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May 9, 2016 By Vehicle Dynamics 2 Comments

All of the Protective Intelligence, Situational Awareness, and Tactical Capability in the World May Not Matter (Part I)

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Clearly there are some very good reasons why protective intelligence, situational awareness, and tactical skill are universally recognized as essential to providing effective protection. However, regardless of how accurate and timely your protective intelligence is, how high a level of situational awareness you are capable of achieving and sustaining, or how tactically and technically proficient you may be with firearms, edged weapons, impact weapons, or even vehicles, success or failure for the protection practitioner is most often predicated upon the decisions they make, particularly in the eyes of the Principal. While it may not be spelled out in one’s job description, the very nature of protection work implies that one must be able make sound decisions in highly stressful situations and very dynamic environments.

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June 24, 2015 By Vehicle Dynamics Leave a Comment

VDI Team Recognition

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It is always both humbling and an honor to have our team recognized for the passion and dedication that goes into everything we do. Even after 11 years, several hundred courses, and several thousand students trained, it is the value that our students find in our training that drives us (pun intended) to be the […]

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May 16, 2015 By Vehicle Dynamics Leave a Comment

Why Would You Go There?!

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Like many in the protection profession, I have often been asked by others why it is that I had traveled, or would be traveling to, some far off place with a dangerous reputation. But I must admit to being somewhat surprised recently when that very question was posed to me by an executive protection provider, […]

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May 9, 2015 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Another Jaunt Through Karjackistan

It’s a Pleasure and an Honor –  to have worked this week with the latest group of security professionals to successfully complete VDI’s Protective/Evasive Driving Course. This time around, 20 students from 3 countries and 7 states joined us for the three day jaunt through Karjackistan. Collectively, they represent several multi-national corporations, a Non-Governmental Organization, […]

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April 3, 2015 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

VDI & Glen Edmunds Performance Driving School – Committed to Excellence

When conducting a VDI Instructor-level Vehicle Dynamics and Exercise Design program, within 10 minutes of the first day we mention that math is the foundation of the program and pass out calculators. It is not long after the calculators are distributed that students will express their concern that math is not exactly a subject they […]

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Surveillance Detection a Practical Perspective

Surveillance Detection: a Practical Perspective

Recognizing that while the Solo Practitioner approach – where one protection practitioner is responsible for managing the wide range of risks their Principal may face – is not the optimum approach to doing so, it is in fact being effectively implemented far more often and successfully than many in the profession would care to admit, it’s worthwhile to take a closer look at the strategies and tactics which contribute to the effectiveness of the Solo Practitioner paradigm.

Welcome my friend to Karjackistan

Welcome, My Friend, to Karjackistan!

KarjackistanTM is a place where all of the challenges and hazards of driving on the mean streets of cities and towns around the world converge, from errant pedestrians to potential accidents and deliberate ambushes.

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