Risk Assessment
At
24/7 Close Protection Ltd we carry out thorough Risk Assessments to ensure our Principles safety is maximised to the highest possible level, with causing the least amount of disruption to them as possible.
Having a good knowledge for the motivation for possible attackers gives us a better understanding when dealing with an attacker. This then gives us a better understanding of the type of attack that could be expected.
Below are some motives for an attack:
Religious
Political
Potential Martyrs
Mentally Disturbed
Sense of grievance (ex Partner and ex employee etc)
Personal vendetta
Competitors
Financial Gain (Kidnapping, black mail etc)
Any form of threat can manifest into several different ways;
Assassination
Kidnapping
Fear (telephone calls, release of embarrassing information, intimidation etc)
Criminal Activities
During our Risk assessment we are aware that an attack cycle usually follows 6 cycles:
Target Selection
The terrorist group/opportunist/criminal someone will select a number of targets for there gains.
Surveillance
This is why
counter surveillance is so important. During this phase the Terrorist/criminal/opportunist will do some
surveillance on the Principle and look for weaknesses and to see how good his
security measures are. They will also look for the weakest person to attack out of there target selection.
Attack Planning
A plan will be made of the attack on the principle.
Rehearsal
They will practise their attack in every aspect including the best place and time to attack when their target is vulnerable.
Attack
An attack will only take place once the terrorist/opportunist/criminal is happy with their plans. This is the phase where our highly trained
Close Protection Operatives training and experience and regularly practised drills come into action. All CPO’s will have a high level of discipline to deal with any form of attack our principle may be under, which is assessed through our highly detailed Risk assessment, which pre-warns them of the level of attack that may happen.
Escape and Exploit
A plan will be made of all their escape routes and any form of transport that is needed to assist them in making this as quick as possible. When they have reached their destination the will Exploit this, by either sending ransom notes/phone calls and sometimes contacting the press etc, especially if this is politically motivated.
