Witness/Dignitary/VIP Protection course

OVERVIEW: A five day course to provide trainees with the skills need to conduct close protection procedures from single protection officer to full team operations. Core topics include attack on principal drills; formation and tasks; arrival and departure drills; planning and surveys; motorcade driving and culminates with a full scale FTX conducted in public. The techniques and procedures presented derive from end-user courses for operational teams.

Student Packing List:

Eye & Ear Protection/ Soft Body Armor/ Note Pad & Pen/ Laptop with PowerPoint Program- 5 ea [planning phase for final FTX/ 1 per survey team]

Pistol: Duty Size Pistol Preferred/ Spare Magazine/ Dominant Side Concealment Type Holster – Must Be Capable of Re-Holstering with Single Hand/ Appendix Carry is Not Recommended

Attire: Days 1-3    Range Uniform/  Light Jacket [draw from concealment drills]

             Day 4         Casual/ Polo or Dress Shirt/ Slacks or 511 pants [venue surveys]

            Day 5        Suit or Sport Coat/ Collar Dress Shirt/ No Tie/ Dress Shoes [ FTX]

Goals:

Provide comprehensive skills for multiple facets of dignitary protection operations from single PPO to large team.

Trainees perform in all team position of large scale protection team.

Trainees participate in advance planning, venue security surveys and route surveys.

Trainees can plan and execute a single day dignitary protection detail with changing events and itineraries under real-world conditions.

Objectives:

Trainees perform all positions and functions in team exercises to instructor satisfaction on timing, safety and applied skills.  Exercises include: solo PPO, linear, three and four officer close protection formations.

Trainees successfully complete a motorcade driving phase as primary driver.

Trainees operating in four person teams complete site surveys and route planning on a real-world venue included as a power point presentation.

Trainees are able to re-organize team composition and tasks to changes in itinerary.

Trainees function as large team during a 6-7 hour FTX in a real-world environment maintaining all core functions and coordination between advance teams, close protection team, perimeter team and PPO[s].