As one of the Founding Board Members of the International Protective Security Board (IPSB), I like to remind folks periodically of the value of attending our annual conference.
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When YOU have attended EPI’s (Executive Protection Institute) world renowned seven-day program the networking opportunities are all around you if you take time to take advantage of it.
When YOU have attended EPI’s (Executive Protection Institute) world renowned seven-day program the networking opportunities are all around you if you take time to take advantage of it. Don’t stop training, attending seminars, and EP social events. Many employment assignments come about because of personal relationships developed over time. During the seven-day program you will be partnered with other students from around the globe. You can learn from the real-life experiences of professionals from entry level attendees to 20+ year professionals. It is amazing how a small 20-minute conversation can lead to a lifelong friendship and make connections to new professional experiences and long-term friendships.
Many billionaires possess exceptional business expertise, yet do not possess adequate experience in or knowledge of Executive Protection (EP) and security. As a result, they often rely on subpar businesses that have little or no knowledge of EP services, or who recruit employees who do not have formal EP training from an accredited EP Academy, to provide them with their security detail. This is often the case because these individuals seek to minimize the cost for their protection services instead of relying on the quality of service.
Kent Moyer, PPS; Executive Protection Institute Graduate, NLA Member
As the CEO of The World Protection Group, Inc. (WPG) of Beverly Hills, California, I have noticed a troubling trend over the past twenty years in the Protection Industry with high-net-worth clients. Much too often, these clients lack the understanding between effective and ineffective security. Many billionaires possess exceptional business expertise, yet do not possess adequate experience in or knowledge of luxury Executive Protection (EP) and security.
As a result, they often rely on subpar businesses that have little or no knowledge of EP services, or who recruit employees who do not have formal EP training from an accredited EP Academy, to provide them with their security detail. This is often the case because these individuals seek to minimize the cost for their protection services instead of relying on the quality of service.
Continue reading “Introduction to 001: Luxury Executive Protection”I changed my college major from engineering to criminology and fought my way into the police academy only to find that Central Ohio was not the Mecca for protection details. Neither was there much in the way of professional training in protection work because EPI and ESI hadn’t taken off just yet. So, if one wasn’t in the Secret Service or Army CID, one’s education came from magazines, television, movies, and a variety of other sources which had little reliability and even less practicality.
My first protection detail was 30 August 1974. I was a second-year Marine Option Midshipman at Ohio State who “volunteered” to protect then-President Gerald R. Ford as he gave the commencement address at graduation. While it was an eye-opening and life-changing experience for me, the two-hour orientation provided by the US Secret Service hardly prepared me for a career that I knew I desperately wanted to pursue.
