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Executive Protection

The primary purpose of protection is the provision of safety (that is protection) of the person know as your prancipal. This protection can range from providing a one person escort to a single event to the other end of the spectrum in which you must provide 24-hour protection at the principal's place. The logistics can be as simple as picking up and dropping off your client to controlling all aspects of his or her life. Performing background check on clients, gathering information on recent or previous threats, assessing the risk at various times and locations (in public, hotel, airport, rallies, restaurants. One of the biggest problems in an executive protection plan is the impact it has on the principal's life. While you are there to protect the principal from harm, you must allow the principal as much freedom as possible in his or her life on a 24-hours basis. What kind of individuals makes good protective agents? In the past bodyguards were often viewed as muscle, karate ex