Proven educational closed protection resource.
$64 USD
Build your competence, strengthen your judgement and keep learning.
The Close Protection Handbook is more than a book. It is a professional resource designed to help you build the judgement, operational mindset and structured thinking that underpin effective close protection.
Whether you’re preparing for your first role or have years of operational experience, this handbook supports continuous professional development through practical guidance, proven principles and real-world operational insight.
From travel security, formations, movements, operational planning, advance work and journey management to residential security, threat assessment and surveillance, it provides a structured reference you can return to before training, during planning and throughout your career.
Invest in your competence today and keep a trusted close protection reference within reach.
Book details:
The Close Protection Handbook makes it clear: success in close protection is not just about strength or tactics—it’s about strategy, preparation, and seeing the bigger picture. In today’s increasingly complex security landscape, this book brings clarity.
Inside, you'll find 15 instructor-backed chapters filled with practical strategies, refined insights, and operational truths. No filler. No theory without application. Just essential, tested knowledge—supported by over 70 illustrations depicting training scenarios and tactical procedures for close protection operations.
Explore chapters that guide you through the essentials of creating and maintaining secure environments, travel security, reconnaissance, surveillance, threat and risk assessments, foot formation techniques, embus and debus procedures, evacuation tactics, team setup and management, as well as operational planning and orders.
It’s designed for government, corporate, private, and commercial sectors alike, uniting a diverse audience through a shared commitment to safety and operational excellence in the field of close protection.
Pierre Månsson is a Close Protection Expert and Security Risk Management Specialist, as well as a certified Close Protection Instructor. He has worked as a security training manager and head instructor, and founded Sweden’s first UK SIA-licensed close protection training centre in Stockholm. With over a decade of global operational experience, Pierre's career includes high-risk missions, VIP and corporate protection, and diplomatic security in complex and high-threat environments. Backed by a military background from the Swedish Army and extensive executive protection work, he bridges the gap between theory and field application—offering readers practical tools shaped by real-world demands.