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Bodyguard Season 2: When Will the Hit Series Return?

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What’s going on with Bodyguard season 2? The scripted drama series, about an ex-military bodyguard assigned to protect the UK’s Home Secretary, was a runaway hit on Netflix and BBC.  In the UK, the show was more popular than The Crown, drawing a massive 10.4 million viewers for its finale.  It was also the UK’s most-watched program in 2018.  Critics rallied behind the show, too.  Rotten Tomatoes deemed Bodyguard “certified fresh”, and star Richard Madden took home the Best Actor in a Drama TV series at the 76th Annual Golden Globes.  With so much buzz and fanfare, it’s shocking that season 2 hasn’t been confirmed.

Where is Bodyguard season 2?

The answer isn’t so simple.  Despite breaking records, winning awards, and inspiring a legion of dedicated fans, the series hasn’t been officially renewed for a second season.  It’s an unprecedented move in an age of fast consumption and content oversaturation.  Most show stars and creators are eager to get back to work and keep their shows trending.  But series creator Jed Mercurio has blamed the delay on one vague reason – logistics.

During an interview at Israel’s INTV conference, Mercurio said, “There are a lot of logistics in terms of setting up a second season and we’re just working through those.”  He did share that he was pleased with the demand for the show and seemed optimistic.  But for fans hoping for a tentative date or at least a confirmation that production was underway, his answer wasn’t exactly satisfying.

Additionally, Mercurio has been working on his other show, Line of Duty, the fifth season of which was delayed to accommodate Bodyguard.

Madden confirmed to entertainment website Digital Spy that he’d had some preliminary conversations with Mercurio about the second season.  But he hadn’t read a script.  So, unfortunately, there are no easy answers about Bodyguard season 2.

A different production model for Bodyguard Season 2

Though streaming services have introduced a speedy TV production model, in which our favorite shows are back on the air in the blink of an eye, British series don’t always follow the same model.  For instance, Amazon’s Fleabag, which originated in the UK, debuted to rave reviews and award nominations in 2016; its second season is premiering in May 2019.

And shows with greater production value tend to take their sweet time as well.  The wildly successful Game of Thrones just returned for its final season after a nearly two-year absence, and Westworld took a similar hiatus before its second season.

Though fans crave a steady stream of content, they may have to wait for it.

Bodyguard’s appeal

So, what is it that has so many people addicted to this show?

The psychological thriller finds a unique balance between heart-stopping action, romance, and mystery.  When we first meet Madden’s emotionally wounded yet dedicated David Budd, he’s on a train with his children.  He senses something isn’t right after witnessing a suspicious man just outside.  He acts on his instincts and discovers a woman in the bathroom, strapped with a bomb and a trigger in her hand.  He connects with her, convincing her not to detonate the bomb, and he saves the lives of everyone on the train.  It’s a dazzling opening sequence that sets the tone for the rest of the series.

TV critic Weniel Ma writes, “It manages to cram in more conspiracies, power plots, backstabbing and explosive moments in six episodes than a season of 24 did in, well, 24 episodes.”

And, Bodyguard does what House of Cards could only pull off some of the time – it takes the viewer deep into the inner workings of government without getting lost in the minutiae.  It’s realistic but doesn’t feel like a day at C-SPAN.

Aside from the show’s high quality, this is a global moment of political unrest, in the UK especially.  Brexit negotiations are ongoing, and there’s real political drama unfolding with each day.  There’s a heightened interest in politics, real and fake.  That’s not to say the show wouldn’t do well in a less tumultuous period, but it’s definitely benefitting from the momentary intense interest.

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A long tradition of Bodyguard stories

Bodyguard follows in the tradition of other bodyguard-centered stories, the likes of which have continued to delight audiences for decades.  Think of movies like The Bodyguard, In the Line of Fire, and Man on Fire, all focused on tough but relatable bodyguards fighting corruption and developing meaningful relationships with their clients.  It’s a classic formula that works.

Spy and assassin shows seem to be in vogue, too.  BBC America’s Killing Eve, about an MI6 agent hunting down a deadly female assassin, was just renewed for season 3, the same week as its season 2 premiere.  And star Sandra Oh took home a Golden Globe for her work on the series the same night Madden won his.  These dramas, with their potent combination of action and humor, are in high demand.

Though it’s important to point out that these shows are often dramatized.  Bodyguard certainly plays into a fantasy of what it’s like to be a bodyguard.  But that’s beside the point; it’s not a documentary. 

Dramatized or not, Bodyguard season 2 will be welcomed back with open arms…whenever it surfaces.

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Momo Challenge: The Newest Threat To Executive Protection

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Many years ago, on this very website, I posted the article “Don’t Forget the Kids.” The families of protected principals may be the subject of a threat and may need coverage. The family may be more vulnerable, in fact, than the principal.


Momo Challenge


Momo Challenge

As protectors, we’re constantly looking for ways to mitigate risk. Unfortunately, there is a new threat that may already be in the very homes that we are charged to protect, The Momo Challenge!


So, just what is the Momo Challenge?


In 2018 the “Momo Game” or “Momo Challenge” gained international recognition and was initially considered a hoax, quickly becoming a widespread meme. In August 2018, law enforcement investigated the influence of Momo in the death of a 12-year-old in Argentina.

This caused parents worldwide to be concerned as to the potentially real dangers of the challenge. Children engage in the challenge by contacting a stranger, to whom they conceal themselves as “Momo” by using a creepy image and communicating primarily through the Facebook-owned
messaging application, WhatsApp. 

Momo encourages a participant to complete various tasks in
order to avoid being “cursed.” There have been reports of trolls editing kid-friendly YouTube videos to include images of Momo, as well as instructions encouraging them to harm themselves and their families by turning on the stove while their parents are sleeping, or sticking forks in electrical outlets. 

Momo also tells the children that, if they say anything to their parents,
it will come to their house and kill them.


Addressing The Risk


Instead of alarming children about explicit dangers such as Momo, parents and protectors can better help children by educating them on good online practices.

It’s important that children know that they should not be trying to contact strangers online,
regardless of the method. Setting privacy systems on devices with your child is a great way to have this conversation and agree on automatic precautions.

“A much better approach,” said Carmel Glassbrook, manager of Professionals Online Safety Helpline, “is for professionals to focus on ensuring the door is open for children to talk about
these kinds of issues and teaching good practice rather than telling them there’s a big red button they mustn’t push.”

Developing an atmosphere of openness and transparency about online activity ensures that children can thrive. If you do notice them switching screens on their devices when approached or new numbers or email addresses on their devices, it’s worth checking in with them.

Keep video games and YouTube watching, two major ways these stories circulate, in shared family spaces. In video games, you can set restrictions on friends and access to user generated content that may include Momo themed add-ons.

YouTube has been flagging videos that include Momo content as being “Identified by the YouTube community as inappropriate or offensive to some audiences,” and that “viewer discretion is advised.” If you have activated Restricted Mode on your child’s account, this content is not available to them.


Momo Challenge


Conclusion

In closing, it is not my intention to contribute to the “Momo Challenge” mass hysteria, I only wish to inform my fellow protectors of the latest threat to Executive Protection. And as always, remember, Executive Protection is 99% boredom, 1% sheer terror. We must constantly be prepared for that 1%.

The Way of the Professional Bodyguard

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Today’s professional bodyguards (executive protection specialists) are a unique breed, whether performing assigned duties or planning career moves they are ambitious and demanding; but methodical in their approach. Principals expect orderly and professional behavior from their bodyguards and the operational techniques of the bodyguard are done according to a systematic and established form of procedure. Although most are experts in tactical shooting professional bodyguards are more likely to use intellect as a weapon rather than the firearm concealed under their business suit.

The protective methodology of the professional bodyguard is one of a ‘problem solver’ who avoids threats directed towards the principal at all costs. Bodyguards are known for their ability to discreetly protect their principals and return them home safely each night. If in the unlikely situation a sudden unexpected threat appears the bodyguard will instinctively shield the principal with his own body while evacuating the principal from the kill-zone; this is not only his jobs, but his duty.

This selfless sense of duty is only a small part of what takes to be a professional bodyguard. The biggest part of being a bodyguard is to perform your tasks with honor, integrity, trust and with confident performance for a successful assignment. If you don’t have strict self-discipline, high standards, teamwork and determination, you might as well stay home. However, if you got what it takes now is the time to deliberately and selflessly move forward and push beyond your physical comfort zone to keep your team and principal safe; because that is the way of the bodyguard. Keep safe and God speed.

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Protection Specialist

Job Description Gavin de Becker & Associates is an elite private security firm that protects and advises the nation’s most at-risk public figures and organizations, to include media figures, business leaders, transnational corporations, global operations centers, law enforcement units, and government agencies.

• Now Hiring.  We seek to hire smart, physically fit, and motivated professionals for our Protective Security Division.  Men and women who seek a security career in executive protection and threat assessment.

• Protection.  Our associates operate in dynamic environments, protecting at-risk public figures at their residences, their businesses, and in public.  Often assigned to full-time Command Centers and global operations centers, our associates manage the safety and security of our clients 24 hours a day.

• Travel.  Many of our associates travel with clients and protect clients at public appearances, while in foreign countries, on film locations. etc.

• Merit.  Advancement is by merit, not seniority, and there are many opportunities for advancement.

• Salary.  Our firm offers a higher starting salary than most law enforcement careers to include LAPD, NYPD, Chicago PD, and Atlanta PD.  Typical first year earnings in San Francisco range from $50,000 to $85,000.  And through our merit-based system that rewards performance (not seniority), many 2nd or 3rd year associate salaries exceed this first year earnings range.

• Benefits.  Our full-time associates are provided with exceptional benefits packages which medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and a 401K retirement plan.

• Join our Team.  Conduct your own research about Gavin de Becker & Associates and you’ll see why we are known as the world’s leading experts in security, executive protection, and threat assessment.  We invite you to be part of our team! Desired Skills & Experience We are seeking:

• Men and women with integrity and high ethical standards.

• Physically fit.  *All candidates must pass our physical readiness test.

(Standards may be found on our careers website.) • Individuals with excellent communication skills.

• Drug-free and nicotine-free.  Associates submit to on-going drug and nicotine screening.

Company Description Gavin de Becker & Associates, Inc. is a world leader in executive protection and threat assessment. Headquartered in Los Angeles and operating in major cities across the world (including New York, San Francisco, and London), our firm protects and advises a wide-range group of clients that includes the world’s most famous and the world’s most anonymous. From media figures and transnational corporations to universities and women’s shelters, Gavin de Becker & Associates stands on the front line of the assessment, prediction, and management of violence. Founded in Los Angeles by Gavin de Becker in 1978, our firm is based in fifteen different locations across the world where we advise and protect our clients in every environment imaginable. Additionally, our associates also research, write, and lecture on all aspects of high-level executive protection and physical security. As we expand our services across the country, Gavin de Becker & Associates remains a strict meritocracy that rewards performance, innovation, and creativity.

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Executive Protection Detail Leader

Responsibilities

Responsible for protection of personnel as well as property and personal assets in a global setting, identifying, developing and implementation of training programs for EP agents, Identification, training and deployment of systems to aid protection teams. • Will work daily in collaboration and coordination of with peers in Global Logistics and Global Physical Security managers to develop and implement enterprise wide executive protection program at Facebook. • Will maintain the highest levels of integrity and discretion on all matters related to the principles involved in the enterprise wide executive protection program and treat all matters with the utmost confidentiality. • Should have established liaison with other Fortune 500 Executive Protection managers, a proven track record and thorough understanding of executive protection in a corporate environment as well as established liaison with local, state, federal, and international law enforcement.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a 10-year minimum strong working knowledge and experience of EP operations working with executive and corporate protection with a minimum of 5 years as a Detail Leader. • Candidates must maintain themselves in excellent physical condition and must be able to work comfortably in a team environment as well as collaborate and communicate peer to peer and at the executive level of the company. • Candidates must have attended specialized training in tactical driving, self-defense, certification in First Aid/CPR, defibrillator usage and first responder medicine. • Applicants must be prepared for domestic and overseas travel and be able to pass a company background check. • Candidates must have a clean driver’s license record. • Candidates should have superb writing and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact and communicate effectively and seamlessly with corporate executives and senior colleagues in business and social environments, a college degree is preferred. • Candidates works with internal security groups and and business unit management to establish and gain consensus on project goals, objectives and deliverables. • Candidates will be responsible for EP project development and communication to include the evaluation and assessment to the degree to which scope changes, issues and risks will affect project approach and/or project or detail deliverables. • Candidates will always work with department, divisional management and sponsors to gain detail agreement for resolution. • Candidates will be responsible to measure both detail and employee performance to assure that all projects and personnel are progressing in project and growth plans and report those metrics to the Director of Global Physical Security and EP Logistics, as directed. • Candidates will develop Personnel performance plans, employee evaluations is progressing in accordance with the directives and long term strategy of the Director of Global Physical Security and EP Logistics. • Candidates will execute and close projects meeting milestone dates and objectives of the Physical Security and EP Logistics team. • Candidates will develop and execute work plans obtaining authorized resources to ensure all activities are performed. • Candidates will gather lessons learned and obtain final project approval from Director of Physical Security and EP Logistics and appropriate stakeholders. • Candidates will actively manage project risks and develop and communicate detailed mitigation strategies to the Physical Security and Logistics teams. • Candidates will routinely communicate project progress by through project reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to project team, department and Physical Security and EP Logistics team management. • Candidates will provide coordination to both the EP and Physical Security teams to establish and gain consensus on project goals schedules using standard internal project management tools for reporting project status and process improvements to internal/external clients, and security management.

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Bodyguard Jobs: St. Louis Mo

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Position: Executive Protection Specialists

Location: St. Louis,  Mo

Salary: 90,000 a year

Posted Date: March 26, 2013

Close Date: April 12, 2013

Job Description: Our client is a St. Louis -based company that is looking to hire an Executive Protection Specialist to provide daily coverage and close protection activities for designated principals on a worldwide basis. 

In this role, the successful applicant will be responsible for adhering 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:

  • Providing limited logistical support in regards to security for the client.
  • Executing basic security functions, i.e., perimeter and access control, identification procedures, command post operations, patrolling, secure assets/property and post standing duties.
  • Coordinating movements and logistics to support the client’s itinerary.
  • Execute proactive measures to insure the safety of the client, i.e. bug 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!!!!

The ideal candidate needs the following:

  • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years prior experience working as an Executive Protection Specialist.
  • Experience providing protection for private, high-net-worth families; government officials or diplomats
  • Excellent physical condition 
  • Exceptional problem-solving, flexible and adaptability, and decision-making skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

 To apply for this position click on the following link: Bodyguard Jobs fill out form and copy paste resume in the message box.

 

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