executive protection protocol and executing the full suite of Executive protection assignments in varying degrees. In addition the successful applicant will be responsible for:

•To provide limited logistical support in regards to security for the client.
•Execute basic security functions, i.e., perimeter and access control, identification procedures, command post operations, patrolling, secure assets/property and post standing duties.
•Coordinate movements and logistics to support the client’s itinerary.
•Execute proactive measures to insure the safety of the client, i.e. IED sweeps, research, and the collection of applicable information and intelligence, counter-surveillance

Resume must reflect recent protection of family of corporate CEO/CFO/COO – no exceptions!!!!

To apply for this position click on the following link: Executive Protection Job

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By Doc Rogers

Secret Number: 1 Learn to pace yourself.  I have done 200 BG assignments a year, been away from my family for months on end with non-stop, stress-filled assignments. Sure the money was good, but it takes a toll on your body and family life.  Now a little wiser and older I pick and choose the BG assignments I go on and I’m not spending my whole life chasing a buck.

Secret Number: 2 Do the assignment and leave. You’ve got to get in, do the assignment, and get out. No extended layovers or R & Rs in-country. They are expensive and wasteful. Get back to your family.

Secret Number: 3 The BG trade can be an all-consuming industry. However, it’s important to maintain balance in your life. BGs get so immersed in their work their personal life suffers. Try to pursue a balance lifestyle. Be as dedicated to your health and personal life as you are to the BG business and watch your career truly excel.

Secret Number: 4 Prior to going on a BG assignment study and get a feel for the cultural and obtain local knowledge of the operational area.  Learn a few key words of the language. These are the first steps in overcoming challenges of a foreign BG detail.  Having superior knowledge of local culture, history and its customs can provide better protection than a truck load of weapons and ammunition.

Secret Number: 5 Always factor in the cost of advance work into your BG contract to overcome logistics and planning issues. Advance work allows the BG team to adapt to a complex situation and achieve outstanding success it also boosts the confidence of the BG team and the security of the client.

Secret Number: 6 While on BG assignments try to form as many professional friendships as possible. The positive relationship between you and the people you meet are worth their weight in gold. Building rapport and establishing professional friendships is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have. Having friends to call upon is certainly important in conducting effective BG operations overseas.  I hope these secrets of the bodyguard trade will help you succeed and prosper in the business. Good luck and God speed.

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The Executive Protection Academy is Offering a Four Day Intermediate Executive Protection Course

Course Description:

Intermediate Executive Protection Course is 4 days of intense training. The course is designed for the novice to the seasoned veteran. This course is intended to give the executive protection specialist a solid foundation of executive protection principles and concepts.

Please note: this course is physically and mentally demanding and, will require long days and maximum student participation. A certificate of
attendance is awarded to attendees upon completion. Dress is casual, however you will need to bring one dress suit.
Course Information:
4-Day Intermediate Executive Protection Course
Dates: June 21-24. 2012 Thur/Fri/Sat/Sun
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Price: $950.00

Course Outline:
•    Welcome to the real Executive Protection
•    Introduction to Training Staff
•    History of Executive Protection
•    Executive Protection – Principles & Concepts
•    Executive Protection Assignments / Roles
•    Layers of Security
•    Client Types
•    Advance Concepts – Domestic & Foreign Procedures & Guidelines
•    Duties of the Advance Agent
•    Formations / Motorcades
•    Formations (practical exercise)
•    Protective Detail – Construction
•    Site Advance (practical exercise)
•    State Licensing Requirements for Executive Protection Services
•    Communications
•    Attack on Principle
•    Surveillance Detection
•    Emergency/Contingency- Planning and Response Procedures
•    How to get Executive Protection Jobs
•    How to Successfully Market E.P. Services
•    Final Live Executive Protection Mission on Day 4

For more information, call us today at: 320 894-9451
Please RSVP us at rick@executiveprotectionacademy.com if you would like to attend. A $350.00 deposit (non refundable) payment is required to confirm your space.

Registration will be first come first serve and will be closed at 15 participants. Thanks in advance for the consideration and I look forward to training with you.

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By Doc Rogers

Navigating through the bodyguard (BG) jungle can be difficult for those not familiar with it. This article explains the Laws of the BG Jungle and outlines procedures which have been used successfully for BG jungle navigation. With some training and practice, you should be able to use these techniques to move around successfully even in the thickest BG jungles.

LAW 1: Your Body is Your Business Understanding that you are the business; take control of who you are and protect “you the brand.” This includes taking care of your mental and physical health.  As BGs we tend to have very short peak earning periods. We must beat the odds for career longevity by taking care of “business.”  Think long term and keep healthy; it’s the survival of the fittest in the jungle.

LAW 2: You are the Target Be wary of the rip-off artists, hustlers and fake friends that hide in the shadows of the BG industry jungle growth, who are ready to take clients and assignments away from you. These types are greedy, show no remorse and should be avoided like the plague.

LAW 3: Invest in Your Team Your BG team can make or break you in the industry.  Hire BGs wiser and more experience than yourself.  Surround yourself with professionals, not amateurs or losers.  Amateurs and losers will pull you into the hidden quicksand that lurks in the BG jungle and you will sink to their level.

LAW 4: Invest Your BG Funds BGs have a narrow window of opportunity to earn enough to last a lifetime. Now is the time to start investing and keeping a retirement savings account. This ensures you won’t end up broke after your BG days are over.  Don’t have an “it won’t happen to me” attitude. Save regularly to guarantee it won’t happen.

LAW 5: Personal Safety and Survival BG survival is the name of the game, because dead bodyguards don’t get paid. Yet, you don’t see much written about it the industry. BGs like to maintain a certain macho image. Being concerned about personal safety and survival may be perceived as a weakness for some. However, BGs can find themselves in dangerous situations. For a long and successful BG career maintain a survival attitude, avoid going into risky areas, be prepared for situations where you must protect yourself, maintain your physical conditioning, use personal safety and survival tactics, stay on your toes and keep alert.

LAW 6: Education Your level of BG success is equal to your level of education. Throughout your career keep your education going and your mind sharp. Put a list of educational objectives together and set goals and make them happen. Methodically achieve each of your educational objectives with patience and fortitude.

LAW 7: Respect Respect for your teammates is imperative in the industry.  Showing respect for BGs with more experienced can greatly influence your career.  When you respect those that have knowledge derived from experience this knowledge tends to rub off on you and improvements are made. However, no matter the experience level of those you meet while on BG assignment and during your daily life don’t forget the golden rule; treat others as you wish to be treated.

LAW 8: Giving Back Those that feel they have given plenty to the BG business and they don’t owe anyone anything are sorely mistaken. Do not be ungrateful to the industry, be thankful.  If the BG business has been good to you, use your success to help others. Do what is right and help the entry level BGs learn the ropes and become a success too.  Show that you care about the industry that made you a success. Remember the sacrifices other BGs made to put you in the position to become successful when you were an up-and-comer.  As a successful BG you have a moral obligation to be unselfish. Giving back to the business should make you feel good. Keep safe, because it’s a jungle out there, and God Speed.

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This will be following the one day introduction and overview (and refresher) of Executive Protection Course that will be at the Marriott City Center (9a-5p) For more info click on the following link: http://www.bodyguardcareers.com/2012/03/30/one-day-ep-seminar-in-minneapolis/

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