Can bodyguards protect you from police?

The simple answer is “No.” Bodyguards cannot protect their clients from arrest in a legal setting. A bodyguard’s primary goal is to ensure their client’s safety, and this is not a law enforcement position. Moreover, since bodyguards are not above the law, they cannot do much to resist the arrest of their clients.

Why do bodyguards carry briefcase?

It provides immediate and temporary protection during emergencies. This nuclear briefcase of India looks like armor and opens up like a protective wall. The briefcase assures NIJ level 3 ballistic protection to our PM. So, when you want to open the shield, you have to pull it downward.

When is a private security guard allowed to use deadly force?

, 20+ years in Security Consulting; Executive Protection, Threat Assessment. Generally speaking, in the U.S., a person acting as private security or anyone acting lawfully to protect is permitted to use deadly force if his or her life is in jeopardy or the life of another.

What is the job of a bodyguard?

Bodyguard, strictly speaking, has a single job – keep the VIP alive. By any means necessary. The best tool in keeping someone alive is rapid disengage from the situation. Quickly move VIP into more defensible position, or into a car to move him quickly away from the scene.

What kind of guns do bodyguards use?

Most bodyguards have high capacity handguns, or even some compact submachine guns. I know that some bodyguards use full auto handguns, such as Stechkin APS, discontinued now. The idea behind having immense firepower is not to kill people, it’s to present superior firepower to buy time.

What is the difference between VIP and bodyguard?

In literal way, bodyguard is an extension of the VIP, and an attempt on VIP’s life was made – someone wanted to kill him, and bodyguards have responded with lethal force. Yet, as I said – bodyguards are not fighting wars, they are there to keep someone alive first and foremost, at all costs.