Protection & Intelligence Certificate Programs

ESI is approved by the Colorado Office of Veterans Education and Training
(COVET) for Veterans Education and Training Benefits.

The Residency Programs consist of an integrated academic and practical training curriculum that include three stand-alone Modules: The first Module is a 300 hour/28-Day Executive Protection course in executive, dignitary and celebrity security; the second Module consist of 300 hour/28-Day Special Operations course in high risk protective operations in Combat Zones; and the third Module is a 210 hour/18-Day course in Protective Intelligence. The Residency Programs can be taken as separate modules and are equivalent to the Distance Education/15-Day Resident Training Programs.

The Resident Programs are an intelligence based curriculum with a special emphasis on preparing protection specialists to operate in corporate, celebrity and close personal protection in international and domestic venues. The program also incorporates civil police and military protocols in the principles of personal protection in high risk combat zones, including third world environments of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Bosnia. The career objective of this training is to prepare the ESI graduate for a professional occupation in close protection agent in a wide range of security requirements.

ESI's hallmark as a training academy in protection is its emphasis on operational intelligence as the basis of comprehensive personal and corporate security. As ESI enters its third decade of training, we continue to believe in the importance of well honed martial skills exemplified by protective formations, evasive driving, martial arts and shooting, but ESI also focuses its training philosophy on Pre-Emptive Intervention skills with an emphasis on Behavioral, Predictive and Proactive Intelligence. Our third Core Program, Protective Intelligence, deepens and broadens the protective agent's training in higher levels of personal and corporate security. ESI's core philosophy is that these skills are indispensable to any protection program, and is what distinguishes a Protection Specialist from a Bodyguard. Moreover, it is what distinguishes ESI from practically every other training organization in the world.

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CERTIFICATION AND ESI CREDENTIAL

The student who graduates from any of the Residency Program is awarded a Certificate of Completion approved by the Colorado State Department of Higher Education. The Certificate of Completion is awarded without regard to Grade Point Average or performance. ESI also awards a Credential based upon Grade Point Average. Credentials are Certified Protection Specialist CPS, Certified Special Operations Protection Specialist, CSOPS, and Certified Protection and Intelligence Specialist, CPIS. The ESI Credential is school distinction of excellent performance is awarded only if the student completes a specific Program with a Grade Point Average of 80% or higher; a GPA of 90% or higher is awarded a Credential With Honors.

The student may enter the program and complete each Module separately at different time periods that fit their schedule. Should a student choose to take the Modules separately, they are only charged for the component in which they are enrolled, not the entire program. (If the student is a graduate of an ESI program or equivalent course, academic and financial credit will be evaluated, and the student will receive a tuition offset.)

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION PERSONAL PROTECTION & INTELLIGENCE

Certificate of Completion for the Executive Protection Module, and can be taken either in 28-Day Residency or combined Distance Education/15-Day Resident Training format.

"Students don't care what you know until they know you care.
We care both before and after you train at ESI."

Module 1
EXECUTIVE PROTECTION

EXECUTIVE PROTECTION TRAINING DATES

Spring 2005 Aspen, Colorado - Joint Class of Graduates Protective Intelligence in Blue and Executive Protection in Green

Practical and academic components of the RESIDENT TRAINING in personal protection and intelligence include:

Principles of Protection; Advances; Protective Detail Operations; Operational & Behavioral Intelligence; Defensive Shooting Tactics; Unarmed Defensive Tactics and Weapon Disarms; Client Maneuvers; Bomb Threat Assessment and Response; EP Medical Response; Corporate Security and Disaster Response; Stalking and Dangerous Human Behavior; Surveillance Detection.

ESI Close Protection Drill, Aspen Airport 1980

Module 2
SPECIAL OPERATIONS

SPECIAL OPERATIONS TRAINING DATES

Special Operations in High Risk Combat Zones include: Protective Operations; IED's and Bio-Chemical Weapons; Tactical Medical Response, Insurgent Theory & Tactics; Counter Insurgent Theory & Tactics; Terrorist Cell Exercise and Surveillance Operations; Carbine Operations for Protective Details; Motorcade Ambush Response; Weaponless Combat.

Module 3
PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE TRAINING DATES

Protective Intelligence module include: Human Intelligence Collection & Analysis; Behavioral Intelligence and Deception Detection; Criminal Network Link Analysis; Computer Intelligence Collection and Security; Audio Countermeasures.

PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

	Protective Intelligence
	"The Harvard School for Bodyguards", Interview with Bob Duggan in Combat Handguns

	EXECUTIVE PROTECTION

RESIDENT TRAINING CURRICULUM		CERTIFICATE CLASSROOM HOURS
Module 1 Executive Protection		Hours
Principles of Protection High Profile Low Signature		60
Client Maneuvers Weapon Disarms Defensive Tactics		25
Executive Protection Basic & Tactical Handgun Shooting		60
Surveillance Detection		10
Behavioral Intelligence		10
Protective Detail Stalker Exercises		60
Predictive & Proactive Intelligence		10
Bomb Threat Assessment		20
EP Medical Response		10
Workplace Violence		25
Estate Security		10
TOTAL CLOCK HOURS EXECUTIVE PROTECTION		300-Hours/28-Days
	SPECIAL OPERATIONS
Module 2 Special Operations		Hours
Protective Ops in Combat Zones		75
IEDs Bio-Chemical Weapons		40
Tactical Medical Response		30
Insurgent Theory & Tactics		23
Counter Insurgent Theory & Tactics		8
Terrorist Cell Exercise Surveillance Operations		50
Motorcade Ambush Response		20
Carbine Operations for Protective Details		40
Weaponless Combat		14
TOTAL CLOCK HOURS SPECIAL OPERATIONS		300-Hours/28-Days
	PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Module 3 Protective Intelligence & Investigation		Hours
Human Intelligence Collection & Analysis		50
Behavioral Intelligence Interview Response Analysis		30
Criminal Network Link Analysis		55
Computer Intelligence Collection & Security		50
Audio Counter Measures		25
TOTAL CLOCK HOURS PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE		210-Hours/18-Days
TOTAL OF MODULAR HOURS	810-Hours	74-Days