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International Executive Protection Conference 2010

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Sponsored by ESI Alumni Association
Las Vegas, Nevada
August 6-8, 2010

It’s going to be another great conference! The Association Board of Directors has worked hard to put together the presentations and workshops that have been the hallmark of our conferences. Past Keynote Speakers included renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Park Dietz – John Wiseman, author of the Rogue Warriors series – and Tom Taylor of Gavin de Becker & Associates.
In 2010 our Keynote Speaker is Caesar’s Palace Hotel
Tony Scotti of the Vehicle Dynamics Institute. Scotti, who began teaching defensive driving and executive protection
for major U.S. corporate clients in the 1970’s is a legend in the industry. Who Attends the Conference? If you have never attended one of our Annual Conferences – why?

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Bodyguard Services Recession Survival Tips

Doc Rogers, Featured Articles

By Doc Rogers

The following article provides strategies that should help you retain your present clients, as well as attract more business even in these recessionary times.

In today’s economic climate, present and prospective clients are expecting more for their money when hiring protection. This means we must add more value and better service while doing our core bodyguard duties of keeping the client safe and secure at all times.

We need to be looking for ways to make the client’s life easier; providing them with anything they may want (legally) while doing our job with professional efficiency. As professionals we must pay attention to details, no matter how small.

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Executive Protection with a Bite

Bruce Alexander, Featured Articles

By Bruce Alexander

You never know when the next personal protection specialist you run into might show you their teeth. Just hope its not a personal protection dog. This Miami Herald article on personal protection dogs brings an interesting perspective to Executive Protection. You can, and should, read the article yourself. I’m not adding any value by repeating the contents. However I will offer a few observations.

There’s no doubt a dog can serve as a means of personal protection but there’s a limit to what you can expect from a dog. A dog would certainly deter an attacker who was looking for a target of opportunity or keep paparazzi at arm’s length, but for a committed attacker, particularly one who has prepared a pre-attack plan, and performed even rudimentary surveillance on the target, a dog is nothing more than a minor nuisance who will be quickly dispatched at the start of the attack.

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The Threat From Emotionally Disturbed Stalkers and Executive Protection

Bruce Alexander, Featured Articles

By Bruce Alexander
Protectees are magnets for stalkers and various emotionally disturbed persons (EDP). Years ago, one of my protectees would routinely receive love letters from an obviously emotionally disturbed woman who would regularly propose marriage to my protectee as well as request that my protectee announce their marriage to the Queen of England and a host of other notables. While it was a distraction from the norm, it was never a joke.

The volatility of some EDP’s was a constant reminder of what could become a very dangerous situation at any moment. What compounded the threat of this woman and others like her, was the awareness that identifying any pre-attack indicators would be very difficult since as a lone individual, the signatures would not be readily apparent.

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Submit Your Resume to Bodyguard Careers Staffing Database

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Many of you have already submitted your resume to Bodyguard Careers (3,900 of you at last count) and we are looking to grow our database even more.   We are actively working to form relationships with employers and have created our resume database to provide qualified candidates to these employers in need of executive protection services.  Whether you are new to the business or a seasoned veteran, we are interested in having your resume on file for potential employment opportunities (for those of you who are new, be sure to check out our Bodyguard Schools Ebook or our series of Bodyguard Training Seminars).

Our goal is to grow this database to such a large size of executive protection specialists that employers come to Bodyguard Careers with job postings before they are posted to the general job sites.  As the premier staffing company in the industry, your resume will be accessible to some of the most high profile clients in corporate, celebrity, political figures and private security (PSD) assignments.

Interested?  Submit (or update) your resume to Bodyguard Careers, in our Bodyguard Staffing Database:

Submit your resume to Bodyguard Careers

Selecting a Handgun for Executive Protection Work

Featured Articles, Mark Six James

By Mark “Six” James
First and foremost, I’d like to say Hucky set me up by asking me to write this article; as I expect a lot of feedback on the topic from my fellow professionals.

When it comes to selecting a firearm; selecting a firearm is like selecting wine, taste is a matter of preference, within reason; as the mission should dictate the tools.  However here are a few variables that I feel one should consider.

The major considerations for most people when it comes to selecting a firearm, whether for self-defense or executive protection should be:
• Reliability
• Simplicity
• Accuracy
• Caliber

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