Walk it today so tomorrow is boring. Plan a primary and alt path, time both, and capture a photo triplet—curb wide, lift lobby mid, corridor turn detail—sanitised and labelled. Package a one-page summary with contacts, timings, rally points, and medical interface (AED + nearest hospital time). Outcome: a short advance pack a stranger can run at 20 km/h brain speed. Ask for lift control politely, mark pinch points with one-word fixes.

If you miss weak signals, you don’t just get surprised you create the incident. Loud risks make headlines; likely risks end contracts. PI turns noise into foresight so the detail avoids protests, choke-points, media traps, and reputational hits. Get this wrong and you’ll brief excuses. Get it right and nobody notices—because nothing goes wrong.

As practitioners of security you’ve got an incredible story to tell, it’s what got you where you are now. Your qualifications, courses, deployments, tasks, backgrounds are what make you special. You are a brand waiting to be bought. Without the ability to refine stories into consumable content your journey will be drowned out by those self-promoters and narcissists with very little foundation to their words. You will work through the five easy to read and to action sections of this manual.

This document decodes the shorthand, it ties operational comms to what matters. What it is: A clean, practical guide to the EP dialect: police brevity, military precision, IC subtlety, and corporate clarity. What you’ll get out of it: The vocabulary to brief clearly, write tighter notes and align outcomes. Who it’s for: New entrants building confidence, experienced operators standardising language across teams, and corporate staff who need to understand EP without the chest-beating.

Why this module exists Great details fail on small manners. Protocol prevents offence. Empathy prevents escalation. Communication prevents confusion. Do these three and you’ll be the operator clients request by name. You will learn to: Apply protocol so senior people never feel awkward on your watch. Use empathy without losing authority. Communicate crisply: in person, on radio, and in writing.

Advancement in Executive Protection depends on reliable Command & Control. Completing the C2 course and submitting a sanitised C2 Brief proves you can plan, brief, execute, and document. Without it, you lose shortlist priority, L3 access, and map visibility. Required: TL Intent; Phase Plan with triggers; C2 Dashboard; measured Movement Legs; Handover and AAR. Assessment in 72 hours: Accepted, Targeted Fix, or Not Yet. Missing this gate delays trust, roles, and jobs. Capstone: C2 Field Brief

5 Quick Fire Lessons Learn what PACE stands for and it's importance. Simple RayTel (radio talk) procedures Common messaging platforms and uses Live location sharing Real time friction reduction

One sloppy tap on public Wi-Fi or a cloned room card can cost you the job. This module locks in OPSEC and device discipline: what to switch off, when to share live location, and how to carry, store, and update gear without leaking data. You’ll harden phones, laptops, wearables, and access cards (RFID/NFC/BLE). No myths—just practices that stop embarrassment, breaches, and career-ending mistakes.

Miss one comms detail, lose the job. In protection work, sloppy routes, vague briefs, and loose lips don’t just slow a day—they expose a principal, breach contracts and end careers. This module hardens your habits: what to say, what never to say, how to plan corridors, share live location safely and switch routes on triggers. Skip it, and you’ll keep firefighting. Master it, and you’ll be the calm operator teams rehire.