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.
ESI offers a Special Operations Protection 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.
The Residency Programs are a series of integrated academic and practical courses that are offered in three Modules: 28-Day Executive Protection, 28-Day Special 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.
ESI offers a series of basic and tactical shooting courses for close protection, personal self-defense and high speed Close Quarter Battle classes as stand-alone courses.
All Tactical shooting Blocks require passage of the Basic level course in order to qualify to enroll in advanced shooting.
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.
ESI-Mexico offers an Anti-Kidnapping / Anti-Secuestro Protection & Intelligence Program it's a custom designed curriculum taught in Spanish throughout Mexico and Latin America.
The Anti-Kidnapping staff is an international group of ESI's renown American, Mexican and Colombian intelligence officers who have incomparable experience dealing with terrorist and mercenary attacks on private and public families.
Unlike the Programs offered in the U.S., the Spanish language training is not Open Enrollment to individuals. ESI's Program is offered exclusively to corporate and governmental agencies by contractual agreement after consultation with the needs of the client.
“The film clip was produced and edited by Dead Reckoning Entertainment, and the still photographs were taken by Shin Tanaka, of Gunner DVD and Hideo Sasagawa, a photo journalist from Japan.”
Founded in 1980, Executive Security International (ESI) is the oldest training academy that offers more than 2,000 hours of training in executive protection, special operations and protective and investigative intelligence. The field of protection is a rapidly changing and a growing profession. World events in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and yet uncontested regions of the globe have altered the demand and the training requirements of agents willing and able to work in high risk protection details.
ESI offers a Special Operations Protection Course that parallels our world renowned Executive Protection Program designed for corporate and personal protection in low threat environments. The Spec. Ops course can be taken as an addition to Executive Protection or as a separate Certificate or Credential Program.
The program meets all the requirements of State Department's Personal Security Detail (PSD) Protocols, and goes beyond these minimum standards to meet the changing tactics of Jihadis who attack convoys, protection details and their principals daily. Defensive procedures must adapt to the ever-changing tactics of a determined and intelligent enemy. ESI's Special Operations Protection Course is taught by a staff that is competent and profoundly rooted in the operational side of high threat arenas.
Most ESI instructors (Staff Resumes) have extensive experience in Iraq and Afghanistan where they were the targets of insurgent tactics and strategy in the streets of Baghdad, Fallujah, Mosul, and Kabul. They have adapted proactive tactics that lower the security detail's profile, insuring a client's likelihood of arriving safely at their assigned destination. Agents who expect to maintain a professional qualification must be prepared to adapt to the changing threat environment. Protection is one of the most dynamic professions in the security industry, and the skill set of a professional must flex according to the changes in the industry and the growing worldwide demand for security.
On the left, prior to invasion of Iraq, Jack Mc George was UN Weapons Inspector. Jack and his team found every rocket declared by UN. Photo is of Jack holding a rocket featured in Time Magazine. Mc George has been an ESI instructor since 1983. Re: J Mc George: “Deceased 2009”
In the center, Pete Dordal, a 1984 ESI Graduate and former Marine Scout Sniper Instructor, is the principal advisor and consultant to ESI on Special Operations Protection Program. Pete is dressed in low profile native attire in order to facilitate travel in high-risk districts of Fallujah and Mosul. The photo on the right is Madison Webb, a senior instructor for PSD Protective Operations and Carbine Operations for Protective Details. Madison served in Iraq on numerous direct actions, resulting in the capture of Al Qaeda cells and weapon stashes.
Madison Webb is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps and the CEO of Executive Solutions Inc. Serving over 24 years in the Marine Corps, Madison started his career in Twenty-Nine Palms and would serve in such places as Guam, Okinawa and Quantánamo Bay, Cuba. He has attended the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Navy/USMC Intelligence School, Washington State Tactical Officers Association SWAT Training Course and is a certified Explosive Entry Technician, Close Quarter Battle Instructor and an USMC Small Arms Weapons Instructor.
During his tour of duty Madison would see deployments with the 2nd Marine Division during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm and with the 1st MEF during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. His experience encompasses deep reconnaissance, direct action, counter terrorism, hostage rescue, executive protection, workplace violence prevention, surveillance /counter-surveillance and intelligence collection.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS RESIDENT TRAINING
Pete Dordal and Madison Webb
Chief Training Consultants for PSD Protective Operations.
PROTECTIVE OPERATIONS
Instructional time ratio between classroom theory and immediate reaction drills and pro-active measures is 1:10. Emphasis of training is live action exercises and team operations. The course will cover the following:
Protective Operations Orientation
Low Profile Protective Details in High Risk Zones
Threat Assessment
Advance Operations
Personal Security Detail Operations
Protective Intelligence
Protective Driving
Protective Shooting
Special Protective Issues
Performance Evaluation
The course will begin with an overview of the requirements, duties and responsibilities of a Protection Agent in High Risk environments, including a summary of State Department Protocols for Personal Security Details (PSD). Students are introduced to the Philosophy and History of Protection, reviewing the ways that events in high risk regions of the world have changed tactics and protective operations in the profession. Case studies of specific assaults and assassinations will be used to illustrate learning points. From the understanding of the operational procedures of enemy tactics, the principles of protection simultaneously evolve and remain constant. Universal protective principles of Cover & Evacuate, Advances, Threat Assessment and Surveillance Detection are taught as constants, but adapting to the tactics of terrorists and the changing needs of the principal. Students learn the importance of route selection, accurate intelligence and analysis. Emphasis is placed is on methods and strategy to prevent attacks on the Principal or the Team. However, the student will become proficient in the skills necessary to defend against organized assaults, Attacks on Principal (AOP) Drills, Cover and Evacuation and apply AOP Drills in simulated urban ranges. Lessons include:
The Threat, Types and Case Studies
Principal Vulnerability Assessment
The Protective Operational Plan
Principal Briefing
ADVANCES AND SITE SURVEYS
This component of the training addresses the art of conducting Protective Advances for single-agent and multi-agent details. Pre-Departure Preparations, Site Surveys, Reports and Presentations will be discussed and demonstrated. Students will perform Advances in live urban environment, and learn how the entire protective mission relies on the thoroughness of the Advance, accurate intelligence and pro-active measures. Beginning with the Principles of Protection, the course covers a wide range of activities and operational skills required on a Protection Detail. Students learn via lecture and discussion, then reinforced learning via a series of practical exercises. Lessons include:
Counter-Surveillance
Formations / Working the Principal
Assault on Principal (AOP)
Security Posts
Command Posts
Identification
Communications
Control Tactics
Protective Equipment
TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE AND COUNTER SURVEILLANCE
Technological advances have broadened the Protective Agents' capability to effectively use Security Equipment in support of the protective mission. Instruction is provided in a format that allows the student to obtain a basic understanding of how the technical hardware operates, and where each system can be best employed during Protective Operations. Conducting a proper explosives search of buildings, areas and vehicles is thoroughly demonstrated. Lessons include:
Contingency Planning / Managing Major Events
Special Mission Posts
Technical Surveillance & Countermeasures
Physical Security
Bomb Threat Planning / Bomb Incident Management
Explosives Recognition / Explosives Search
Improvised Roadside Bomb Attacks
CLOSE QUARTER BATTLE SHOOTING
The Spec. Ops. Shooting course is organized into two sections: 3-Day Basic CQB Carbine and Handgun and the 5-Day CQB Tactical Carbine and Handgun Protective Operations.
The 3-Day Basic CQB course gives the student the basic shooting skills necessary to qualify with a carbine and handgun. The course will cover the following:
Safety, Stripping, cleaning, assemble, function check of the weapon
Fundamentals of marksmanship (Primary & secondary weapons)
Administrative, tactical and speed reload drills (Primary & secondary weapons)
Weapon malfunction drills
Weapon transition drill and Combat speed shooting
Single / multiple shots and targets
Target identification drills
Stationary turns
Shooting on the move and Lateral shooting
Firing positions (kneeling, prone, squatting)
Barricade shooting
Strong / weak hand drills
Night shooting
Two man / four man team tactics
At the end of the Basic CQB course there is qualification evaluation for primary & secondary weapons and tactics evaluations. The student must pass the qualification test and staff personal evaluation to qualify to enter the Tactical CQB course. If the student fails to pass the minimum shooting qualifications and staff evaluation, he will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.
The 5-Day Tactical Carbine/Handgun CQB course builds on the basics and quickly move on to higher skill sets. Students who complete academic and practical components of the Special Operations Program will be awarded a Certificate of Completion and an ESI Special Operations Credential. The Tactical Shooting course includes:
Door Entry Drills
Stress drills / Shoot No Shoot
Shooting from in / around Vehicles
Initiative Based tactics (IBT)
Advanced Room Clearing
Advance Mission Planning
Ballistic Breaching / Mechanical Breaching
Stress Shoots Day / Night
Tactical Movements Under Fire
Suicide Car Bombs Moving target engagement
Target Indication / Identification
Barrier / Medium shooting
*Students without recent military or law enforcement experience (within the last three years) will be required to complete ESI’s 5-Day Executive Protection Handgun Course with an 80% or better as well as Pass the 3-Day Basic CQB Carbine & Handgun course in order to participate in the Tactical Carbine & Handgun class.
OVERALL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Students are evaluated in each skill area taught, using a variety of techniques, including practical application exercises and written examinations. These include: