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In leaving a school or training seminar a student should have a command of the information that they just learned and a good idea of their own competency in applying the skill sets that they just acquired.

Training to a standard is about establishing the end goal, or identifying what skill sets are to be imparted during the training event.

Often undervalued is the instruction phase. The instructor must have a solid grasp of the subject material. The instructor should know how to apply the skills and have a successful track record of applying the skill sets included in the subject matter. Finally the instructor should possess the skill sets of “an instructor”. An individuals knowledge and experience is of little value if they are not skilled at imparting the information to the student.

Finally there must be a measurement of the capacity to which the student mastered the knowledge of the material and also a measurement of how well the student can apply the knowledge. If a student is trained to a standard, they will leave the school knowing the material, and know how effective they are at the application of the information.

A good school will also look at the results of the student measurement to evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction. Training to a standard insures that the best instruction must be maintained, subject matter and skill sets are clearly defined, and employers can expect consistent competency from the students of that school.

Training to a standard establishes conpetencies that are trained and the measured

The International Executive Protection conference August 6-8

Sponsored by ESI Alumni Association

This years conference promises to be the best ever!!! A dynamic opportunity to network and share ideas with professionals outside of the ESI Alumni Association opens doors of opportunity for all. We urge all past grads to look through their contact list and invite business associates that would appreciate the opportunity to learn and network.

The Keynote speaker is industry Icon Tony Scotti. A long time friend of ESI, with four decades of experience in the corporate and government protection industry.

Our own Kent Moyer will be presenting “Building a Business: Culture, Strategy, Branding and Marketing”. ESI Graduate David Dick: offers K9′s “Security and Efficiency of PSD Teams” and we are very fortunate to have the Gracie Family join us with Gracie Jiu Jitsu and Close Protection.

As always there will be Cocktail mixers, THE Networking Event, and Roundtable Discussions. All set against the backdrop of Beautiful Ceasars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada!

By Tony Scotti

I recently visited the Executive Security International (ESI) Stalker Training program in Grand Junction Colorado. The Stalker Program is a part of ESI’s Executive Protection Residency Program. As I walked into the classroom the first thing I noticed was the use of computers as a method of communications and instruction. ESI requires students to bring a lap top to the program and supplies them with a thumb drive that has the lessons and power points. As the instructor give their presentations students follow along on their computers. It was one of those “Why didn’t I think of that” moments.

These are my observations of the Stalker program. The subjects include:

• Threat Assessments
• Threat management
• Surveillance Detection
• Advances
• Moving the Principal
• Security Surveys

None of the above is new to the world of EP Training but it is how the program is packaged, presented, and students tested that is unusual in the industry and impressive.

The students are split into groups and are assigned to do advances on hotels, restaurants and the airport, produce a plan, present their plan to the instructors, and then implement the plan. This part of the program frankly is what most of the other programs teach, but where this program differs from others I have observed are the time factor, and the interaction between student and instructor.

The length of program allows the students ample time to complete the task. There is a lot of communications from instructor to student. After every field exercises the students huddle up with their instructors to review the exercises, they go over the good and the not too good. The not too good is analyzed, dissected and lessons learned are discussed, and the students go back out and do it again. Since the instructors are been there done that guys, the lessons learned are real and often taken from their experience – good ones and bad ones, makes for one hell of a teaching tool.

Prior to the above students are split into groups and assigned to a client who is a victim of a Stalker. The teams get a series of letters. These are REAL LETTERS that were sent to REAL PEOPLE, who have or had a REAL THREAT.

Students use their Threat Analysis training to provide a preliminary risk assessment, and then use their Threat Assessment training to single out the one letter that is an imminent threat

Once they identify the letter that represents a threat to their principal, they go through a series of role playing exercises. Using investigative tools and additional role playing they zero in the stalkers. By asking the correct questions during the role playing exercises students will eventually be able to identify the stalkers address, their criminal history, and a myriad of information that will help them to protect their client.

There is an extensive use of role player, at times I had to remind myself that they were role players. The role players are “The stalkers” – the client – a handwriting expert – a Sheriff and a Psychologist. Again they have ample time, and coaching from the instructors to achieve the standard that has been set. But it’s not just the role players, the time and the instructors it is also the logical systematic order in which it unfolds.

The conclusion is the threat assessments and management reports that each student (not group) must submit and is graded on. I read one and have to say it was one of the best I have have read, not just from a student, from anyone.

In the Stalking program ESI creates a learning environment that gives the student the time and coaching to reach a predetermined standard, then measures to assure they have reached that standard. The attention to detail, the realism, and the role playing is more than I can put into an article. I did not witness the entire program, but there seems to be a training philosophy that emphasizes “team building under stress” that runs through the entire Executive Protection Residency Program. A short article like this simply cannot do this program justice.

ESI is in the process of making the Stalker Program a corporate stand alone program, more on this later.