COD Hosts New Executive Protection Specialist Training Program Aug. 19 to 23

Posted July 26, 2015 11:00 pm

COD News Bureau

The Homeland Security Training Institute at College of DuPage will host a new Executive Protection Specialist Training program designed to prepare graduates to plan, direct and carry out executive protection operations. This exclusive program will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, to Sunday, Aug. 23.

During this five-day session, presented by The Protection Institute LLC, participants will gain knowledge and hands-on experience in operating procedures and techniques of an executive protection detail. Topics covered will include attack countermeasures, motorcade operations, protection formations, surveillance detection and the role of the advance agent. In addition, this course will cover vehicle dynamics and tactical firearm proficiency and will culminate in an exercise during which participants plan and carry out simulated operations leading the protectee safely through a series of scenarios.

For more information and to register, please call (630) 942-3427 or email cameronl

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