要員保護(英語:executive protection)或稱重要人物保護(VIP protection)是保鑣的其中一種專業範疇,是針對要員提供近身保護,包括事前進行風險評估,確保要員的安全不受威脅,並且為到要員的個人尊嚴及人身、居所以及行程途中提供一切預防性的保護。要員保護通常由接受過相關專業訓練的人員所提供,政府部門通常是由軍隊、警察以至其他執法機關負擔[1],民間則通常由私人公司提供服務。
要員種類
要員種類廣泛,通常包括因為其身份(例如社會地位及所屬政黨等)、職業、財富及名譽以至其個人可能承受潛在威脅的人士,當中包括:國家元首、官員、政治人物、使節、富豪和明星等等。
訓練
各地区负责要員保護的政府部門
参考文献
延伸閱讀
- Braunig, Martha J. (1993). The Executive Protection Bible. Aspen, Colo.: ESI Education Development Corp. ISBN 978-0-9640627-0-2.
- De Becker, Gavin (2002). Fear Less: Real Truth About Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-08596-0.
- De Becker, Gavin (1997). The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-23502-0.
- De Becker, Gavin, Thomas A. Taylor, and Jeff Marquart (2008). Just 2 Seconds: Using Time and Space to Defeat Assassins: with a Compendium of Attacks against at-Risk Persons. Studio City, Calif.: Gavin de Becker Center for the Study and Reduction of Violence. ISBN 978-0-615-21447-4. [www.just2seconds.org]
- De Becker, Gavin (1999). Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane). New York: Dial Press. ISBN 978-0-385-33309-2.
- Karlin, Susan (November 8, 2007). "Covering Your Assets" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). Condé Nast Portfolio.
- Karlin, Susan (November 8, 2007). "How to Choose an Executive Protection Firm" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). Condé Nast Portfolio.
- Karlin, Susan (December 9, 2007). "The Secret Weapon of the Stars". ISRAEL21c.
- Kobetz, Richard W., ed. (1991). Providing Executive Protection. Berryville, Va.: Executive Protection Institute. ISBN 978-0-9628411-0-1, ISBN 978-0-9628411-1-8.
- Kobetz, Richard W., ed. (1994). Providing Executive Protection, Volume II. Berryville, Va.: Executive Protection Institute. ISBN 978-0-9628411-1-8.
- Oatman, Robert L. (1997). The Art of Executive Protection. Baltimore, Md.: Noble House. ISBN 978-1-56167-384-1.
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