Although military operations against terrorist forces often garner the headlines, those who protect government, military, and business leaders from assassination or kidnapping are also in the front lines against terrorism. Ready and prepared to place his body between his employer and a bullet, the bodyguard must be able to blend into the milieu around his charge, yet be ready to spring into action instantly to counter an attack. Based on techniques of the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. State Department Security, the Special Air Service, the Royal Corps of Military Police, the Metropolitan Police, the KGB and its successor the FSB, France's GSPR, and other protective units around the world, The Bodyguard Manual details the steps a protective team takes to prevent attack as well as the tactics which are employed when it is necessary to counter an attack in progress. From security aboard Concorde, the Orient Express, or the Queen Elizabeth 2, to protecting a military general officer in combat, The Bodyguard Manual allows the reader to "stand post" with the professional bodyguard.

Learn from an expert about the glamour, the guns, the hard-core nuts-and-bolts of the bodyguarding profession. Thompson offers strategies that prevent trouble from happening and methods to stop it instantly, including how to check for tampering on an auto, protect the home and office from intrusion, choose weapons for specific threats, assess the threats of high- and low-profile assignments and much more.

B+W INTERIOR EDITION WRITTEN FOR OPERATORS, BY OPERATORS Written by an experienced operator, with contributions from other highly regarded Executive Protection Officers SUITABLE FOR EPOs AND EP STUDENTS ALIKE The Bodyguard Manual is designed to assist the experienced operator and students alike: it is currently issued to many students attending Executive Protection courses around the world. DESIGNED FOR YOUR GO-BAG Carried by experienced operators, the Bodyguard Manual is designed for quick reference when planning and executing tasks. Including templates, crib cards, kit lists, procedures, guides and diagrams, the Bodyguard Manual is the ideal tool to augment the professional Executive Protection Officer when planning and conducting protection assignments. READER REVIEWS An excellent quick reference for new and experienced alike. Concise and full of detail, vehicle drills particularly well presented. Would recommend to anybody about to join the circuit or do their CP or HECP course. You can never learn too much from those who have been before you. This is a must have essential piece of kit for any security professional operating in the industry. A well laid out format which has been structured and written with a no nonsense view. It lays out in simple terms what you require to operate as well as listing the top-tips that can only be discovered by operating in the industry for a number of years. This book is an excellent piece of equipment which will be part of my security kit for many years to to come. A big thanks must go to the author for suppling those of us operating in the industry with an excellent reference manual. Ok,the book does exactly what it's designed to do, it's basically a quick reference for CP operators both new to the world of CP or experienced, a lot of us don't work CP all the time and it's handy to have when you need to double check something. Exactly as described, a no nonsense guide. Extremely good tips, essential checklists. To someone like myself with limited knowledge of this industry it is excellent reference material.

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The Executive Protection Professional's Manual not only explains what it takes to be an executive protection professional but provides other valuable information as well, including tips on defensive tactics, bomb searches, searching for bugging devices, firearms training, defensive and evasive driving, and advance reconnaissance. This unique book also discusses important career information, such as how to select the area of executive protection in which you would like to work, how-much money you should make, the interview, and stories from real-life experiences of an EPP.

The most complete book on the subject of Close Protection and training. Covering all aspects of the work of being a bodyguard. Includes the requirements for the S.I.A. Close Protection Training and Licensing.