Advance procedures: Critical for Executive Protection
Every service or solution is structured by procedures, protocols, steps or rules to follow for it to deliver an efficient result. Physical protection is not the exception, on the contrary when it’s a service that functions around people and their safety there is still more reason to strictly follow this procedures and protocols.
The world has changed and with it new and powerful threats have appeared for VIP and high net worth individuals that make the protection service a more challenging one. It’s not anymore about an escort or bodyguard walking next to the individual and reacting against an attacker with a gun. This is not only too risky but old fashioned! Personal protection today has to be focused on a more strategic approach and that’s why advanced procedures are critical for this services.
Security teams must now plan ahead and analyze risks to establish a protection strategy that must be tailored made for each individual according to the country and its political and social risks of the moment, locations, routes, airports and hotels security, among others.
Advanced procedures will provide the team with all the protection tools and strategies to conduct an efficient and uneventful service.
This procedures have to be standard and strictly followed. Advanced procedures also help the security team to think of everything that is not ordinary and common, to consider the worst scenario.
When a security team applies advanced procedures in their operation they will assure accessible information for the client and the team, easy to share with others and flexible for the security team to be able to change, add or take steps if necessary during the operation.
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Advanced procedures are applied prior to the client’s arrival to his destination. It includes a complete investigation and risk analysis of transportation, hotel, routes, restaurants, hospitals, doctors, among other details. This procedures will ensure that the protectee daily schedule flows safely.
Advanced procedures consider all the possible risks and threats of a city, country (crime levels of areas to visit) and the site surveys play a crucial role in the advance. Also, an action plan needs to be designed and shared with the protectee in case any of the threats and risks materialize. This is why part of the security team must be on the ground of the location to visit days before the client’s arrival.
All advanced procedures must include:
- Pre departure preparations
- Protectee medical information(In case of needing special treatment)
- Threat assessment of the locations to visit
- Previous risk analysis
- Airports risk analysis
- Hotels, Restaurants, Meeting sites and routes surveys
- Vehicles equipped with security technology
- Security driver trained for defensive and evasive situations
- Connect with a local 24/7 operations center
- Terrorism and bomb threat procedures
- Medical and police support
- Frist Aid