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Protester Glues Himself to Head of State

24 Jul

Dan Glass was at 10 Downing Street to receive a charity’s award for his work on transportation issues when he staged the unusual protest.
Just before Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented him with the award, Glass squirted superglue in the palm of his left hand. He shook Brown’s right hand and then grabbed the prime minister’s […]

Disqualified Bodyguards Need Not Apply

05 Mar

Want to see who’s NOT invited to the Celebrity Protection Course March 24-28?
Click below

Hollywood Security

26 Feb

  
TMZ did an “interesting” piece on Israeli’s who perform Executive Protection work in Hollywood.
Click here to watch the video.
***I’m so confused.

Disgraced “P.I. to Stars” Criminal Trial to Begin

19 Feb

Fox News reports  prosecutor’s have released the names on the witness list for the trial set to begin Feb. 27, in which Hollywood private eye Pellicano faces federal charges of racketeering and illegally wiretapping celebrities.
 If you’ve never heard of this guy, he was formerly a very high profile private investigator who worked with a lot of […]

Female Model-Turned-Bodyguard Killed In Russia

02 Feb

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN)– Anna Loginova was, for many Russians, a feminine icon — bridging the glamorous world of modeling and the murky depths of Russian crime.  But this week, the stunning Loginova became a victim of the criminals she made sure could not get to her millionaire clients. She was killed trying to stop a […]

Bodyguard Uses Stones, Chilli Pepper to Protect Client

28 Jan

 
OK this one got a smirk out of me… 
Colombo (PTI): A provincial minister in Sri Lanka has protested the police department’s refusal to provide his bodyguard with firearms by walking into a council meeting accompanied by a personal guard carrying a wooden club, some stones and chilly powder.
 They do say necessity is the mother of […]

This time I have an excuse…

10 Dec

 
Even Lion Panther-tamers get colds too!
Actually it was an infection, (and there were no wild animals involved) but it still took me off my feet for a few days.  After operating on pretty much no sleep from a very detail intensive assignment the week before (Thanks for the assistance D) I was pretty much beat up […]

Blackwater Agents Granted Immunity In Shooting

30 Oct

The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month’s deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned.  The immunity deal has delayed a criminal inquiry into the Sept. 16 killings and could undermine any effort to prosecute security contractors for their role in the incident […]

Toronto Paper Gets The Facts Wrong On Bodyguards

28 Oct

  
Bruce Alexander with Executive-Protection-News.com (A good site, I encourage my readers to check it out) posted an interesting rebuttal to an article from the Toronto Daily News.   The original article entitled “Hiring A Bodyguard Isn’t Just For The Rich And Famous” starts out innocently enough but then starts making a case that if you need […]

Britney Spears Ex Bodyguard Reveals Much

24 Sep

I wasn’t going to post this, but it is industry news.  I’ll let the readers form their own opinion of Tony Barretto, his claims, and intentions while conducting this interview with the London Daily Mail newspaper.  For the full sorid story, click here. 

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