Kia Ora,
Much has been made here in recent days about how the MP Russell Norman should of being known by the Chinese protection team as a Member of Parliament.
Only problem with that is the history of Close Protection shows that those who are friends or are supposed to be there, are most likely to be the assassins or these days suicide bombers.
That is why you are, in that side of the profession, supposed to profile your clients before hand.
But any form of security really requires some form of assessment of likely threats.
Though most would not expect as happened in the above clip where two groups assigned to protect the area of a foreign embassy after a suicide bomb attack, ended up in a firefight (gun battle) with each other.
That is most but the local security (our local mate was extremely good at this) would of picked possible problems.
You could see bodies lying about the place & it took an extremely brave person from memory to step in the middle of the two groups to stop the firing.
But it was seen as a common after a while when ever these two groups or the military & police were co-located to provide the outer cordon security in Iraq.
As Kevin Rudd found out today even his most 'loyal' Lieutenant can be ready to at a less extreme level 'stab' him in the back.
Whilst our own Prime Minister seems to have taken a leaf out of the Arab book & brought those seen to be as his likely closest enemies in closest(hold your friends close & your enemies even closer).
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Showing posts with label close protection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label close protection. Show all posts
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
How do you protect your Assets?
Kia Ora,
Well the news came out of the Australian mining company board all being lost on a flight in Africa. So what does that have to do with Assets?
The greatest assets you have are the people at all levels with the knowledge that makes your business what it is.
In particular which you are looking at instituitional knowledge as held by thosde who may head your company.
You would of thought companies would of learnt from the Manchester United experience in 1953, loosing so many of their team. But like everything else it seems we havfe to keep learning the same lessons.
Several years ago I was appointed to a position in the area of governance & arrived late to the AGM.
As a trained bodyguard though I was blown away on the trip back when not only were the majority of those in governance on the same flight, also all the top tiers & boards of the subsidaries were on the same flight.
It was only when I made the point from the point of view of a bodyguard, that they looked around & realized how much they would of lost had that aircraft crashed.
Again it is part of the on going risk assessment you must make in the industry at all levels.
True there are times when like Saturday night despite your best planning things go wrong & Murphy's law kicks in, but you limit that which could go wrong.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Well the news came out of the Australian mining company board all being lost on a flight in Africa. So what does that have to do with Assets?
The greatest assets you have are the people at all levels with the knowledge that makes your business what it is.
In particular which you are looking at instituitional knowledge as held by thosde who may head your company.
You would of thought companies would of learnt from the Manchester United experience in 1953, loosing so many of their team. But like everything else it seems we havfe to keep learning the same lessons.
Several years ago I was appointed to a position in the area of governance & arrived late to the AGM.
As a trained bodyguard though I was blown away on the trip back when not only were the majority of those in governance on the same flight, also all the top tiers & boards of the subsidaries were on the same flight.
It was only when I made the point from the point of view of a bodyguard, that they looked around & realized how much they would of lost had that aircraft crashed.
Again it is part of the on going risk assessment you must make in the industry at all levels.
True there are times when like Saturday night despite your best planning things go wrong & Murphy's law kicks in, but you limit that which could go wrong.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Friday, June 18, 2010
What is Close Protections (Bodyguards) duties?
Kia Ora,
Well the big news today is the manhandling by the Chinese Vice Presidents Close Protection team of the Green Party leader who was staging a protest at the entrance to the New Zealand Parliament.
So what are really the duties that Close Protection are required to carry out?
In the movies it is always to give your life for someone, but in reality there is more than that & really what use is a bodyguard if they are dead? Body cover is a drill, but it is not just what you are there for & why more often than not your contract calls you a consultant.
There are three duties for a Close Protection team to consider.
First is the Preventing of Unintentional harm or injury.
So that means, if the 'Angry Man' is still reading, carrying out health & safety risk assessments both prior & during any moves, visits or in general, often without any prior visits. It also entails you knowing any medical conditions your client might have & have an understanding of local customs & laws that could put your client(known as a principal) in danger.
Next is Preventing Embarrassing Situations. Now todays incident can be seen two ways.
The team has brought the Vice President embarrassment by making it a media circus.
But that is the western view. The Chinese will have a very different view & whilst no expert on Chinese views, having learnt some Putonghua (standard Chinese) a few years ago which included some insight into the culture, they may view it very differently.
To the Chinese saving face is very big & having that flag shoved in the proximity of the Vice President could be seen as a loss of face. I thought their use of an umbrella was good & an attempt to show they are trying to fit in with western views.
The third duty is to Prevent Intentional Harm & Injury.
On the TV footage shown it would appear that the Green MP got far too close for the team to be comfortable.
New Zealanders have to realize that what might seem safe here is not what people overseas are used too.
I have meet some who refuse to come to NZ, as they think it is too unsafe as our police & security are unarmed.
As a country we are very reliant on amongst other things tourists coming here.
In an article yesterday it was commented on that quite a few foreign Heads of State are expected for the Rugby World Cup 2011. Just one we might be able to cater for but there has being a vast change in possible threat since APEC 1999 here.
Had this protest happened overseas it would of likely being much more controlled as indicated by the video clips that should be added below.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Well the big news today is the manhandling by the Chinese Vice Presidents Close Protection team of the Green Party leader who was staging a protest at the entrance to the New Zealand Parliament.
So what are really the duties that Close Protection are required to carry out?
In the movies it is always to give your life for someone, but in reality there is more than that & really what use is a bodyguard if they are dead? Body cover is a drill, but it is not just what you are there for & why more often than not your contract calls you a consultant.
There are three duties for a Close Protection team to consider.
First is the Preventing of Unintentional harm or injury.
So that means, if the 'Angry Man' is still reading, carrying out health & safety risk assessments both prior & during any moves, visits or in general, often without any prior visits. It also entails you knowing any medical conditions your client might have & have an understanding of local customs & laws that could put your client(known as a principal) in danger.
Next is Preventing Embarrassing Situations. Now todays incident can be seen two ways.
The team has brought the Vice President embarrassment by making it a media circus.
But that is the western view. The Chinese will have a very different view & whilst no expert on Chinese views, having learnt some Putonghua (standard Chinese) a few years ago which included some insight into the culture, they may view it very differently.
To the Chinese saving face is very big & having that flag shoved in the proximity of the Vice President could be seen as a loss of face. I thought their use of an umbrella was good & an attempt to show they are trying to fit in with western views.
The third duty is to Prevent Intentional Harm & Injury.
On the TV footage shown it would appear that the Green MP got far too close for the team to be comfortable.
New Zealanders have to realize that what might seem safe here is not what people overseas are used too.
I have meet some who refuse to come to NZ, as they think it is too unsafe as our police & security are unarmed.
As a country we are very reliant on amongst other things tourists coming here.
In an article yesterday it was commented on that quite a few foreign Heads of State are expected for the Rugby World Cup 2011. Just one we might be able to cater for but there has being a vast change in possible threat since APEC 1999 here.
Had this protest happened overseas it would of likely being much more controlled as indicated by the video clips that should be added below.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Sunday, June 13, 2010
It's War! Boy Racers need to be taken off the streets!
Kia Ora,
When I have being building systems & procedures for the service I recently launched from about the year 2000 it has being with the realization that there would likely be calls & encounters with the street racers known locally as boy racers.
But last night they declared war & now I will use all legal means to ensure they are taken off our roads.
Now to the 'Angry Man' here is a point where your argument falls flat.
The first incident last night I avoided a head on crash because of my experience in Iraq, not the fact I have qualified as an AA advanced driver during my NZQA Close Protection (Bodyguard) course.
What possessed the idiot to suddenly try to pass the small flat deck on what is known locally as that southern arterial near the turn off towards Hoon Hay road, I don't know. Suddenly they found themselves heading towards a traffic island, so they swerved into my lane where the only traffic was oncoming.
Most people in that situation would of either ended up in a head on crash or over reacted & gone off the road & ended up in the deep ditch next to it. Either way would probably be fatal.
A large truck heading to Lyttleton would of had no where to go.
It was only the experience of encountering sudden head on traffic often in Baghdad that I believe allowed me to get through safely.
As if that was not enough, I arrived at my intended destination, a local service station, to only be followed in by another boy racer idiot, who was driving at speed across the forecourt, just missed hitting two bowsers & only came in to read a map.
Suffice to say they got the first shots across their bows in a very aggressive comment on their lack of driving skills & lack of general worth to the human race. Or as we would say in the army, an oxygen thief & waste of rations.
If that wasn't enough shortly after a young woman was seen to get into a car then reversed straight out onto the road without looking, causing me to swerve.
Some say the issue is there needs to be burn out pads made for these idiots.
That will only take some of the fringe players off the road, not the hard core who are often in the past being seen to be connected to organized crime. When these guys are about then burglaries go up behind the scenes. Not to mention the fact that security,police & the general public have being threatened, items such as bottles thrown at them.
They have been known to have firearms & have threatened after one incident to use molotov cocktails against police.
This has to stop & they have to learn the world does not owe them a life. We had a lot less to do than they do now & even the petrol heads never got to this stage. In fact they tended to just enjoy themselves & minimise the annoyance to others.
Later last night I managed to pass onto police where some more idiots were starting to gather & carryout burnouts. Though no thanks to police comm's (who really need some training) they were caught by a passing patrol (a common complaint is patrols have no idea that something is going on, including a night when I had a crowd of boy racers throwing bottles at me & about 20 minutes later after my 111 call a patrol showed up because I knew the officer in charge, so he come to check up after an earlier incident, there had never being a job put out over the radio).
So boy racers we want you off our streets. You have lost your rights to be treated nicely as you are terrorizing neighbourhoods, businesses & those whose job it is to keep the place secure.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
When I have being building systems & procedures for the service I recently launched from about the year 2000 it has being with the realization that there would likely be calls & encounters with the street racers known locally as boy racers.
But last night they declared war & now I will use all legal means to ensure they are taken off our roads.
Now to the 'Angry Man' here is a point where your argument falls flat.
The first incident last night I avoided a head on crash because of my experience in Iraq, not the fact I have qualified as an AA advanced driver during my NZQA Close Protection (Bodyguard) course.
What possessed the idiot to suddenly try to pass the small flat deck on what is known locally as that southern arterial near the turn off towards Hoon Hay road, I don't know. Suddenly they found themselves heading towards a traffic island, so they swerved into my lane where the only traffic was oncoming.
Most people in that situation would of either ended up in a head on crash or over reacted & gone off the road & ended up in the deep ditch next to it. Either way would probably be fatal.
A large truck heading to Lyttleton would of had no where to go.
It was only the experience of encountering sudden head on traffic often in Baghdad that I believe allowed me to get through safely.
As if that was not enough, I arrived at my intended destination, a local service station, to only be followed in by another boy racer idiot, who was driving at speed across the forecourt, just missed hitting two bowsers & only came in to read a map.
Suffice to say they got the first shots across their bows in a very aggressive comment on their lack of driving skills & lack of general worth to the human race. Or as we would say in the army, an oxygen thief & waste of rations.
If that wasn't enough shortly after a young woman was seen to get into a car then reversed straight out onto the road without looking, causing me to swerve.
Some say the issue is there needs to be burn out pads made for these idiots.
That will only take some of the fringe players off the road, not the hard core who are often in the past being seen to be connected to organized crime. When these guys are about then burglaries go up behind the scenes. Not to mention the fact that security,police & the general public have being threatened, items such as bottles thrown at them.
They have been known to have firearms & have threatened after one incident to use molotov cocktails against police.
This has to stop & they have to learn the world does not owe them a life. We had a lot less to do than they do now & even the petrol heads never got to this stage. In fact they tended to just enjoy themselves & minimise the annoyance to others.
Later last night I managed to pass onto police where some more idiots were starting to gather & carryout burnouts. Though no thanks to police comm's (who really need some training) they were caught by a passing patrol (a common complaint is patrols have no idea that something is going on, including a night when I had a crowd of boy racers throwing bottles at me & about 20 minutes later after my 111 call a patrol showed up because I knew the officer in charge, so he come to check up after an earlier incident, there had never being a job put out over the radio).
So boy racers we want you off our streets. You have lost your rights to be treated nicely as you are terrorizing neighbourhoods, businesses & those whose job it is to keep the place secure.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
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