Executive Protection and Secure Transportation Podcast

An Analysis of the Prison Convoy Ambush in France – Part One

On May 14, 2024, a well-coordinated ambush targeted a prison convoy in France, transporting high-profile inmate Mohamed Amra. The attackers, armed with automatic weapons,

Episode 210 - The Science of the Omar García Harfuch Ambush and Lessons Learned

The Introduction to The Science of a Vehicle Ambush – Vehicle Ambush 101 For nearly half a century, ISDA's founder, Tony Scotti, has been leading the way in understanding

Episode 209 - The State of Security Driver Training

A tragic video has been circulating throughout various social media. It took place at Fort Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela. The video is from a bodyguard training program. Th

Episode 208 - Security Driver Pay Scale

This episode is a continuation of episode 206, where we continue to look into security driver salaries. While curating Security Driver job opportunities for our Interna

Episode 207 - Applying the Science of Driving to the Indy 500

This Sunday, May 29th, will be the 106th running of the Indy 500. So, we thought we would apply the Science of Driving to the Indy 500 and do a simple analysis of the tra

Episode 206 - Spending for Secure Transportation Continues to Increase

Meta released their 2021 SEC 14A filing recently. As our research shows, there is year over year increase in secure transportation spending. Unlike social media posts

Episode 205 – Executive Vehicle Safety and Car Specifications

This episode will cover Executive Vehicle Specifications, including H-Point, Vision Line Height, Cargo Room, and how these measurements affect the safety and security of

Episode 204 - Runflats, Winter Tires, and Electric Vehicle Tires

When news about tires and how they affect the Security Driver and the Secure Transportation function comes into the Association's network, our members and we feel that we

Episode 203 - Why Do You Need a Security Driver?

The question that many Security Drivers and Secure Transportation providers have heard – "Why do I need a Security Driver – Why can't we use a chauffeur service?" Or – wh

Episode 202 - Impressive Skidpad Tests for Executive Vehicles, and Canopy Vehicle Protection System , Tesla Driver Charged

In today's episode, we have three news stories to share – the driver of a Tesla charged with vehicular manslaughter, we'll take a look at a few executive vehicle's impres

Episode 201 - Road Rage Statistics

With all the inherent risks security drivers secure transportation service providers face on the road, there is probably none more so than road rage or aggressive driving

Episode 200 - The Future of Secure Transportation, and Determining Your ROI

Hello, and welcome to our 200th episode of the EPST podcast. There are two topics for discussion in today's episode, they are the future of secure transportation, and mar

Episode 199 - Carjackings Becoming One of the Top Crimes

The number of carjacking incidents reported by the Department of Justice is about 49,000 per year.  In some locations in the U.S., the number of Carjackings is becoming a

Episode 198 - Tires and Tire Pressures, Dynamic and Human Driving Tasks

For this week's episode we are revisiting a previous topic, tires and tire pressures, to answer a question we received, and we'll introduce a new paradigm – the Dynamic D

Episode 197 - How the Infrastructure Bill Will Impact Secure Transportation

We have two topics to discuss in this episode - how the infrastructure bill will impact secure transportation. Also, we'll share information on a somewhat related topic -

Episode 196 - The Science of Winter Driving

Welcome to episode 196 of the Executive Protection and Secure Transportation podcast.  I'm your host Larry Snow. The podcast is provided by the International Security Dri

Epsiode 195 - Benchmarking Driving Skills

In today's episode, we continue with the second installment of our Best Practices for Protective Driver Training Series. The topic for part two is benchmarking driving sk

Episode 194 - IIHS Crash Test, OEM Armored Manufacturers, and Telematics Monitoring

In this week's episode, we share information on a recent IIHS crash test, other OEM armored vehicles besides the Mercedes Guard Car, and the use of telematics devices for

Episode 193 - Understanding the Business Case for Secure Transportation

In this week's episode, the topic is An Answer to Question - Why do I need secure transportation? – A Marketing Tool from the IRS. On-Page 136 of Joe Autera's book "Th

Episode 192 - Best Practices for Protective Driver Training

In this week's episode, the topic is Best Practices for Protective Driver Training.  This is the first in a series of podcasts that will cover Best Practices for Protec