Close Protection Officer
Role summary
The role of a Close Protection Officer is to protect principles from the threat of kidnap, assassination and general crime.
Entry route
Internal
Suitable for an individual with a UK military or civilian policing background, who has completed the Royal Military Police’s CPO course or the Civilian Police’s National Protection Officer’s Course.
External
Suitable for an individual who has a military policing or civilian policing background or equivalent UK Special Forces experience.
Role level
Typical role expectations
- Protect clients from various physical threats while accompanying them on business and social visits
- Follow procedural expectations and requirements, including vulnerability assessments, risk profiling and advance premises screenings
- Identify and prevent potential threats or disruption
Typical role expectations
- Manage a close protection team securing a variety of clients against various physical threats
- Review and action outcomes from procedural activities or processes, including vulnerability assessments, risk profiling, and advance premises screenings
- Lead on the identification and prevention of potential threats or disruption
Skills
| Skill | Associate | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| Risk understanding and mitigation | Practitioner | Practitioner |
| Threat understanding | Practitioner | |
| Protective security | Working | Working |
| Applied Physical Security | Awareness | Working |
| Secure operations management | Awareness | Working |
| Legal and regulatory environment and compliance | Awareness | Awareness |
Core learning
Associate
NPSA – Foundation Course
NPSA – Search and Screening
NPSA – Insider Risk
Lead
NPSA – Hostile Vehicle Mitigation
NPSA – Sensitive Information and Assets
NPSA – Leadership Guidance