There are few cases involving the negligent planning or actions of personal protection agents, such as bodyguards and executive protection teams. Most of the litigation that falls into this loose category relates to security personnel or bouncers employed in lounges and is covered under the Lounge and Hotel Security section of this Web site.

Mr. Schmedlen is extensively experienced in personal protection matters having designed many executive protection programs for medium-risk and high-risk executives in both domestic and foreign venues.

Please scroll down to view Mr. Schmedlen's basic experience and history in the field of personal protection.

EXPERIENCE WITH PERSONAL PROTECTION AND BODYGUARD OPERATIONS

Immediately following the terrorist takeover of the Achille Lauro, Mr. Schmedlen was employed to evaluate the risk for 200 Canadians scheduled for an incentive cruise in the Mediterranean. Additionally, while on site in Greece, he developed and managed a security program to ensure the safety of the group at the Athens airport, aboard the cruise ship and ashore in the Greek Islands, Turkey and elsewhere in Europe.

Mr. Schmedlen was the Protection Program Coordinator for Dr. Charles Kramer of the American Committee to Bring Nazi War Criminals to Justice during the deportation proceedings of Archbishop Valerian Trifa; the first Nazi (Romanian Iron Guard) in history to be deported from the United States.

Mr. Schmedlen has also created many executive protection programs per se, both domestic and foreign. However, due to contractual agreements, increased risk potential and insurance considerations, neither specific clients nor client companies may be identified. Subjects of these programs have ranged from medium risk U. S. executives, to high risk politically-involved foreign nationals and motion picture and television personalities.

In most cases, these programs were developed with input from specialists in this field.

On many occasions over the years, Mr. Schmedlen has acted as a personal protection agent per se for executives, celebrities and other high risk targets.

Additionally, he has thousands of hours experience providing personal protection during violent strike and riot situations. Also click here to see Strike Security case title.

Questions on this subject? Write Roger H. Schmedlen, CPP, CFE, CII, MIPI

Personal Protection, Bodyguard, and Bouncer Security Expert Witness travel time is capped as follows on litigation cases:
3 hours round trip: Illinois (Northeast Illinois including Chicago IL), Indiana (North of Muncie IN), Michigan (All of Michigan except MI Upper Peninsula), Ohio (Columbus OH and Northern OH)
4 hours round trip: Delaware (All of DE), District of Columbia (Metropolitan Washington DC area), Florida (Orlando FL south including Florida keys), Illinois (All of IL except, Northeast Illinois, Chicago IL), Indiana (South of Muncie IN), Iowa (All of IA east of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Eastern KS area including Kansas City KS), Kentucky (All of KY), Maryland (All of MD), Michigan (Central and Eastern Upper Peninsula, MI), Minnesota (East of Detroit Lakes MN), Missouri (All of MO), New Jersey (All of NJ), New York (All of NY including NYC), North Carolina (West of Raleigh Durham NC metro area), Ohio (Southern OH, south of Columbus OH), Oregon (Coastal OR areas including Portland OR), Pennsylvania (All of PA), South Carolina (Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), Tennessee (All of TN), Virginia (Western VA west of Richmond VA), Washington (Coastal WA cities), West Virginia (All of WV), Wisconsin (All of WI)
5 hours round trip: Alabama (All of AL), Arkansas (All of AK), Arizona (Southern half of AZ south of Prescott AZ to Nogales AZ and including the Phoenix AZ and Tucson AZ areas), Arizona (Northwest AZ including Lake Mead, AZ and Las Vegas, NV areas), California (Western CA coastal cities regions and Southern California including Los Angeles CA, Orange County CA and northwestern regions such as San Francisco CA), Colorado (Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Connecticut (All of CT), Florida (North of Orlando FL metro area, Florida Panhandle and of of FL in Central Time Zone), Georgia (All of GA including Atlanta GA), Iowa (All of IA west of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Most of KS west of Kansas City KS), Louisiana (All of LA), Maine (All of ME), Massachusetts (All of MA), Michigan (Western Upper Peninsula MI), Minnesota (West of Detroit Lakes MN), Mississippi (All of MS), Nebraska (All of NE east of CO), Nevada (Extreme southern NV including Las Vegas NV region), New Hampshire (All of NH), North Carolina (Raleigh Durham NC east), North Dakota (East of Minot ND), Oklahoma (All of OK), Rhode Island (All off RI), South Carolina (All of SC except the Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), South Dakota (East of Rapid City SD), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Vermont (All of VT), Virginia (Eastern VA including Richmond VA)
6 hours round trip: Arizona (Northern half of AZ), California (Eastern CA north of Death Valley CA area), Colorado (All of CO except for Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Idaho (All of ID), Montana (All of MT), Nebraska (Western NE), Nevada (All of NV except extreme south Las Vegas NV region), New Mexico (All of NM), North Dakota (Minot ND and west), Oregon (Eastern 3/4 of OR), South Dakota (Rapid City SD and west), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Utah (All of UT), Washington (All of WA except coastal WA cities), Wyoming (All of WY)
Negotiable: Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

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