I am pleased to announce that the book launch date has finally been set along with the online training programme. On Friday 22nd February 2019, the softcover will be available on Blurb.com, Amazon Prime, Apple iBooks, Google Books and much more. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-Chandler/e/B07NCY3T8W/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 Keep an eye on my "Author Profile" on Amazon as I believe this is where it will first be available on Amazon for Prime account holders. The book Techni

The changes to the Close Protection Training Course written by security industry expert and international advisor Michael Chandler

I am often asked why the close protection training course that I wrote does not include firearms training. The answer is simple but relatively long and that is, the course I wrote was to be used by Vanquish Training Academy from which Vanquish Security would recruit candidates from. The type of close protection tasks that Vanquish® deploy operatives onto are usually for two main principal types; celebrities and high-net-worth individuals and are more often then not, low threa

When I started my close protection course, I was overwhelmed by the other candidates/ course attendees because of their age, military/ policing backgrounds and general confidence. I was bar far the youngest on the course. In fact, if I remember correctly, the next youngest person was 9 years older than me which at 22, is a big difference. If you would have asked me before the course started the type of people I hope will be on the course, I would probably have chosen people t