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Are there any goons who know about doing this kind of job and what it actually is in real life? Been working as a bouncer for a while and the same guy who taught the course for that is starting to have some sort of bodyguard classes sometime after christmas. I live in Finland and I know of two people who have worked as bodyguards over the border in Russia, one of them got shot there - dude's still live and well - and the other has lost a bunch teeth in a fist fight of some kind. So it feels kind of an sketchy form of employment, though I'd be interested what kind of an job it is. So do you guys know anything about bodyguarding in your own countries?
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Dec 8, 2014 14:08
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Proper professional bodyguards tie into a larger security solution. Don't work freelance. Work for a firm. Get trained. As a bouncer you're mostly a looming visual obstacle to people, telling them not to try and touch the client. You're the brawn. That's only 20% of bodyguarding. Preparation is the other 80%. Veteran military personnel tend to get management jobs at these firms as they understand chain of command and following procedure in scary/panicky situations.
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Dec 8, 2014 15:31
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It's the body guard's job to hold the drugs and guns, in case the cops coem
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Dec 8, 2014 16:11
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It also depends on the type of client. Celebrity paparazzi-repellant is a different game than executive kidnapping prevention, which is very different than soup-tasting for someone that FSB is gunning for.
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Dec 8, 2014 16:42
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I know two people (US) that do part time bodyguard work. Partially to supplement their income, and partially because they work desk jobs and miss the thrill. One does contract work through security group. He tends to have public jobs where such and such is in town and her security team needs additional people for her public appearance at X. He is the guy out in front asking you to please step back, but his real job is threat assessment and there would be a whole team backing him up. This guy had security experience as well as martial arts and gun training. The other one has taken jobs that were executive protection solutions to credible threats. For example, ex-employee with access to weapons stalking a CEO. In this case there was a whole group of folks coordinated by very experienced former law enforcement professionals working to protect the VIP and keep the other person under surveillance. This guy had police and SWAT experience, as well as a whole lot more firearms training.
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Dec 8, 2014 19:59
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