The Defuse Podcast - The Strategy of Protective Intelligence with James Hamilton, Gavin de Becker’s Senior Vice President Quality in Protection and Training.

The Defuse Podcast - The Art and Science or Feeling Safer

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In this podcast, James will share his thoughts on how to onboard a client who requires protection or residential security together with the value for the protective intelligence requires to support those tasked with protecting others.
He discusses the skills required and training needed, the Theory of Controlled Spaces and the key aspects of the arrivals and departure zones, white space and some of the research from Gavin de Becker’s ‘Just 2 Seconds’ book.
This podcast is a must for anyone involved in the close or residential protection industry as well as those involved in delivering protective intelligence.

Bio
James leads Gavin de Becker’s Protection Quality team which conducts audits of GDBA’s protective programs to ensure their strategies align with their clients’ unique needs and to ensure their protectors meet their training and fitness standards and their certification requirements. He also manages the review of emergency incidents at their clients’ properties with the goal of enhancing their service to their clients.
James co-created GDBA’s Active Shooter Prevention and Response methodology.
He has trained thousands of employees at Fortune-500 companies, schools, universities, police departments, and government agencies in the U.S. and internationally on advanced concepts related to protection, including Active Shooter, Surveillance Detection, Attack Recognition, Foreign Weapons, Executive Protection, and Travel Safety.
He is also an Instructor at the GDBA Essential Protection Skills Academy and their Advanced Threat Assessment Academy.

One of the world’s true experts on protection, James was recruited from the FBI, where he created and developed the Academy’s Close Protection Course, currently taught to protectors of the U.S. Attorney General, the Director of the FBI, the NSA, and the NYPD, among other agencies.

A few other highlights from his career:

· Hand-selected for the FBI Tactical Training Unit, responsible for creating and developing the FBI Active Shooter training and guidance program.

· Certified FBI Instructor in Firearms, Active Shooter, Tactical Skills, Emergency Driving, and SWAT Operations.

· Four years on the Protection Team for the FBI Director, and three years on the Joint Terrorism Task Force that he was selected to create after 9/11.

James holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. He is a member of the ASIS Executive Protection Council, and he is certified as an instructor in Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT).

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