In the following new series of articles on ITS Tactical we’ll talk about how you can apply concepts and tactics used by Personal Security Detail (PSD) teams into your daily life. Military, contractor, and private security details use these methods to move officials and VIPs safely throughout the world.
While most of the movements and tactics are very complex and require extensive training and experience, the average person can learn the basics to help protect themselves and their families.
The likelihood of you being attacked by a well trained group of terrorists is pretty unlikely. You may, however, end up as a target of opportunity for a local criminal or group of criminals. You may drive a nice car, own a nice house, or just end up a victim by being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Whatever the situation, there are things you can do on a daily basis that could prevent you from becoming a victim in the first place. You’re already at a disadvantage since you probably don’t have any intelligence on who may want to do you harm. This is where you need to be creative and think to yourself; if I were going to attack “me,” how would I do it? [Read More…]
There are many types of surveillance detection and today we’ll be continuing to apply concepts and tactics used by Personal Security Detail (PSD) teams, with ways to detect static and mobile surveillance along your routes.
In our last article about Route Surveys we focused on going from home to work and we’ll be doing the same in this article.
I’m sure everyone wants to dive right into how you can ditch a “tail” and other counter surveillance techniques, but before you can do that you have to have a understanding how the surveillance process works. [Read More…]
Now that you have your routes planned out and have a basic knowledge of surveillance detection its time to talk about attack recognition and the ambush.
We are going to continue to focus on your route from home to work and attacks to your vehicle. I want to focus on your vehicle and travels and not worry about avoiding a sucker punch on the street.
Attack recognition is a whole other animal when you talk about self defense (Tony Blauer has excellent information on physical attack recognition and response). [Read More…]
In this article we will discuss ways to check your vehicle for the three B’s: Bombs, Bananas and Bad things. If you’ve never had training on searching a vehicle this will provide you with a few basic techniques.
I say basic because thoroughly checking a vehicle takes a good amount of time, more than is realistic in most cases and circumstances.
Just like conducting route surveys you have to tailor these techniques to your situation. A PSD team may take up to 40 minutes to check a vehicle before a mission if it had to be left unattended; that’s not a reality for the average person. [Read More…]
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