Austin Consulting Group is in need of 10 bodyguards to work an event in Minneapolis MN on New Years eve from 7:30pm to 2:30am. This is an unarmed detail, all bodyguards must be height/weight proportionate and have a clean cut appearance. Must be able to stand or walk for long period. Dress is black suit, white dress shirt, conservative tie and dress shoes.

Interested parties should email harlan@acgcorp.com Please attach resumes and contact information.
Thanks
Hucky

This is not a story about glamour and protecting international superstars. This is a true story about a team of bodyguards trying to survive in a tough industry. All people and places have been changed due to discretion and client security. But the core of the story is the absolute truth.

In 2004 I had started a North European-based Bodyguard Agency with some of my friends. We all had great ambitions for the new firm, since the team was comprised of former army special services and law enforcement agents with executive protection training and bodyguard experience. My partner Steen had  trained the year before at ESI Academy in the US and we felt that we had what it takes to make it in the industry.

Four months passed, and we had only had a handful of clients, mostly short-term assignments. More “bouncer” work than “bodyguard work” Steen used to call it. We took assignments like protecting women from physically abusive husbands or boyfriends.

Landing those Executive Protection contracts was challenging, because in Europe, there are more trained bodyguards than actual jobs. But we were optimistic. Finally, in December of 2004 we got the call we where waiting for. A lawyer (let’s call him Mr. Larson) said that he was going to Rotterdam in Holland and needed Close Personal Protection for the trip. He told me that he had a meeting and a deal that he needed to close with one of his clients there. Mr. Larson said that if he liked working with us, he would consider hiring us as full-time drivers and bodyguards. Steen and I went to meet with Mr. Larson and he seemed like a nice person and we were glad to finally get some serious protection work. (more…)

Gone are the days when only pop princesses and Scientologist super-stars need to employ the services of bodyguards. Warren Buffet was recently a target in his own home, where a masked man with a “fake” gun came right to the Buffet’s front door (which Buffet opened, without looking out the peephole) and attempted to rob him.

Buffet isn’t “famous” in the usual entertainment mega-media way, but he is ranked as one of the top billionaires in the world.

As with Buffet, the exceedingly wealthy need well-trained protection. It doesn’t matter if they’re not a household name or recognizable face to the average person on the street. One can become the subject of kidnapping, robbery or assault for simply holding certain political views. Business executives with ties to environmental issues are taking precautions, and of course with random acts of terrorism occurring the world over, our top political leaders as well as other political movers and shakers need to be concerned.

In the bodyguard business, there are what we call “hard targets,” meaning someone the bad guys will have a difficult time getting to. There are also “soft targets,” those individuals who are more easily accessible, and therefore more vulnerable to stalking, assaults, kidnapping and even attempted murder. A perfect example of this is when Arthur Bremer (the man who wanted to become famous by shooting someone famous) chose to shoot George Wallace. His first choice was Richard Nixon–who proved to be a hard target. So he shot Wallace instead, since he was a soft target.

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Global Entertainment Security has 2 shifts available on a 4 hour EP detail in SF on 12/22/07. $45 per hour/4 hour minimum.

You must have a CA PPO or PI license and a CCW,
HR 218 preferred.

Send resumes with BSIS license numbers to dkanter@gesecurityinc.com

 
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Hucky

Lindsay Lohan’s former bodyguard Andrae ‘Doc’ Renard’ has filed a libel law suit against the Star magazine. Renard is alleging he was misidentified as Lee Weaver, another of Lohan’s former bodyguards, in a photo caption. It was Weaver, not Renard, who witnessed the drugs, guns, wild sex and the cutting. It was Weaver who disclosed this personal information to tabloids during Lohan’s darkest moments. Renard is claiming his career has been “irreparably damaged because of the “libelous use of his photograph.”
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If Renard has truly suffered the loss of employment because of this defamation of character, then he has every right to seek retribution. However, one cannot help but wonder if it isn’t another case of someone using a mistake (or misprint, in this case) for personal financial gain. The real dilemma for all of us in this profession, is that one of the most essential elements of the bodyguard-celebrity relationship has been compromised: Trust.

Bodyguards are not paid to judge the client’s lifestyle. They are paid (and extremely well) to ensure the safety of the celebrity.  No doubt, working for young stars who are making extremely unwise and unhealthy choices has got to be worrisome, and frankly, makes the job far more difficult. The chances of a client changing behavior are slim to none. It presents a real moral dilemma for a bodyguard: Does he ask parents to intervene and risk losing his job? Keep quiet and keep taking a paycheck? Quit?

The one thing I am sure of however, is that a bodyguard running his mouth to the tabloids for a quick and lucrative payday is unprofessional and damaging to the profession.