One of the finer details in this industry is proper contract writing. If you use sub-contractors for your details you MUST include a section in your contract that addresses that you do so otherwise it’s implied that anyone that shows up is an employee. That being said, I want to address a reponsibility that needs …
To sit or stand?
This may come as a violation of the norm, a conflict of the hardcore but I wanted to at least open your minds to something to at least think about. You’re working a special event or you’re arriving at a venue where your principal is speaking. The standard is normally to post guys near and …
One company many moving parts
We are very fortunate to have a very active company and with weeks like last week we had eight (8) details staffed. Under most sitiations and under many companies, the head may not know the totality and specific details with each security detail. Between me and Minister we manage to stay on top of who …
Detail consistency
Have you ever had to staff a detail or assignment for a short period yet you don’t have anyone available to work the job straight through. You have one specialist that can work the first couple of days but for some reason, personal or other committment he/she can not finish the week off. However, you …
Are you really equipped to consult?
As we all should know, there is a rise in workplace violence and as Paul Viollis stated in my interview with him there is an uptick in domestice workplace violence. Workplace violence and the potentiality of the same has been a mainstay of Executive Protection services for some time now. We have clients that call …
Good Idea or money making gimmick?
Yesterday as I was bounding through the social media sites I ran across and interesting tweet from BodyguardIDS that offered a few identification folio’s for executive protection specialists as well as Personal Protection Specialists, Close Protection Officer, Executive Protection Agent and an Agency Executive Protection Specialist. The identification resembles that of an “official cred”. On the face of …
Are we turning into ambulance chasers? That used to be what they called Lawyers.
I couldn’t help but laugh as the blogs, tweets and posts from all over the country started talking about freed American Amanda Knox and whether or not she needs security. Come on guys, we are starting to sound like a bunch of sharks on a feeding frenzy everytime something major in the media occurs that …
BPI Security Newsletter- “The Call Sign”
Over the past years I have viewed countless Executive Protection websites to see how my colleagues, notice I didn’t say competitors, are showing their “store front”. I observed a section in some of their sites that was not present in others. There was a section that was geared to “How to choose the right Executive Protection …
“That’s not on the itinerary!”-Don’t panic
For many new specialists in the industry who find themselves glued to a schedule or itinerary often panic when there is a change in plans. You spend all morning committing to memory the principal’s schedule and movements for the day. You start repeating it in your head so that you aren’t caught pulling out a …
Exerting your expertise
When it comes to our style of security,a cleint needs to trust that we are handling their interests first and foremost. If you have an expertise in a certain area and you are asked to do a proposal for a potential detail in that specific arena it is important that you exude that expertise without …
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- Trap Door May 18, 2013
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