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Contingency planning by executives help to further protect them on the road. They are designed to help minimize your risk of being a victim of violent crime.

In addition to following these preventative steps, you may want to consider planning for contingencies in case an unfortunate situation does occur.

In the Marines, we first create the plan of how we’d like our mission to go. But then, we’d create numerous contingency plans or “What if…” scenarios.

How would you respond to certain scenarios?

Scenario ...

When executives inquire how best to protect themselves while on the road, one of my first responses is:

Get your affairs in order.

In the event something did happen to you while on the road, it’s essential that you have your affairs arranged to minimize the impact on your friends and family.

Some things to consider as part of your pre-trip logistics are:

• Itinerary. Have you shared it with your trusted advisor(s) and family.
• Credit. Do you have ample credit on the cards you’re bringing. ...

Whether protecting yourself or hired to protect executives, it’s important to conduct advance Reconnaissance of your destination. It doesn’t matter whether you’re traveling internationally, or staying in your home country.

While in Special Forces, a vital step in our planning process involved conducting a Reconnaissance of an area or target.

Having been one of the operatives who conducted these ‘Recon’s’, I can tell you first hand of their importance. We’d collect information on the topography, enemy strength (and weakness). We’d survey bridges ...