New program – Immediate Action Driving
VDI’s Immediate Action Driving Skills course is designed to provide security practitioners – from the entry-level protection specialist to highly experienced private sector, military and law enforcement professionals - the training and experience needed to deal with the worst-case scenario, a vehicle ambush. Where survival comes down to the driver’s ability to respond instinctively to the threat, when the difference between success and failure is measured in tenths of a second. For more information and to register for the course click here.

Situational Awareness Part 2
 As discussed in part one understanding the threat is crucial to professional protection under any circumstances, anywhere. The fact that no one can “Protect against everything, every where, all the time” means narrowing down the threat to a specific kind of tactic and that is very helpful in timely counter actions.Read More

ESI Training
ESI and Tony Scotti’s VDI will be sponsoring a 3 Day Protective Driving Operations in Grand Junction Colorado. The course provides participants with a unique opportunity to build upon their existing training and further develop the knowledge, skill and ability required to perform one of the most challenging aspects of protection, providing safe and secure transportation in a high risk environment.

Being A Bodyguard
So you want to be a bodyguard.  Do you have want it takes?  Can you shoot everything from a crossbow to a mini-gun, fight your way out of a hotel lobby filled with terrorists, win the Indy 500, and tell the difference with a sip between every type of wine from $4.99 to 25K a bottle?  If you answered yes, then your career path is in movies and TV roles, not living life as a bodyguard.  Most of the men and ladies in this line of work have a background of either Law Enforcement or Military service. Read More