Close Protection Operations case studies
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Close Protection Operations is a professional assessment for practitioners who plan, staff and run protective details for at-risk principals - executives, dignitaries, public figures and private clients. It is aimed at serving close protection officers, team leaders and security managers moving into protective work, as well as uniformed or military personnel transitioning into the private sector. The Close Protection Operations case studies are 5 cases and about 3,496 words.
1The Overnight Venue Change
You are the advance lead for a two-day corporate summit. The principal is a 61-year-old CEO with a documented cardiac history.
763 words, about 4 min2The Client Who Won't Be Moved
You lead a six-person team protecting a media executive during a three-day festival. Day two, 14:00: the principal, who has been drinking, announces he wants to walk the main festival avenue 'like a normal person' to meet a friend at a bar 600 metres away.
718 words, about 4 min3The Motorcade at the Junction
You are running a two-vehicle movement: a principal vehicle (PV) with driver, principal and one close protection officer, and a follow vehicle (FV) with driver and two officers. It is 18:10, rain, heavy traffic.
671 words, about 3 min4The Camera in the Lobby
You are the team leader for a five-day protection task at a city hotel. On day three, a junior officer reports that a man has been in the lobby café for four hours on two consecutive days, always seated with a view of the lifts, always leaving shortly after the principal's vehicle departs.
675 words, about 3 min5The Officer Who Froze
You lead an eight-person team on a six-week contract. Three weeks in, during a vehicle departure, a junior officer freezes at the vehicle door for roughly four seconds before another officer moves him aside and the principal embarks normally.
669 words, about 3 min