Executive Protection Institute

We are honored to have been chosen, since 1978, to provide training in our concept of personal protection techniques for personnel assigned to the best government, best private and best corporate protective teams in the world. We have more than 15 qualified instructors whom are acknowledged authorities in their subject specialties and continue to be practitioners with vast personal experience in providing protective services. They have collectively written the major contributions to the literature currently available in personal protection and are regarded as the most respected trainers in the field. Our intensive training programs are offered throughout the country with our premier 7 Day, 100 hour plus, Providing Executive Protection training program being offered only twice a year in Winchester, Virginia. Our school has become most well-known for establishing the Personal Protection Specialist (PPS) certification for graduates of the 7 day Providing Executive Protection training program. Our graduates have gone on to continue training and practicing the techniques of the Personal Protection Specialist. After graduation, our graduates are nominated to become members of the Nine Lives Associates. The active on-line members’ only message board provides an unparalleled networking opportunity in job opportunities, current information, guidance, assistance and support. The Nine Lives Associates logo of the CAT pin is recognized globally. It signifies excellence in training, performance, integrity and professionalism and is awarded only to graduates of the Executive Protection Institute’s "Providing Executive Protection 7-day Program". If you want to be among the best and most professional Personal Protection Specialists in the world, join us at the Executive Protection Institute.