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Most training companies today are happy to take anyone’s money, teach them the very basics and then show them the door. As such, the security industry today is flooded with personnel who have no experience and generally no skill. This has had a knock on effect to the industry as a whole. Whereas the Close Protection industry was a once specialized area that you could only crack with hard work, it’s now open to anyone who can pay £1500 for a course. Looking in from the outside, my years of experience means nothing as I now have the same licence as the shelf-stacker from Tesco who fancied being a bodyguard, did a course and got a licence.

So what has this done to the industry? The person who has just obtained his licence now need some experience. I have personally seen people offer their services to companies for free to get this experience. Some companies see this as an opportunity to create more profit, so they are happy to supply less-experienced security officers on tasks that may require a more suitable person. Once again, it’s the client who pays the price at the end of the day.

With the influx of people into every licensing sector, the security industry standard has dropped significantly.

It Starts With The Training Providers

As security training providers, it is possible that we can do our part to raise the standard of security officers. I offer a Close Protection Course, but I select every person who attends. My goal is to be able to say that I would work with every single person that attends my course. Selection is not a difficult process, just an informal chat about your expectations for your close protection career, what you have done to prepare and a few other simple questions. But if I feel you are not ready, then I’ll tell you. We do tell people what they can do to better prepare but they are more than welcome to use a different training provider if they wish. People who do attend my course will find it both physically and mentally challenging.

People who work in Close Protection need to be fit. They need to be able to communicate in English. They need to be able to work on their own and they have to be dedicated to what they are doing.

Security Training Is A Business

There are many people who make a living from the security training business, but since the introduction of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), sadly it has been to the detriment of the security industry.

If you are a person serious about Close Protection Training, make sure you get the very best training you can afford. Ensure that your instructor has at least got some real-world experience. Visit the many different security forums and ask questions about training providers. If you use the search facility you will find hundreds of posts on the subject of Close Protection Training. There  are some great courses available for between £1,400 – £2,000.

So Is Selection Really Necessary?

I think so for two main reasons.

1. It raises the level of Close Protection Officers entering the field.

2. For our course, it ensures everyone is 100% dedicated to the training and knows where they are going and what they want. As we offer a residential course they will live and breath close protection for two weeks. This ensures everyone gets the most from their training.

The bottom line is that it would be an uphill struggle to make any changes to the security industry as it is at the moment … But nothing is impossible! One step at a time, one training provider at a time.

The great thing about this training device is that unlike training with a live blade, the person wielding the shocknife doesn’t mind making contact with you!

See the Capitol Risk Personal Security Training courses HERE

This will be the first personal security training course in the UK to use the shocknife.

This will be an intensive day and will start at 0930hrs and finish at 1700hrs.

The cost for this course is £97 BUT if you sign up with your name and email address on the Personal Security Training web site home page, you will be offered this course for A VERY SPECIAL PRICE!

I can honestly say that we will probably never offer a course at this price again. Please note that if you sign up you will have to reply to an automated confirmation email.

Sign up today and 24 hours later you will get the offer. Places are strictly limited so to avoid dissapointment please book early.

This  really is a genuine, one-off course we are doing so please don’t miss out.

We at Capitol Risk believe that training should be as close to the real thing as possible, which is why we are happy to invest in  training aids that we genuinely think will have a positive effect on the courses we offer.

This  excellent training device brings knife defence training to a whole new level!

The great thing about the Shocknife is that the level of shock is adjustable … and let me tell you now … I have been hit with this thing on full (7,500 volts) and it probably feels as close to being stabbed as you’d ever want to get! And after you get hit once, you don’t want to get hit again! With the electrical cracking sounds (similar to a stungun sound), it’s a pretty intimidating device too!

As far as we know, we are the only Personal Security Training company to use this device in the UK.

We have a special one-off, one day knife defence training course coming up in London on the 11th October, where we will be introducing the shocknife.

The cost of this course is £97 with a standard  10% discount for SIA licence holders and frontline public sector workers taking the price down to £87.

Check out a few of the courses we currently offer at www.personalsecuritytraining.co.uk

You can now get all the new course dates sent direct to your inbox so you never have to check back on the site to see when a specific training course is being held.

Not only that, we will send you the dates first, BEFORE we even put them on our own training calendar. You never have to miss a training course again!

Look out for this great new feature on the new Personal Security Training website home page … Coming soon.

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As a Security Company and a Security Training Company, we want to finally make having an SIA licence useful!

If you have an SIA licence you will be able to save 10% on ALL our security training courses.

This discount also extends to frontline public sector workers.

Our NEW Personal Security Training website will be going live soon.

We aim to give you the best idea of what we do so even techniques that  don’t quite go to plan (like in the real world) we will be uploading these too for all to see.

Feel free to subscribe to our new Personal Security YouTube Channel

At the moment we only have a couple of videos uploaded, but we will be updating often.

For people who complete our Personal Security Training Courses, these videos will be a resource to help continue to build on your core skills.

We are close to completing the  Capitol Risk Personal Security Training website and will be launching it shortly.

UPDATE

New videos added 3rd August.

Capitol Risk Personal Security Training has been approached by the Metropolitan Police to take part in a local borough knife awareness event. They have asked if we could give a talk to the local community and to do some demonstrations revolving around knife defences.

Unfortunately, due to the short notice we are unable to take part but we do look forward to participating in future events.

We are always happy to attend and participate in events run by local authorities.