- Executive Protection
(C.P.S)
Security Specialist
(C.S.S.)
The Executive Protection program is an integrated academic and practical training curriculum consisting of the 450 hours in Distance Education and a 15-Day (150 hour) Resident Training in executive protection, dignitary and personal protection and celebrity security.
The Security Specialist Program combines the core programs of High Risk, Executive Protection and Protective Intelligence & Investigation. It affords the student the flexibility to design a course of instruction that is organized specifically to the student's needs.
- PSD Protective Operations
CQB Shooting
ESI offers a PSD Protective Operations Program consisting of nine Distance Education Courses and a 15-Day Resident Training. This program follows federal agency protocols of Personal Security Details (PSD) in high risk environments and incorporates the experience of operators who work in combat zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia.
The course will focus on Protective Operations in High Risk Areas, Principal Briefings, Surveillance Detection and Countermeasures, Formations while working the Principal, Response to Assault on Principal (AOP), Explosives Recognition and Improvised Roadside Bomb Attacks.
- Protective Intelligence
Residency Programs
Corporate Security
The Residency Programs are a series of integrated academic and practical courses that are offered in three Modules: 28-Day Executive Protection, 28-Day PSD Protective Operations and 18-Day Protective Intelligence.
Each Module is approved and regulated for a Certificate of Completion by the Colorado Department of Higher Education and ESI’s performance Identification Credential for the C.P.S, C.S.O.P.S. and C.P.I.S.
- Shooting Courses
Tactical 1st Responder
ESI Defensive Shooting courses for close protection, personal self-defense and high speed Close Quarter Battle classes. Block 1is a Five Day Handgun Basic & Tactical Shooting Course; Block 2 is a 7-Day CQB Basic & Tactical Carbine & Handgun Course.
Tactical 1st Responder is a unique combination of Emergency Medical Skills necessary for a First Responder, plus Carbine, Handgun Close Quarter Battle and Empty Handed Combatives.
- ESI Alumni Association
Anti-Kidnapping /
Anti-Secuestro
After nearly 30 years of training professionals in Executive Protection and Intelligence, a large number of ESI graduates have formed their own security companies and built impressive careers as protection specialists.
The ESI Alumni Association continues the work of education and networking for the next generation of graduates. The Alumni organizes annual training seminars and operates a large global Network for posting of jobs and security industry partnerships.










Richard Kluck 


Richard Kluck CPS – Kluck is a senior instructor at Executive Security International specializing in Counter Surveillance, Protective Detail Movement as well as Tactical and Defensive Firearms Training. He is the Director of Security for an international magazine publishing firm as well as the CEO of The Fifth Profession – an executive protection company which founded “The Fifth T.R.I.A.D.” training program (Training Regime Incorporating Aggressive Discipline) which is a progressive training program for like-minded and trained individuals seeking a multi dimensional and serious approach to gun fighting tactics. He is certified by the Department of Public Safety, Standards and Training for instruction of SWAT teams within the State of Oregon whose mission is also to provide dignitary protection. A certified NRA Law Enforcement Shotgun and Handgun Instructor with over 25 years of experience as an instructor and practitioner of various weaponized and empty hand martial arts. Kluck has more than 25 years of experience in the executive protection field which includes high and low profile details, international witness protection, corporate and celebrity clients, working in conjunction with the US Marshals Service, US Secret Service, FBI, and several overseas agencies, as well as local law enforcement agencies. He has operated in Central America, London and Africa. Kluck is a second degree black belt in the art of Shin Tai Wushu and the Oregon State Director of the United States Martial Artist Association.




