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SWAT TEAM
Development & Deployment

by Michael Holm

Foreword by Ron McCarthy

This book will sharpen your tactical edge!

SWAT TEAM Development & Deployment is structured as a guide to select personnel, and equip and train them to conduct high-risk operations. Mission specific equipment and tactics are discussed, and actual operations are cited as examples. The conclusion discusses ramifications of operations and an overview of the future for SWAT and SPECOPS.

SWAT teams across the U.S. are confronted daily with unique critical incident response challenges. There is no such thing as a routine SWAT operation. If it were otherwise, there would not be a need for a SWAT team, patrol could handle everything.

That is why SWAT teams need specialized training and equipment to prepare for the unique and unexpected. There are, however, solid fundamental principles which enable SWAT teams to adapt their operational tactics to dynamic and high-risk operations.

These are the principles and tactics that Michael Holm has detailed in SWAT TEAM Development & Deployment.  Holm, a retired DEA agent with more than 25 years of operational experience around the world, provides police departments with a guidebook for creating and managing a capable SWAT team from recruitment, training, and equipment, through detailed descriptions of tactics for dealing with incidents ranging from a hostage-taking, aircraft hijacking, drug interdiction, and civil disturbance.

Complete with illustrations, diagrams, and checklists, SWAT TEAM Development & Deployment is a useful text for departments just beginning to form a SWAT team, and for those with an established team that will benefit from advanced instruction on tactics.

Organized into 29 chapters, SWAT TEAM Development & Deployment will enable a team to evaluate its personnel and equipment readiness, improve elements which may be deficient, and create a step-by-step guide for ongoing tactical training and rehearsals.

SWAT Team Development & Deployment is recommended for all members of a team – management and operators alike – and senior police officials who need to know the operational, safety, and legal issues uniquely attached to SWAT teams.

Read this book and you will learn:
How to organize and staff a team.
What equipment to use.
How to train for real-life missions.
What tactics are the most effective.
How to plan and operate for maximum safety.
How to maintain razor-edge readiness.

“Special Weapons and Tactics is a topic that is complex and multi-faceted. Mike Holm’s text covers a very broad range of issues, and is an easy read for the law enforcement officer who is looking for solid concise information that is easily located and absorbed. His book is like his career, honest, to the point, and a valuable asset that will remain relevant for many years to come.”
Ron McCarthy, LAPD Retired.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Historical Background
Team Structure
Selection of Personnel
Communications, Equipment and Weapons Selection
Vehicle Equipment and Team Driving Techniques
Movement Under Fire
Live Fire Training
Shooting House Construction
Camouflage
Hand Signals
Breaching Concepts
Less Lethal Weapons and Munitions
Diversionary Tactics an Diversionary Devices
Covert Audio and Visual Monitoring
Entry and Search Techniques
Mobile Arrest/Vehicle Assault
Linear Assault
Helicopter Insertion and Extraction
Rappel and Fast Rope
Civil Disorder Countermeasures
Scouting
Raid Planning
Long Rifle Program
VIP Security
Tactical Leadership
Tactical Operations Center
Hostage Negotiations and Rescue
Physical and Psychological Trauma
Future of SWAT and Special Military Units

Michael Holm retired from he U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Los Angeles, California, and is credited with making the world’s largest drug seizure in history – 21,700 kilograms of cocaine.  His DEA assignments included Chief of Europe, Middle East Desk in DEA Headquarters, Group Supervisor, Chicago, Illinois; SWAT Team Commander, Detroit, Michigan; Country Attaché, Cairo, Egypt.  He was also assigned to Beirut, Lebanon; Kabul, Afghanistan; Del Rio, Texas; Miami, Florida; and Seattle, Washington.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Police Science and Administration at Washington State University and joined the Seattle Police Department in 1968. He joined the DEA in 1969 and served extensively on special assignments worldwide throughout his career.  He has a Masters of Public Administration with areas of concentration in Criminal Justice and American Foreign Policy.

Item No 959
264 pages
Softcover
$29.95

PROVIDING PROTECTIVE SERVICES
A Practical Guide for Police & Security SECOND EDITION

by James A. King

To succeed in the protective service field you need to know how to proceed every step of the way. In this comprehensive guide, James King, a veteran of more than 30 years of protective service and police work, offers a detailed roadmap to success.

Providing Protective Services gives you specific details on every aspect of the profession including: fundamentals of protective service, analysis of a threat, advance work, protection driving, countersurveillance, close quarter battle, site and conference security, residence and office security, bomb threats and devices, communications, and paramedicine.

Plus, Providing Protective Services has an extensive reference section which includes: Glossary Index Bibliography Resources And checklists for: Advance Security Building Survey Hospital Survey Known Threat Data Sheet Executive Profile Bomb Threats.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
History and Role of the Bodyguard
Analysis of the Threat
Fundamentals of Protective Services
Protective Driving
Advance Work
Site and Conference Security
Residence and Office Security
Search & Recognition of Improved Explosive Devices
Communications & Electronic Countersurveillance
Bodyguard Paramedicine
Close Quarter Battle
This and That

Item No 405
287 pages
Softcover
$29.95

PROVIDING EXECUTIVE PROTECTION – Volume II

Edited by Dr. Richard W. Kobetz

A true sequel to the highly acclaimed Providing Executive Protection this second volume goes deep into a rich soil of knowledge tilled and worked over by a small band of dedicated professionals.  Its thoroughness is a response to the increase in domestic crime and worldwide terrorism which have created the need for updated and improved protective services.

The watchword, for those who provide protective services is vigilance.  The personal protection specialist can never afford to rest upon his or her laurels.  An impeccable, perofessional career, attested by the years, can be destroyed in a heartbeat by a moment’s inattention, or the cruel, inexorable swiftness of the assassin’s bullet, bomb, or slashing blade.  Over the years, personal protection specialists have relied on the need to expect the unexpected; it is the kinetic energy by which the profession of protection is driven.  This is a stressful business and that subject finds, in a practical way, further insightful expression in these pages.

This is a book for those who need protection, those who manage protective services, and those who provide or wish to provide personal protection

Providing Executive Protection is an anthology consisting of 26 chapters by different authors.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I:  HANDS-ON TECHNIQUES IN PERSONAL PROTECTION
• Theory of Defensive Combat: Unarmed Close Quarter Third Party Defense
• Executive Transportation – the Right Way
• Handguns – the Primary Weapon of the Security Specialist
• Driving and Shooting
• The Use of K9s in Executive Security
• The Threat of Carjacking

PART II:  INTERPERSONAL ASPECTS OF CONCERN
• Sex and the Single Bodyguard
• Media Encounters of the Non-Destructive Kind
• Psychological Factor to Consider When Hiring Personal Protection Specialists
• Being Prepared
• Ethics and Traits of the Personal Protection Specialist
• Intelligence Gathering, Operative and Operations

PART III:  PROTECTIVE OPERATIONS
• Mission Moscow
• Reducing Liability Exposure Through Minimizing Opportunity for Violent Acts
• Dealing With Confrontations
• Corporate & Private Security Advance Work
• Protective Operations in the Corporate Environment
• Corporate Aircraft Security
• Long Guns and the Personal Protection Specialist
• Learning to Recognize and Manage the Abnormal Personality

PART IV:  PRACTICAL MATTERS
• The Notebook Computer: A Portable Powerhouse for the EP Specialist
• Professional Dress for the Female PPS
• Communications Integrity: Electronic Surveillance and Audio Countermeasures
• Medical Kit Considerations
• Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance as a Protection Function
• The Private Eye

Dr. Richard W. Kobetz is acknowledged as the father and leading authority of modern day personal protection.  He is internationally acclaimed and respected for his pioneering development of doctrine, philosophy, and training procedures for executive and dignitary protection, counterterrorism, and T.N.T. (Tactics and Negotiation Techniques) in hostage rescue operations.

His vast experiences as a practitioner from police patrolman to chief of police and security officer to director of security combined with over a decade as Assistant Director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) have provided him with credential as an author, lecturer, and provider of unique quality training.  He serves as a consultant on protective issues and directs a network of qualified men and women who respond to both emergency and routine protective assignments.

The success of his associates and their renowned achievements and expertise are recognized in their respective fields of endeavor.

Item No. 110
306 Pages
Hardcover
$30.00

PROVIDING EXECUTIVE PROTECTION – Volume I

Edited by Dr. Richard W. Kobetz

This is a very thorough book on providing personal protection for others – and protecting yourself.  It is a response to the increase in domestic crime and worldwide terrorism which have created the need for improved protective services.  All of the contributors have presented their expertise indicating the wide dimensions of concerns and involvement of the Personal Protection Specialist.  Considerations which include: threat analysis, risk management, detailed advance work, travel movements, “stalker” awareness, home and office and recreational security measures, all with an emphasis on maximum protection with minimum lifestyle intervention.

The theme is a deliberate avoidance of confrontation with an emphasis upon keeping a “Principal” out of harms way through a low profile exposure as necessary.  Allowing those who have protection to do what they wish to do and go where they wish to go with the maximum of safety and the minimum of inconvenience.  Protective measures include attacks, accidents, medical emergencies, fire, disasters and embarrassments.  Everyone who wishes to be aware of what professionally provided executive protection is really all about would benefit from reading this book.  A “bodyguard” may be able to help you to get out of trouble, but, a Personal Protection Specialist (P.P.S) will keep you from getting into trouble.

Providing Executive Protection is an anthology consisting of 20 chapters by different authors.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I:  ORGANIZATION, THREATS, AND INTELLIGENCE
• Threat Assessment in Personal Protection
• Operational Intelligence: Profiling Your Principal
• An Introduction to Providing Protective Services
• Establishing a Command Post
• Team Dynamics: Working Together, Working Smart

PART II:  ADVANCE WORK, UNWANTED VISITORS, AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
• Advance Work, Travel, and Hotel Security
• Interviewing Unwanted Visitors
• Portable Protection Technology

PART III:  FINE TUNING YOUR APPROACH
• Stress and the Personal Protection Specialist
• Appearance and Dress
• Manners and Mannerisms for the Personal Protection Specialist
• Dining, Etiquette, Protocol

PART IV:  DEFENSIVE MEASURES
• Defensive Driving Techniques
• Emergency Medical Care
• Techniques and Principles of Protection: Close Range

PART V:  ADDITIONAL CONCERNS
• Legal Considerations in the Use Of Force
• An Executive’s Guide to Security Construction Projects
• Terrorism: the Female Dimension
• Defense Against Terrorist Tactics
• A Perspective on Person Protection

Dr. Richard W. Kobetz is acknowledged as the father and leading authority of modern day personal protection.  He is internationally acclaimed and respected for his pioneering development of doctrine, philosophy, and training procedures for executive and dignitary protection, counterterrorism, and T.N.T. (Tactics and Negotiation Techniques) in hostage rescue operations.

His vast experiences as a practitioner from police patrolman to chief of police and security officer to director of security combined with over a decade as Assistant Director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) have provided him with credential as an author, lecturer, and provider of unique quality training.  He serves as a consultant on protective issues and directs a network of qualified men and women who respond to both emergency and routine protective assignments.

The success of his associates and their renowned achievements and expertise are recognized in their respective fields of endeavor.

Item No. 102
Hardcover
$30.00

UPDATE ONE – TO THE FIRST EDITION
If you do not have the First Edition, do not purchase this Update.  Purchase the Second Edition CD Version instead.

UPDATE ONE IS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION AND INCLUDES:

A new section on PURSUIT law.

MERCHANTS AT WAR
Survival Tactics For Armed and Unarmed Merchants

Every day in America, retail merchants and customers die at the hands of armed robbers.  Most die because their store was an easy target, had no preventive security measures, and the merchants were unprepared to defend themselves, their employees, and their customers.

Those merchants who fail to take proactive measures to reduce their vulnerability to armed robbers will suffer a loss of business because customers will not risk patronizing high risk stores, or worse yet, be injured or killed by robbers who are increasingly more brazen and well armed.
 
MERCHANTS AT WAR: Survival Tactics For Armed and Unarmed Merchants provides retail merchants with a step-by-step guide for:
~ Making their store a hard target to rob.
~ Protecting themselves, their employees, and their customers in the event of a robbery.
~ How to fight back using a variety of tactics…including deadly force.
 
MERCHANTS AT WAR is an invaluable resource to merchants who already have a store, and especially valuable to those who plan to open or remodel a store because it has extensive information about tactical store design useful in thwarting robbers.

MERCHANTS AT WAR provides a wealth of information retailers can apply immediately to make their stores safer.  This practical guide shows you how to…
…design your store to deter robberies.
…construct a “Personal Defense Zone” in your store.
…protect your cash and merchandise.
…make your “backroom” a life-saving refuge.
…spot suspicious characters entering your store.
…protect yourself after closing.
…use video security systems.
…educate your employees about what to do if robbed.
…make sure your defensive tactics and actions are legal.
…devise personal protection tactics for use before, during, and after a robbery.
…design and build a “Merchant Friendly Counter.”
…respond when confronted by an armed robber.
…protect yourself legally if you use deadly force.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Proactive Considerations
2. Mindset
3. Justification
4. Judgement
5. Tactics
6. Firearms
7. Marksmanship Training
8. Defensive Shooting Techniques
9. Reloading Techniques
10. Malfunctions
11. Confrontation
12. Aftermath
13. An Interview with a Victim