Close Protection in the UK

Over the last few years close protection in the UK has grown drastically, this is due to a number of reasons, the bombings in London, the Olympics in 2012, the media and the increase in Knife-crime.

Most celebrities hire close protection officers to act as personal bodyguards and the role of the close protection officer would involve residential security, acting as an executive chauffeur and keeping the media at a distance so their client can have peace of mind.

Many sportsmen and celebrities use close protection agents for book signings and events where they know that the fans will be all over them. Many of the top sportsmen who are away from home for long periods of time are hiring personal bodyguards for their families.

The bodyguard would live in the clients home and form a residential security team. The main reason for this is because criminals know when the celebrity will be at home and they use this knowledge to their advantage and execute the crime when it suits them most.

In the Lonon region many celebrities hire close protection officers as they don’t need to worry about the paparazzi and fans all the time. These bodyguards would drive their clients around like an executive chauffeur and ensure the clients safety at all times.

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Close Protection England

Close Protection as an industry is really growing quickly in the UK and this is due to a number of different reasons like terror threats, kidnappings, break-ins, and hi-jackings. The role of the Close Protection Agent will obviously vary from job to job depending on the clients needs.

These could be driving the client around like an executuve chauffeur, guarding the clients home which would be known as a residence security team or transporting valuable items from A to B which is known as Asset Protection.

Many high profile people in England have been victims of crime over the past few years and have learnt that its always better to prevent any incident. We have seen many footballers particularily in the North West have their houses raided and in some cases the victims were held at kinfe and gun-point.

We have also recently seen two jewellry stores in Liverpool city centre held up in broad daylight and the members of staff in both stores were traumatised and feared for their lives. In both incidents the criminals were armed and the scurity at the stores were ineffective.

The main reason why close protection is growing in England is because people want to be safe and would much rather have any incident prevented and rather be safe than sorry.

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Close Protection Wigan

Ever since the England striker Emile Heskey had his house raided in the July of 2008 many high profile people have been using Close Protection officers or bodyguards in Wigan. Emile hesky who now plays for Aston Villa was away at the time when villains raided his house and held his girlfriend at knife-point.

After threatening Heskey’s girlfriend the criminals than stole expensive jewellery and the England strikers key to his BMW X 5, many people think that this is one of the reasons why Heskey left Wigan Athletic Football club for Aston Villa. Apparently he now lives in a much safer area in Birmingham and im sure close protection is now a main priority for Heskey and his family.

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World Cup 2010 Close Protection

Earlier this month two criminals caused an uproar worldwide by going on South African national television. The two criminals went on E-TV a free national TV station and claimed that they are waiting in anticipation for all the potential fans who the criminals see as target’s to arrive in South Africa.

These criminals admitted that if the police try to intervene or stop them in any way they will shoot their way out of any incident. The man who E-TV say acted as a facilitator in sourcing the criminals for the TV show has “APPARENTLY” killed himself, this only after days of him stating that he will not reveal the criminals identities. Very strange and only something you hear about in the third world.

All this does is contribute to the fact that Close Protection and Private Security is a real necessity for any tourist or fan travelling to South Africa. It is just not worth risking taking the chance and I’m sure these two criminals are not the only villains who are looking forward to all the foreign currency that will be brought into South Africa.

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Asset Protection Liverpool

In the last few months tehre have been a couple of examples of why asset protection is becoming more popular in the Merseyside region of Liverpool, especially in Liverpool city centre. Two jewellers have been robbed in just over a month and at the one incident a man was injured.

In the first incident at Goldsmiths Jewellers in the Liverpool 1 shopping centre a gang of raiders smashed their way into the store and broke the display glass by using a crowbar of some sort to get to the jewellry. When a security guard tried to follow them he was scared away with a gun and was threatened by the gang, this was at 10AM on a Saturday morning.

In another incident at the Boodles Jewellry shop which is located across the road from Liverpool 1 the masked raiders smashed their way through the display glass with axe’s and hammers. This was also around 10AM and thousands of pounds worth of jewellry was taken.

In both these cases the incidents could have been avioded if these Jewellers had employed highly skilled Close Protection Officers. Asset Protection is really becoming similar to cash in transit guards as without the proper security it is just too tempting for criminals and it seems as if they are being successful at their attempts.

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Close Protection Southport

Many people who are now visiting Southport or who have been live in the surrounding area of Merseyside are now hiring close protection. One of the main reasons for people hiring close protection in Southport is because of the infamous Steven Gerrard fight which took place in an upmarket bar in Southport.

It is also a fact that Southport’s demographics are quite old and therefore the criminals know that there easy targets in this area. Another incident which involves Steven Gerrard which also took place not too far away was when raiders stormed into Stevie G’s house while he was playing a football match and stole a few expensive items out of the footballers mansion.

Gerrard’s wife (Alex Curran) was inside thee house with Gerrard’s kids and this really emphasised the need for close protection in Southport and its surrounding areas.

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