Executive's Guide to Personal Security, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 7Travel to High‐Risk Areas

MOST CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST OPERATIONS are not conducted at random. Virtually all terrorist or criminal attacks are preceded by a preoperational stage where intelligence is gathered about the intended target. If you are required to travel potentially dangerous areas or are a high‐profile individual or a security professional responsible for protecting a high‐profile individual, this chapter will be of extreme interest to you. We discuss the principles of route selection to reduce vulnerability while driving. You will learn how surveillance is performed in order to understand how to utilize countersurveillance techniques to detect whether you are being watched or followed and also learn the importance of not falling into predictable patterns of behavior. Additionally, we cover the topic of evacuation of personnel from high‐risk area.

PRINCIPLES OF ROUTE SELECTION AND GENERAL VEHICLE SAFETY MEASURES

Attacks on individuals who are driving their vehicles are common with both terrorists and common criminals. An individual traveling by car can be quite vulnerable. If the bad guys have spent any time at all watching you, they will know exactly when and where you will be most vulnerable and act against you at that moment. It is for this reason that we have devoted a separate chapter to teaching Americans living in or traveling to the more problematic parts of the world how to minimize risk involving vehicles. Since attacks while driving are common ...