The Group Chief
This particular person could or might not be the Bodyguard to the primary Principal in addition to being in general cost of the protecting operation. The Group Chief’s job is to make sure that everybody has all the info that they should allow them to hold out their operate; he’s often the one which liaises with the Principal and the contracting safety firm if there’s one. On most assignments, the Group Chief has the authority to rent and hearth crew personnel Female close protection officer.
The Bodyguard
Normally abbreviated to BG, he’s a member of the PES (mentioned under). Nevertheless, his position is kind of completely different; whereas everybody on a crew is in idea a bodyguard, i.e. their operate, whether or not they’re drivers or they guard the backyard gate, is that of guarding the Principal. There is just one BG per principal. There could also be a day BG and an evening BG however typically there is just one BG on one principal at anybody time. The opposite ‘Bodyguards’ are known as the PES. The BG is the individual that can be in shut contact with the Principal always. His job is to protect the Principal from any hazard, i.e. to offer ‘physique cowl’. The BG varieties the interior cordon of defence and is accountable for seeing that no risk will get previous him and to the Principal. When working as a part of the PES, the BG is the one which by no means stands and fights. He runs away (with the Principal after all), giving physique cowl as he does so. This position may be (dependent upon the scenario) in full distinction to that of the PES.
The Bodyguard is the ‘important man’ or lady; he’s the one with the final word duty for the welfare of his cost He and the Principal are on the centre of concentric circles of safety (concentric circles have the identical centre). He’s the final piece of safety and he places himself between each conceivable risk and the Principal. The opposite circles are made up of the PES and the RST, which we are going to study under.
The Private Escort Part (PES)
The PES can have completely different features relying on the scenario during which they discover themselves. Usually talking, they supply an outer cordon of defence versus the BG’s interior cordon. In some conditions their operate will be the similar because the BGs, that’s, give physique cowl and get away from the hazard. In different conditions, their operate could also be to assault the risk and provides the BG time to get the Principal away from the hazard.
Once more, relying upon the scenario, the PES could also be as near the Principal because the BG; in others, they might be a lot additional away. As an illustration, exterior a venue in a automobile able to be referred to as upon if wanted.
The Safety Advance Get together (SAP)
The make-up of the SAP will fluctuate from one project to a different; some could have one or two members which might be devoted to advance work and do nothing else. Others could solely use an SAP after they have a selected want. Principally, the operate of the SAP is to make sure that their aren’t any surprises for the Principal whereas he’s out and about on his social and enterprise schedule. The SAP will journey prematurely of the Principal, checking that routes and venues are OK. They could do that months prematurely and it might embody, for instance, the planning of an abroad journey, one which they might do minutes prematurely (it might be that the Principal needs an impromptu journey to a neighborhood restaurant with which the crew usually are not acquainted). The SAP carries out an vital operate; it must have glorious communication expertise, exercise good private safety and be skilled in all features of search.
The Residence Safety Group (RST)
The RST, because the identify suggests, take care of the bodily safety of anyplace that the Principal is resident. This may very well be a home, a resort, or a yacht. Many principals safe all of their residences with an RST, even when they’re solely resident for just a few weeks of the yr. That is the place most fledgling bodyguards will serve their Bodyguard apprenticeship. The RST might want to have the abilities to make use of the trendy tools that’s now used to help the safety of premises. They should work arduous and hope that they’re ‘observed’ and finally transfer on to higher issues. Members of the RST will usually be required to hold out route reconnaissance or to do some SAP work. Mess these duties up and you might be destined to ‘keep within the backyard’. Do a superb job and the subsequent time somebody within the PES has a day without work you would possibly get to face in and impress.
Drivers
Whereas all members of the crew ought to be capable to drive, usually the position of driver is a devoted one. That’s, somebody is employed solely as a driver. This driver could or might not be skilled in shut safety. When they aren’t, it’s a crime, as a result of generally the best weapon {that a} shut safety crew has is the automobile that they’re in. In an emergency scenario, it’s a lot better to have an in depth safety skilled driver that may work with the crew somewhat than some fats chauffeur who is simply employed as a result of the Principal likes the way in which he wears his peaked cap and retains the automobile clear!
Driving is a specialist position and if somebody on the crew is a devoted driver then these drivers want additionally to be devoted to constructing the defensive and evasive driving expertise {that a} crew could at some point want. In fact, a easy drive and a clear automobile are additionally vital.