Situation
Close-protection mandates where the security detail, the route and the diplomatic protocol are each run by different hands. The gaps between them are where things go wrong.
Objective
One command for logistics and communications, so the licensed protection team, the route plan and the protocol move as a single plan.
Approach
How this desk would run it
Advance Route Survey
Primary and fallback routes surveyed ahead of time, with timings, choke points and safe stops.
Secure Comms Setup
One communications plan for every team on the move, with a fallback if the first channel fails.
Contingency Evacuation Planning
Agreed exits and medical options for each stage, decided before the day.
Diplomatic Liaison
Protocol offices and hosts briefed, so the movement and the formalities fit each other.
Sequence
Indicative order of work
Phase 01
Advance
Routes, venues and protocol requirements surveyed.
Phase 02
Plan
Movement, communications and contingencies agreed with the licensed security partner.
Phase 03
Movement
The plan runs from one command desk.
Phase 04
Debrief
What held and what did not, recorded for the next mandate.
Outcome
MOVEMENT COMPLETED
In this scenario the mandate is met when every movement runs to the plan, and nobody outside the detail notices that it happened.
Protection itself is delivered only through PSARA-licensed agencies, engaged for each mandate. Our part is planning, logistics, communications and protocol.
Desk
Who would run it