ESS Global Corp, a leader in protection and security, offers the only Florida D.O.E. Approved Executive Protection Training in Clearwater.
Updated 12-15-16 2018 Calendar is up – Also ESS Global Corp is now approved by the VA to accept GI Bill Benefits.
Executive Protection Training in Clearwater Florida
Our three (3) day D.O.A Approved Executive Protection School will provide you with the basic knowledge and techniques commonly used by the Secret Service, State Police, Highway Patrols, VIP and Dignitary Protection Units responsible for protecting politicians and other domestic and foreign dignitaries around the world. Our ESS Global Executive Protection Training is designed for career veterans as a refresher, or beginners in the world of close protection. This D.O.A. Certified Executive Protection Training gives you a strong start in the security industry covering city, county and state government organizations, corporate security services, security agencies and private individuals.

ESS Global Corp, maintains an Executive Protection School that is currently the only state licensed Executive Protection School through the Florida Department of Education – and one of only a very few nationwide – and is also in the process of becoming Post 9/11 GI Bill approved by the Department of Veteran Affairs. UPDATE 12-15-16 ESS is VA Approved to accept GI Benefits.
Also, if you have been looking online for Executive Protection Training, it’s important to note that in the close protection/ executive protection industry, there is no “license”, there is no state testing, and their are no state boards in most every state. Consequently, in nearly every state, Executive Protection Training is usually lumped into the same category as Security Guards or Private Investigation Services and has very little to do with either one of those industries.
Yet online we see training to earn your “certified protection specialist credentials” advertised on various websites.

You should be aware that no government agency is regulating these schools, training centers and trainers. So know this; No government agency regulates or monitors what is taught and who is teaching it. Thus, anybody off the street could be teaching you, and you could be paying for false, misleading, or inaccurate information. The “protection credentials” you are handed at the end of the training, is simply a piece of paper from the trainer and nothing more.
This is exactly where the ESS Global Executive Protection Training School differs. We are D.O.E licensed and our curriculum and instructors are all regulated and monitored by the D.O.E., and only a select few elite schools across the nation are D.O.E. approved and certified for executive protection training.
It all starts with our Executive Protection Training in Clearwater.
In addition to Executive Protection Training, ESS Global also has Advanced Executive Protection training courses covering;
- All In One Training

- Situational Awareness Training
- Executive Protection Advanced
- Threat Assessment and Security Advance Tactics
- Motorcade Operations
- Defense Tactics and Hand-to-Hand
- Concealed Weapons Permit (CWP)
- ASP Tactical Baton, OC Spray & Handcuffing
- Gun Safety / Shooting Fundamentals Course
- Church Security
- First Aid & CPR/AED
- D – License (Florida)
- G – License (Florida)
If you are serious about the Executive Protection Industry, choose a school that is serious. If you are serious about Executive Protection Training in Clearwater and the surrounding area, choose a school that is licensed and approved by the D.O.E. for Executive Protection Training.
ESS Global also offers group rates, discounts, referrals and private classes. ESS will take its top-rated D.O.E. Executive Protection Training course to you as well as offering private courses for groups, organizations or businesses.
If you are a veteran, please ask us about our flexible payment options.
Please call 727-940-7926 or email us at info@essglobalcorp.com for inquires or to register for an upcoming Executive Protection Training in Clearwater.

The ASP Basic Handcuff Certification (ABC) is a 4-hour, hands-on seminar which trains participants in the operational use of the hinged and chain handcuffs, as well as the proprietary ASP flex-cuffs. The program is simple to learn and easy to understand. It provides effective mechanical restraint tactics for law enforcement and private security personnel without long hours of training. The techniques were designed to work effectively for all users, male and female, large and small, fit as well as those in less-than-peak physical condition.
Brandishing a firearm is not the solution to every confrontation, but rather taking action first will always beat reacting last.
These Executive Protection Certifications training classes are an absolute must for those that are serious about success in the Executive Protection/Bodyguard/Security Guard Industry.
The ESS Global Advanced Executive Protection Training entails all the necessary work required for a live detail. Students will have to now put into action everything they learned in the Executive Protection training course. You will have to perform a security advance and threat assessment in preparation for a real live detail with a VIP on the final day of class.
This Advanced Executive Protection Course will only be for those who have completed and excelled in our D.O.E. approved Executive Protection training course. It will be by invitation only based on our instructors assessment of each student upon completion of the Executive Protection training course. Those who have completed Executive protection training courses at other agencies that we accept or have ample years of on the job training in the Executive Protection field may contact us as to whether they may or may not they qualify for this course.




This is exactly where the ESS Global Executive Protection Training School differs. We are licensed and our curriculum and instructors are all regulated and monitored by the D.O.E., and, only a select few elite schools are D.O.E. approved and certified for executive protection training.
The bottom line is that D.O.E. Executive Protection Training has more in common with Secret Service techniques, than what “Joe’s Bodyguard Training” offers. Most bodyguards fresh out of school, will not be able to define or discuss basic processes central to Executive Protection training such as; Threat Assessment, Advance Tactics, Route Reconnaissance, Embus and Debus plans, Area Surveillance, Movement Safety, Situational Awareness, Defensive Driving and Evasion, Crowd Control, Vehicle Placement/Movement, and more. Ask anyone in the Secret Service or Special Ops. Hands down it’s Executive Protection Training, with brains over brawn. 

Motorcade Tactics Certification
It’s all about ESS Global World Class Executive Protection Training. ESS Global Corp executive protection training is taught by elite executive protection professionals who have unmatched knowledge and experience in the Executive Protection Industry. During ESS Global Corp Executive Protection Training, our primary mission is to pass down our real world knowledge and experiences gained from protection assignments of high net-worth individuals in over 60 different countries around the world, directly to our students, in an effort to best prepare them to work as a professional in the Executive Protection/Close Protection/Bodyguard Industry.
ESS Global Corp is always looking to add trained agents to our team. Due to the nature of our business and the quality of service we maintain, agents who excel in our executive protection training programs may be asked to join our team for future employment opportunities. Those agents may also be added to our database and freelance roster which creates future opportunities not only with ESS Global Corp, but other agencies as well. ESS Global Corp often functions as a referral service for employment in the industry with other agencies or clients around the world.