Services We Provide
R.L. Oatman & Associates, Inc. offers a wide range of services for the private, corporate, and public sectors. In addition to our renowned executive protection training programs, we're an active executive protection firm with services that range from threat assessments to complete executive protection details. Our expertise is also available for discrete investigative and background services.
Personal and Corporate Protection Services
Our approach to personal protection is
grounded in the belief that the best protective
assistance is an effective blend of facilitation and
security. We have consistently demonstrated that
personal protection can be a comfortable and seamless element of the private or
corporate environment. Protective consulting services
include full-scale risk assessment and protective program
development. This firm is frequently called upon to
supplement a variety of security tasks that exceed the
client’s resources or expertise.
We currently provide personnel support, investigative assistance, and security advice
to a number of international corporations.
Risk & Vulnerability Assessments
The purpose of a threat assessment is to
discern and analyze the risks faced by an individual and to
make practical recommendations toward protecting that
person. In order to accurately assess the level of
risk faced by someone and to make fact-based recommendations
to reduce that risk, it is necessary to conduct an in-depth
protective analysis of such areas as the office, home,
transportation practices, activities and other areas of
vulnerabilities. The Oatman team c
arefully
examines all of those factors by looking from the inside out
(through site visits, personal interviews, and document
reviews) and the outside in (through research into what
information outsiders can obtain about the individual’s
attractiveness as
targets). The assessment team then carefully analyzes the findings and makes practical recommendations, benchmarking both against risks and security practices in similar environments.
Armored Transportation Services
These
vehicles are owned and operated by executive protection
specialists from R.L. Oatman & Associates, Inc. for use in
protective assignments.
Our vehicles include a Level IV protected Cadillac, a Chevrolet Suburban LT and a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. All of our vehicles are also available to third party protective details and clients under short and long term leasing arrangements.
E-mail: info@rloatman.co
Elements of
Executive
Protection
Executive protection has almost nothing to do with the usual image of a bodyguard. EP specialists, or agents, are professionals who attend specialized schools to learn and improve their craft, and they mostly use their wits, not weapons. (They know that if you have time to draw your firearm, you have time to shield or remove the principal instead.)
Adversaries, such as street criminals, kidnappers, and terrorists, hold nearly all the cards: they choose the time, place, and method of attack. To counter that advantage, EP specialists use their intellect, diplomacy, and cunning to anticipate threats and then help the principal avoid them--basically, to win the battle before it ever begins. EP specialists use the same skills to avoid or respond to other dangers, such as car crashes, fires, and other twists of fate.
EP specialists are also careful to arrange protection so that it is as transparent as possible. In fact, good protection makes life easier for the executive. Travel runs more smoothly, unwanted interruptions are reduced at work and at home, and security worries and transportation hassles are reduced or eliminated.