ESI
Executive Security International, Ltd.
Remington Square
125 West 4th Street, Suite 103
Rifle, Colorado 81650
School Catalog
Effective January 1, 2007
Approved and Regulated by the
Colorado Department of Higher Education,
Private Occupational School Board

MISSION STATEMENT

The founders believe that a private training academy in executive protection, investigation and intelligence operations had to establish a reputation based upon a high degree of professionalism and the highest teaching standards in the private sector. The individual members of Executive Security International's staff are immediately recognizable authorities in their respective professions. It has been one of the hallmarks of ESI's national reputation that its staff is among the best in the country and its training standards comparable on an international scale.

ESI is a unique institution as one of the few private schools in the country that offers more than 2,000 hours of training in Executive Protection, Corporate Security and Threat Management, Protective Intelligence and Investigations, Tactical 1st Responder Medical Program.

LOCATION

ESI conducts its Resident Training  in Grand Junction, Colorado located on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. To the East, are the mountain peaks that rise to 14,000 feet and the Grand Mesa. To the West are the high deserts  and plateaus of Utah, Arizona and Nevada. ESI has built its training facility in the high desert at the base of Grand Mesa and the town of White Water.

HISTORY

In 1980, after a decade as a director of the Aspen Academy of Martial Arts and protection work for celebrities, Bob Duggan conceived Executive Security International, Ltd (ESI). In 1981, ESI was founded as a closely held Colorado Corporation, and soon afterwards, the school was approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education under the Private Occupational Education Act to offer a 600 hour combined Distance Education and Resident Training Program.

In 1989, ESI received approval for its Investigation Program, which was further expanded in 1996 to become the highly regarded Protective Intelligence and Investigation Program.  In 2005, ESI offered its first PSD Protective Operations Program, and in late 2006, ESI introduced a series of Residency Programs that included all the theory and practical training components in full time format where students complete all of the training in classroom or practical field training. In 2011, ESI’s four week Tactical 1^st Responder Medical Program was approved.

The New Professionalism

The personal protection and investigation business represent one of the oldest professions in civilization. Even uncivilized societies required the services of highly dedicated men and women who would devote their lives to serve and protect others. In earlier times, these professions were accorded the highest rank and status... in Europe, they were called Knights, in Japan, Samurai. In modern times, the need for personal and corporate protection remains high and those who respond to the calling are but a select few.Those who are willing to accept the risks and the rewards of the protection and investigation profession require the same dedication and specialized training as the old profession, but there are few sources of the knowledge. With a view towards molding standards of excellence in the ancient way and in accordance to the demands of modern society, ESI developed training programs which would give a new definition to the protection and investigation field.

ESI's training programs are now offered in two formats: One is a combination Distance Education/Resident Training that are designed so students do not have to quit their job in order to attain their education, or take any more than is deemed necessary to the furtherance of their career. The first format is designed as Distance Education and 15-Day Resident Training that allow students to acquire the academic components of the course material as an Independent Study program completed at home and at their own pace until they are ready to come to Colorado to complete the practical sections of the course. The second format is completed in residency in three modules of more or less one month each. 

Resident Training sections are modeled after military language schools.  At ESI the instruction is based upon Total Immersion, High Intensity, Close Supervision, Induced Stress, Reality Simulation, Team and Individual Performance.