CP Articles
Bodyguard Training – Skills You Should Turn up on Your Course With
This article discusses the skills and attributes that are essential if you wish to become a professional close protection officer. It goes without saying that you should be honest, punctual and have a mature outlook but there are other skills and attributes that you should have before you turn up for bodyguard training.
17Nov2008 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Tony Blairs Bodyguard Fires Gun at Airport
Tony Blair can’t be brimming in confidence with his close protection team. Maybe now that he is not prime minister he has to put up with a second class security detail. I’m sure that is not the case but it does look bad. Only a short time ago one of his bodyguards [...]
11Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
SIA Chief Quits
The chief executive of the government body which licenses Close protection Officers has resigned.
Mike Wilson, who was head of the Security Industry Authority, resigned after it emerged that some of its own agency staff had not been security cleared. That this could happen after they had already owned up to giving licences to more [...]
10 Reasons Why You Are Not Getting That Bodyguard Job.
Are you working as a bodyguard at the moment. If you are not then here are 10 reasons why you are not getting that bodyguard Job.
6Nov2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Presidential Bodyguard
When the race for the White House finally ended the speeches given by both President-elect Barrack Obama and Senator McCain were very similar, they were both complimentary of each other and acknowledged that there was a lot of work to be done to get America back on track. As a close protection officer looking on [...]
5Nov2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
The Modern Bodyguard
Most people, if you asked them to describe a modern bodyguard will conjure up two of the archetypal stereotypes. The first of these might be some large gorilla/gangster-like character, with fat fingers festooned with heavy gold rings. An intimidating figure that speaks in words of one syllable, clearing people out of the path of his [...]
4Nov2008 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Create the right Impression with your CV
Its amazing how many CV’s I receive that I never get to read. Ones that arrive without a covering email or letter never get read.
15Apr2008 | James Brown | 6 comments | Continued
Bodyguard Job Hunting – The Importance of The Covering Letter
Never send a CV/Resume without a covering letter, this includes emails. The covering letter is an essential part of the Resume and should not be neglected.
Keep the covering letter short and completely to the point, do not mention too much in this letter that you have already stated in the CV, if you write it [...]
Regulation of the Bodyguard Industry – Has it Made a Difference?
A few years ago it was said that anyone could become a bodyguard. People in the industry complained that it was just too easy to become a bodyguard. A joke going around the industry in the early 1990’s was something like, “What are the two requirements to become a close protection officer” The first was [...]
28Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Professional Bodyguards Must Have Current First Aid Skills
First Aid skills are important in any walk of life, but being skilled in First Aid is absolutely fundamental to being a Close protection professional. Some schoolchildren are now taught very basic First Aid. This is a good thing. First Aid should be on everybody’s curriculum. Over the years, I have seen and been amazed [...]
28Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
The Professional Bodyguard Needs to be Fit For Purpose
I was reading in a bodyguard training manual recently and noted that physical fitness was not mentioned at all in the text. However, the manual contained a picture of the author, which made it clear that he had no interest in physical fitness. Or maybe the author just took it as a given that anyone [...]
28Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Bodyguards & Bodyguard Trainers Need a Licence in The UK
In the 1990’s the British Government decided that it would licence the whole of the “security Industry. It took them a long time but it has finally come about. They formed the new Security Industry Authority (SIA) as part of the new Security Industry Act 2001. This was in an era when the UK government of [...]
28Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Getting that first Bodyguard Job
Once you complete your bodyguard training getting your first bodyguard Job will obviously be high on your list of priorities. However there are a couple of things you need to do immediately after your training. First you need to apply for and receive your licence before applying for any positions.
Getting a licence from the SIA [...]
Who is The Best Close Protection Training Provider?
I am asked this question on an almost daily basis. 20 years ago It was easy ; when myself and Peter Consterdine were involved in training there were only one or two companies
17Jan2008 | admin | 17 comments | Continued