Like so many of my former colleagues when we were agents, I was horrified at the school and church shootings; all while keeping our nation’s leaders safe from harm. I decided to take those techniques, lessons, and assets to the private sector. We don’t have to live this way.
When I was an agent with the U.S. Secret Service, I was positive I was living out my destiny. That it was that career that I was meant to chase.
Now, as a Director of Safety and Security for a two massive churches and two Christian academies, I know that God was preparing me to protect His people, not politicians.
I don’t know what happened to Senator Lindsay Graham, but I can tell you that as a retired Secret Service agent, U.S. Senators and Congressmen are notoriously under protected.
Shaq caught wind of this 7-foot-3 kid in Kemah, Texas who powered through the police academy only to fall one point short on the state exam. His whole dream of becoming an officer looked like it was slipping away right there.
Then Shaq jumped in and covered the guy’s living expenses for the next five months so he wouldn’t have to juggle a second job and could zero in on passing that test. Because of that extra push, Jordan Wilmore got back in, nailed it, and just got sworn in as a Kemah police officer.
Professional protection requires four main ingredients:
1. Be proactive, bodyguarding is ineffective.
2. Push the perimeter out. The further out you catch the perp, the less damage done.
3. Train Train Train - everyone and all the time.
4. Communication is King - Die Loudly.