What do think of us Bodyguards or Close Protection Officers?

[jcd]

Pharoa your paying your guys £120.000 after tax ??

[Marian]

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Originally Posted by Pharoah [cut]CPOs from my campany CPSS www.cpsecurityservices.com earns over £120,000 ($240,000) per year after tax for working in Iraq & Afghanistan, [/cut]

I see, a little bit of advertisement

[jcd]

mmm no ref to hostile enviroment on web site !!!

[Roy]

As a guy who works CP in the UK and EU I have not been to Irag or Afgan. I think the guys who stand on nightclub doors are more likely to get injured or even killed than I am, there are many dangerous jobs around this is just one of them you just have to do your risk assesments ask the right question then make up your mind on each contract DONT just take a job for the sake of working

[Roy]

I hope this site does not get filled up with Walter Mitty and his large group of friends

[saps-za]

Roy, i agree with you and hope so as well. I belong to a few forums and most are like that. So far this is very good i think.

[dogbomb]

hi pharoah ive been trying to get some work in the uk ,not got any hostile area exp since NI in 1979 and dont live near london so its hard to get work any contacts you have for CPSS would be very helpfull cheers

[hippy]

Having worked for HMG, then privately on high risk numbers in places as far a field as Iraq, Columbia etc etc earning the big bucks, worked the celeb circuit, trained and now am in-house in a senior management role I feel the choice of what risk does one take is a choice that can only be made by the indivdual in question...

Looking back, I believe the reason I gave myself for being in High risk environments (the money) was simply an excuse.. The real reason was I hadn't adapted to 'civvie street' and pmc work offered my a way back to a military type lifestyle..

Now, I've (I hope, although Im sure Paddington will disagree) settled more and put various issues and demons behind me... (I hope so, as I cant afford a 3rd divorce!) and can sit at my desk fairly happily (as long as I get to slip down the gym and slap a few people a couple of times a week)

I think the both terms Bodyguard and Close Protection Officer are over used, both by the industry and press... Bodyguard was, back in the day simply a name for a position within the team and Close Protection was a RMP coined description that many, many organisations have taken to using..


Some years ago I studied at FLETC (Federal Law Enforcment Training Centre)
I took a couple of courses, Federal Investigator and Advanced Federal VIP Protection..
The Protection course was 12 weeks long!!! Longmore is 8 weeks.
So, even though I have in the past taught CP in the civil sector, I wonder, after 150 hours of training is the individual qualified to describe himself as a CPO?
I have no desire to put anyone down but I do often mull this point... Especially when interviewing persons to travel with my companies senior figures....

[Roy]

Hippy I could not agee more .I no every one has to start some where but of the guys on my (SIA)course there was only ONE I would even think of working with I could not belive the rest got to sit the written exam (but that was the case) I get a lot of DS or event guys tell me there thinking of doing a CP course and ask if it is easy to find work I always tell them the truth as I see if you dont know some one who will work with you or can offer you work save your money . I am not ex mill but have been doing CPor BG what ever you wont to call it for a long time now , I sort of fell into the job due to people I knew I learnt on the job and I made mistakes (not that serious that any one got hurt my them ) I think to many new guys to the civi side of the job (can not comment on irag or afgan ) dont realy know what it is about maybe Im wrong . look foward to other peoples views.