Self-paced online • Command-level course
Tactical & Operational Team Commanders for CP & EP
The planning and command course for close protection and executive protection team commanders, built on the military appreciation process and adapted for civilian protection anywhere in the world. 41 self-paced lessons, 7 downloadable command templates and the graded Operation HARBOUR LIGHT capstone.
$2,500 USD • self-paced • start today
Learn one disciplined command cycle — appreciation, concept of operations, SMEAC orders, back-briefs, command and control, incidents and after-action review — and use it on your very next task.
The course
41 lessons
A welcome, 10 teaching modules and a capstone.
Two tracks, one method
Tactical Commander and Operational Commander tracks.
7 command templates
Downloadable and ready for your next task.
Self-paced
About 12–18 hours of core content plus the capstone.
What you will learn
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- ■Run a protective appreciation from a vague tasking to a defensible decision
- ■Turn threat and risk assessments into planning factors
- ■Write a one-page concept of operations
- ■Write and deliver SMEAC orders, from full order to 60-second brief
- ■Run back-briefs and rehearsals that expose misunderstanding early
- ■Stay in command as the plan changes
- ■Direct incidents, medical responses and escalation
- ■Command within the law wherever you work
- ■Run after-action reviews that actually change your procedures
Who this course is for
- ■Close protection and executive protection team leaders, detail leaders and shift leaders
- ■Experienced operators stepping up to their first command
- ■Operations managers, program leads and duty managers
- ■Former military and law enforcement professionals moving into private protection
- ■Corporate security managers who task, oversee or assure protective teams
Why this training matters
Most protective failures don’t start with an attacker. They start with a team that didn’t share the same picture. Most protection training teaches you how to work a detail — very little teaches you how to command one.
A commander who completes this course can:
Decide
Turn a vague tasking into a decision you can defend.
Plan
Build a plan your team understands.
Brief
Give orders they can repeat back.
Review
Run a review that makes the next job better.
Why choose this course
- ■Built on the military appreciation process and adapted for civilian protection
- ■Global in outlook: teaches the questions to ask where law differs
- ■Realistic fictional scenarios and two branching “choose your path” exercises
- ■Special Forces case studies drawn only from public sources
- ■Module knowledge checks (pass mark 80%) and a graded capstone
Stop learning command by trial and error on live tasks. Learn the method, practise it on realistic scenarios, and prove it in the capstone.
Please note
Professional development only. Not a security licence or accredited qualification in any jurisdiction. This course does not teach hands-on operator skills such as formations, protective driving or defensive tactics.
Ready to command? Start today.
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