Course Description:

A protective team in a high-risk area spends most of the day in vehicles, with a long gun and heavy ballistic protection. Personal Security Detail is a week of training that prepares you for that kind of deployment, including how the team should respond when the convoy is attacked on the route.

PSD (Personal Security Detail, a protective team escorting a protected person) is a seven-day tactical course for aspiring and current protective team operators and security contractors. It prepares you for deployments in countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria or African states. You will learn foot formations and team movement, convoy organization and management, embussing and debussing vehicles, and responding to an attack both at a static location and on the move. On top of that come mission planning and advance team work, route planning, working with a tracking system, radio communication and tactical driver training in a hostile environment.

You then bring everything together in scenarios with FX Simunition weapons (pistols, AR15 or H&K 416 rifles and MP5 or MP7 submachine guns), in live fire and in complex scenarios in a realistic environment. FX training weapons and ammunition are included in the course fee, and you can rent a pistol and a rifle for the live-fire part for your chosen date.

We never have more than 8 students per instructor, so everyone gets attention and we debrief the team's work together after every scenario.

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Who Is This Course For:

For those preparing to work on protective teams abroad or who want to find out what this work looks like. Dynamic Pistol 1 and Dynamic Rifle 1 are required, and the course is only for shooters who handle both pistol and rifle precisely and safely. If you are more interested in protecting a client in Europe, Close Protection is a better fit.

What You Will Learn:

After a week you know how PSD operations are planned and run in a high-risk environment. You can move in a protective foot formation, get into and out of a vehicle with the protected person, organize and manage a convoy and respond to an attack both at a static location and on the move. You can plan a mission and a route, use a tracking system, you know what the advance team does, and you can maintain communication and coordination within the team by radio. You have completed tactical driver training in a hostile environment, and you have tested it all with FX Simunition, in live fire and in complex scenarios.

Contents:

Theory of high-risk PSD operations, protective foot formations and team movement, embus and debus procedures, convoy organization and management, responding to an attack at a static location and on the move, actions on contact, mission planning and advance team work, route planning and working with a map and a tracking system, radio communication and team coordination, tactical driver training in a hostile environment, scenarios using FX Simunition, live fire and complex scenarios in a realistic environment.

Required Equipment:

Tactical clothing or a combat uniform and solid outdoor or duty footwear (both suited to the current weather and outdoor temperatures), a belt, a high-quality and safe hard holster worn on the strong side and covering the trigger guard (preferably kydex) and spare magazine pouches for both the handgun and the long gun, a plate carrier or full ballistic protection including a helmet, shooting glasses, hearing protection (earmuffs, earplugs, etc.), knee pads, writing materials and a flash drive or external hard drive. On the last two days of the course (scenarios in a realistic environment), you will spend the whole day in full gear with a long gun, so try your gear on in advance and adjust it so you can work in it comfortably.

Nylon or similar soft holsters, whether inside or outside the waistband, as well as shoulder holsters, are very dangerous for the user both in training and in real-life carry. Please avoid wearing them on the course and in real life. We can rent you high-quality kydex holsters by RH Holsters for Glock 17/19/26/43, Walther PDP/PPQ/PPS/Creed, H&K SFP9 and S&W MP9 pistols, together with a magazine pouch, for a small fee. Just click on the course date of your choice and order the holster you need in the section below the weapon selection. Appendix carry holsters, worn at the front of the waistband, are allowed provided they meet the definition of a high-quality and safe hard holster, preferably kydex, worn on the strong side and covering the trigger guard.

Weapon:

Semi-automatic pistol with two magazines, semi-automatic rifle with two magazines, at least 300 rifle rounds and 100 pistol rounds. For subcompact pistols (for example G43/42) we recommend at least 3 magazines. If you do not own one or both guns or would like to try a different one, we can provide a pistol or rifle with holsters, ammunition and other accessories for your chosen course date. Just click on the course date and you will see a full list of weapons available for that date. In the first section you will find complete packages, which always include a pistol or rifle with two magazines, kydex pistol and magazine holsters, eye and ear protection and the number of rounds needed for the course.

If you bring your own factory ammunition, you can choose to rent the gun only. The full list of rental guns, along with the option to order ammunition, holsters or protective equipment separately, can be found in the sections below.

For the tactical part of the course, we will provide you free of charge with our FX Simunition force-on-force training weapons: Glock 17 Gen4 or Gen5 pistols, AR15 or H&K 416 semi-automatic rifles and H&K MP5 or MP7 submachine guns. Long guns come with a sling and a magazine, pistols with a kydex belt holster. You can bring your own AR15 or H&K MP5, and we will lend you just the FX conversion kit for it. That way you can train with the weapon you are used to (please let us know about this in advance by email). FX Simunition ammunition is included in the course fee.

Tactical Courses and the Law:

Czech law does not regulate participation in tactical courses in any way. You don't need a firearms license or any other permit, and it doesn't matter whether you are a citizen of the Czech Republic, another EU country or a country outside the EU. Czech law sets no fixed minimum age, but a minor participant must be reasonably mature, both mentally and physically. We do not recommend registering children under 15 for a course this intensive.

Firearms and the Law:

You do not need a firearms license, background check or criminal record extract to attend this course. Our instructor will hand you the weapon and you will train with it under his constant supervision. Czech law sets no fixed minimum age, but a minor participant must be reasonably mature, both mentally and physically. We do not recommend registering children under 15 for a course this intensive.

There is no restriction on the barrel length of semi-automatic rifles, and high-capacity magazines are allowed. Suppressors and weapon-mounted lasers and lights are legal in the Czech Republic.

If you hold a European Firearms Pass (EFP) with your firearm listed in it, you may temporarily bring it to the Czech Republic and use it for training. Under Czech law it is enough to prove the purpose of your visit, for example with your course booking or another document confirming the reason for your trip. An official invitation is not required by law. The EFP also covers carrying an amount of ammunition that matches the purpose of the trip, for example for a competition or training. Please note that transit countries or your airline may apply their own limits or requirements. If you plan to travel through several countries or by air, contact us and we will help you prepare any documents you may need, such as an invitation.

Timing:

Class starts at 9:00 am. Please arrive at the training site no later than 8:30–8:45 am. The course usually ends around 6:00 pm, with a 30-minute lunch break during the day.

Venue:

We run our courses at various locations across the Czech Republic. You will find the exact venue for each date in the calendar, just click on the date. For multi-day courses that use more than one location, all venues are listed there.

Please check the venue carefully before booking. The same course often runs at different locations on different dates. Every now and then a student books a date expecting it to be at our home base, the Oleško shooting range, only to find out on the day that the course is taking place in Moravia, some 300 km away. To avoid this, always click on the date before booking and check where that particular date takes place.

Language:

Czech with English translation available.

Accommodation and Food:

Accommodation is not included in the course fee, each participant arranges and pays for it themselves. There is a 30-minute lunch break, so bring food that doesn't need cooking or ordering, such as an Adventure Menu type ration, an MRE or food from home, and enough to drink for the whole day.

Where to Go Next:

A PSD operator needs more than one skill set, so we recommend continuing your training in several directions. Tactical Driving and Tactical Driving Advanced will take you further behind the wheel, adding evasive maneuvers, 180-degree turns, breaking out of a vehicle block, ramming through a light barricade and the PIT maneuver. You will be the one treating a wounded team member, so our medical courses Combat LifeSaver and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, followed by Combat LifeSaver Advanced and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Advanced, make sense. For close combat there are Hand to Hand Combat and Gun Retention and Expandable Baton, and you can develop your shooting at Dynamic Pistol 2, Dynamic Rifle 2 and the higher levels of both series. Once you complete Dynamic Pistol 3 and Dynamic Rifle 2, VCQB opens up for you, focusing on shooting and tactics around vehicles. If you will be protecting a client in a civilian environment, you will find the civilian counterpart at Close Protection.

Have a Question?

You will find answers to the most common questions in our Questions and Answers section. Didn't find what you were looking for? Write or call us using any of our contacts, we will be happy to help.

Video from a Real PSD Mission:

On our YouTube channel you can watch a video from a real PSD mission in Baghdad. You will see what the actual work of a protective team looks like, the work this course prepares you for. The video is in English.

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