How to Learn Executive Protection Driving Skills
The sight of a limousine and a group of sports utility vehicles driving by signals the arrival of a dignitary. The security of presidents and prime ministers lays in the hands of their drivers. You can participate in the protection of national and international leaders when you learn executive protection driving skills.
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Instructions
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Adapt your executive protection driving skills to different vehicles in order to protect your principal. You need to be able to perform these skills the same way in a sports utility vehicle, a limousine and a four-door sedan.
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Develop comfort with driving in a motorcade as you learn executive protection driving skills. A motorcade relies on the skills of individual drivers to move in unison and provide maximum security for the client.
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Practice the transition of your principal from the back seat to her final destination as you learn executive protection driving skills. You need to learn to shield clients with an open door and ensure the shortest route to a secured entrance.
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Utilize training available through government agencies and the military to learn executive protection driving skills. Your experience as a protective services contractor for ambassadors and representatives begins with months of driving instruction.
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Conduct an advanced survey of urban and rural environments as you continue to learn executive protection skills. You need to know every street, sidewalk and underground path to your final destination to secure your client fully.
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Create a checklist of security measures used inside of your car before you get your first executive protection position. This checklist should feature the use of safety belts, harnesses and limited cellular communication to keep threats to your principal outside of the car.
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Consult with your principal to go over security measures and threats used throughout the entire trip. You need to respond to special requests from your client in context of your motorcade's overall security plan and active threats near your final destination.
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Work with local authorities to find an open area where you can practice 180-degree turns, ramming and other maneuvers needed to protect an executive client. You should simulate your mission at least one time before you pick up your client to work out kinks in your plan.
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Tips & Warnings
Maximize your ability to protect a client by driving on the weak side of public spaces. You need to learn to station your car away from the side of the street where a majority of people are walking to fulfill executive protection duties.
