| The first step in advanced kidnap avoidance is to stay | | | | device" to keep kidnappers from materializing out of |
| alert at all times and be aware of your environment. | | | | "nowhere." These techniques are novel, and |
| Executives on international assignments seldom pay | | | | executives should absorb their safety merits for the |
| attention to what is going on around them. Advanced | | | | prevention of kidnapping. The process is no more than |
| anti-kidnapping methods place a significant importance | | | | categorizing the severity of threats in the area to |
| on observation skills: keeping a constant state of | | | | determine a response. |
| vigilance, noticing suspicious actions of others, | | | | Watch for people loitering in the area. |
| anticipating and avoiding possible danger at long, | | | | Obtain ongoing assessment of information in the area. |
| medium and long range. | | | | Information provides an immediate threat "feedback" |
| Executive surveillance is a specially planned, organized | | | | loop. |
| and goal-oriented activity to detect the absence or | | | | Keep aware of people watching you. |
| presence of potential threats in your general area. The | | | | Be aware of groups of three or more persons on |
| difference between executive surveillance and | | | | "triangulation surveillance." |
| ordinary observation is that surveillance follows an | | | | Avoid people getting too close to you (Six feet is too |
| objective for keeping you safe as well as a detailed | | | | close). |
| observation plan that follows a precise method. | | | | Avoid vehicles positioning too close (One car length |
| Executive surveillance is used to spell out specific | | | | away is too close). |
| threats to personal safety within a particular location. | | | | See if there are any trends or patterns occurring in the |
| Executives need to know where kidnap threats are | | | | area. |
| greatest and when pre-kidnap surveillance is evident. | | | | Formulate an immediate response plan for certain |
| Therefore, a high priority for awareness is mandatory | | | | situations. |
| so decisions can be made and concrete preventative | | | | Prepare to retreat to a safe haven using awareness |
| action taken. | | | | and discipline. |
| The development of disciplines for executive | | | | "Ponder and deliberate before you make a move." - |
| surveillance is an easy skill to acquire and should | | | | Sun Tzu |
| become an essential part of your "radar and warning | | | | Keep safe and God Speed. |