jmaccauley

It's actually Jerry, but somehow the jm together look like jim.
Anyway, nice to meet you. My company was just in San Diego in December running a Personal Protection Specialist class.

The hardest part about working in the US is getting a business to sponsor you. As you may know, every state has it's own rules and laws about close protection licensing. Some are very strict and you need to work for a licensed company. Others are more relaxed and allow you to work with only a guard or Private Investigator license. More than likely, if you have been travelling with a middle eastern or Russian family, you had a visitor visa or just travelled on your passport. As long as you didn't attract anyones attention, you could get away with providing security (more as an advisor role). Unfortunately, without a licensed sponsor, you are violating the law. It happens all the time, but I'm just pointing out the possible headache.

We generally hire from within the ranks of those we have trained. That accomplishes 2 things. First, we are a Virginia approved training company and can provide the training required for certification and licensing. Secondly, we know exactly how you have been trained and will not worry about teaching you on-the-job.

Unlike the UK, you are more likely to get a job here and stay with the same client for a long time. Executive Protection is a lot different than working in a combat zone, or doing estate security and door supervision.

The benefit of training with us and then returning to the UK, or Middle East, is that we now have a person there we can use when our clients travel abroad.

I'm not advertising, but check our website for a lot more information on what we do and how we do it. Talk to you soon.

www.sextonsecurity.com

Jerry

hi there jim

this is the first time using this site really and i was told to contact you from marcus tapper ,
i am looking at trying to get work in the us as i am sick of the uk and the middle east i have a couple of frinds on the west coast LA and san diego i am currently working for a middle eastern family contract basis and a russian family to , any help would be grateful to me

hello, my name is jordan, i was told to consolt you from a guy on the forum. i am currently an active duty navy seal, about to complete my enlistment contract and i am trying to get a idea on the CP community. despite how close most seals are when they work together, they are suprisingly tight lipped about their contracts once they get out of the military.

i have debated becoming a police officer, (my dad retires from charlotte mecklemburg NC PD this september, but i am not sure that is the route for me at the present.

typically guys in my line of work just run down from virginia beach to nc and hit up blackwater, but with them going under im not sure what the best option is. do you have any advice on where i should apply? and what would be a realistic request when questioned about my pay expections? also, do you know how it works in reguards to taxation and the time away from the states? i apologize for asking so many questions, but im in a rush to find out as much as i can, as soon as i can with my end of service quickly approaching.

i have done Cp work in baghdad and other parts of iraq with the navy, but i think i would prefer a change of scenery. i speak fluent spanish and have a fairly decent amount of experience in south and central america. but i dont really know anything about the civilian side doing business there.

can you point me in a direction so i can hunt up some more information? thank you very much

hi am lookin for someone with exp in workin in the us im currently workin in iraq psd/ convoy contract but am lookin work in the us is there much work out there im lookin at doing the trojan cp course out there

Thanks for reading and more importantly, sharing your knowledge with the group. None of us know eveything!
Jerry

Hi jim i have just read your statment and found it great reading and as a person that completed my cp training here in the uk and have since helped the training company to teach new people coming into the world of cp i found the part about the red indians passing on the knowledge to be true as i think that to gain knowledge is to collect it from all that can give it constructively and use it to the best you can. thanks for the interesting read.
regards TOM

HI jmaccauley
I have just read about lisa, she,s doing well as cp, i have three things same as her, 5-6 high, size 10 , slim, at the min, but working on doing as well with on going training, and learning from the teams i work with, regards sue

Bill and I work together. In fact he's my supervisor and best buddy.

Jerry

Are you with WPB PD ? In any case do you know Bill Sandman ?

Hi Jerry, nice meeting you the other day in the chatroom, sorry I called you James! Have a good week, Sunny