Category: Other

If you would ask a non-security person who is the “big guy in a dark suit” next to a public figure, he/she will likely say: “that’s the Bodyguard!” The 80’s and the 90’s saw the close protection business blooming; VIP’s, executives and celebrities realized that security could keep them safe while navigating through their complicated schedules. Secure Transportation Ghana Culturally this was a straightforward concept for the public and the professionals of that era. High profile individual needs protection, big guy with a gun stands next to him/her everywhere he/she goes = problem solved. The approach was merely “reactive” (at best) and the operator was constantly on alert expecting an attack to happen not having a clue of who, why, when and from where it was going to materialize. Risk assessments were still a foreign concept, intelligence work was for government agencies only and there was just a security company hired by the client, who employed the “Bodyguard” and provide some sort of support.