Both government officials and corporate executives are the targets of disgruntled employees, terrorists, criminals
and mentally ill individuals. Security directors and those with security duties are often asked to provide
recommendations and design effective executive protection strategies for these high-profile individuals. The
purpose of this course is to provide a student with the basic principles of executive protection. It is not intended to
serve as a substitute for more detailed and residential training at a traditional military, law enforcement or private
security training facility.
This course also examines legal issues, intelligence gathering, physical security, defense tactics and security
equipment.
Objectives:
To enable students to gain the general understanding of the principles of executive protection.
To develop an understanding of the requirements to become a good executive protection professional.
To discuss legal issues and license requirements for those without executive protection.
To familiarize individuals with physical security and searching techniques.
To familiarize individuals with basic security equipment.
To conduct a lessons learned from a major historical assassination on a government or religious official.
The Executive Protection Professional’s Manual, by Philip T. Holder and Donna Lea Hawley.
Elsevier - Butterworth Heinemann (Elsevier), 1997/1998.
ISBN: 0750698683 ISBN-13: 9780750698689
Suggested Books: You’re the Target: Coping with Terror and Crime, by Theodore G. Shackley, Robert L. Oatman, & Richard A. Finney. New World Publishing, 1989/1991.
ISBN-13: 9780962427312 ISBN: 0962427314
Websites or PDF Files to Visit or Read:
Written Assignments: A twenty page power point presentation outlining the executive protection errors
committed by the Protective Service Detail guarding either: President Abraham Lincoln, President John F. Kennedy,
Senator Bobby Kennedy, Third Party Candidate George Wallace. President Ronald Reagan, or Pope Paul VI. The
presentation should also include recommendations for enhancing the principal’s security. Due Week 9.
Each week there is a short essay answer to an assigned reading. This essay should be emailed back to the instructor
at EDPIP@aol.com
Grades: There are 120 points possible. Each week's assignment is worth 10 points.
The power point presentation is worth 30 points.
A =
95 - 120
B =
80 - 94
C =
70 - 80
D =
60 - 69
F =
Below 60
Assignments:
Please answer the assigned questions and email your answers act to the instructor by the end of the week. Each
answer should be at least one page double spaced.
Week 1: Read Chapter one and two. What is the role of an executive protection professional? What are
the attributes of the good executive professional protection specialist?
Week 2: Read Chapter three. Define the different types of principles? Are there any different security
concerns with these types?
Week 3: Read Chapter four. Provide an outline of the general principles of procedures of executive
protection
Week 4: Read Chapter five. What are license requirements for executive protection professionals? What
are the liabilities?
Week 5: Read Chapter six and seven. Apply your readings to the JFK assassination. What went right and
what went wrong? Would you recommend rail travel for an executive? Why or why not? What is your biggest
concern when receiving gifts designated for the principal?
Week 6: Read Chapter’s eight and nine. Why is there so much emphasis on defensive driving? Provide
an outline of the intelligence gathering process.
Week 7: Read chapters 11 and 12. What is the best way to prepare for a car search and building search?
What do you do when you find something suspicious?
Week 8: Read chapters 13, 14 and 15. What are your greatest concerns regarding liabilities with weapons
and executive protection? Where would you go to receive first aid training? How often do you have to be
recertified?
Week 9: No questions-work on power point.
Week 10: Utilizing the Internet identify five different schools that provide executive protection training.
What do you feel are the most important qualifications for executive protection instructors? How long should the
training be and what subjects should be covered in the curriculum?
About Your Instructor: Ed Piper has over 31 years of diversified experience in intelligence, security, public
safety, consulting, teaching and training. He has been teaching security and anti-terrorism since 1984. He has
provided executive protection to Lt. Colonel Oliver North USMC (Retired) and former Presidential Candidate H.
Ross Perot.
- Vita