Career Transitions: Going From Master to Student

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Circuit Magazine
July 23, 2021

Imagine this: After years of refining your skills, you’ve become an expert in the industry . . . but now you've decided to switch fields and start all over!

And while there may be a lot of continuity and transferable knowledge, you shouldn't underestimate the learning curve. (Because, you know, that whole "master becoming the student” thing.)

In this week's edition of On the Circuit, we're opening with Kevin Ghee, who went from a long career in law enforcement to an equally prolific one in the security industry. Keep reading to find out how he navigated the transition, and hear some of the eye-opening experiences he learned along the way; as he quips:

You could be in a situation, in some music sectors, where you're like, ‘I'm the only one in the room without a gun!’

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Kevin Ghee had a distinguished law enforcement career before he transitioned over to a very successful career in close protection. In this episode of Short Circuit, we’re talking about the considerations for transitioning from law enforcement to EP.

And for the working EP operators, we’ll go over some tips on how EP agents can better interact and cooperate with law enforcement.

In this episode, listen in to hear Elijah and Kevin chat about:

  • Whether the crossover from a law enforcement career to executive protection is as natural and fitting as it seems?

  • What happens when you don’t have a badge anymore? And, when you don't have the gun, how does that change the dynamic when you’re in the private EP sector?

  • Finally, how should those of us in executive protection interact with law enforcement?

So, whether you are just starting out or have been in the industry for years, there's plenty to take away from this episode.

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Preparing an Executive Protection Travel Pack, or Go-Bag is common with us all, we love our gear and we can't get enough. A common discussion in the communities is travel gear and equipment. While not meant as a ‘cookie-cutter' list, Joseph M. LaSorsa shares his suggestions for a go-bag packing list that can be used as a baseline to add/subtract from for your upcoming tasks.

A complex advance may involve several venues, multiple protectees, transportation elements and spanning several days. Examples of complex advances would be events like the Olympics, the Superbowl, meetings of corporate executives, a large enclave of heads of state, etc.; any security required event of people, places and occasions that are extraordinarily demanding in time, movement and potential problems. In this in-depth article, Dale L. June explains how you should approach conducting a complex advance?

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Industry News

A selection of the top stories affecting our industry - pulled from the Circuit Daily Briefing.

A new video circulated among Chinese Communist Party channels has warned China will destroy Japan with nuclear weapons in a "full-scale war" if Tokyo interferes militarily in Taiwan.

We can't know for sure what was on Vladimir Putin's mind when he boasted of Russia developing an “invincible” nuclear-powered cruise missile, a nuclear torpedo and other strategic weapons.

The attacks cause a variety of bizarre symptoms that appeared out of nowhere to operatives and spies serving at U.S. facilities at home and abroad.

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the United Nations is warning that the threat from terror groups such as ISIS and al Qaeda is not only resilient but in many places expanding.

What’s interesting about the revelations from this week is not that the FBI is up to some new, clever gambit to combat the insurrectionists in our midst.

China is building up its offensive air capabilities far faster than US military planners expected in their national defence strategy three years ago.

In the modern world where nearly everything work-related is computerized, it’s no secret that some employers and their IT departments go to extreme lengths to monitor their employees’ activities on company-owned equipment.

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It's time for some armchair behavioral analysis? Is she the unfortunate victim or has she got something to hide?

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