Considerations when conducting an Advance on a Venue. When in Doubt, always reference the Basics.
Advance Assessment
-Prior to arrival phone the site manager/POC at Venue.
-Upon arrival contact site manager/POC involved with the visit.
-Identify primary and alternate entrance/exits to location.
-Identify primary and alternate entrance/departure areas.
-Set up barricades (traffic cones) if permitted.
-Identify parking area for motorcade.
-Identify location for Advance/stash car.
-Check location and foot route principle will use.
-Identify location of restroom.
-Identify possible safe haven or private room for VIP use and confirm access to land line phone or verify that you have cell phone service.
-Identify nearest fire exits and equipment.
-Are there keys to the door and elevators. Who controls access?
-Check security of venue. Are there additional security personnel? If so how many? Is local law enforcement available to assist on location?
-Venue security's radio channel or Spare Venue security radio to monitor traffic or relay critical information.
-Identify the number of agents allowed to enter site and posting/access control requirements.
-Is your team allowed to be armed at or in the Venue?
-Identify who will be allowed access to the site and does the venue require access badges? Confirm they have enough access badges for your team and clients staff.
-Coordinate with other protective details.
-Identify primary and alternate motorcade routes, include travel time.
-Conduct security analysis of route.
-Identify travel at the exact time of motorcade routes.
-Identify the nearest hospital, route, travel time, and phone numbers.
-Identify nearest police stations, route, travel time, and phone numbers.
-Conduct room advance, EOD sweep, TSCM sweep, seating, etc.
-Dining venue/Meals(prepayment of the bill for security)Detail served first.
-Complete name checks on personnel geographically close to principle.
-Identify any other security requirements. Is there a press corps? How many people will be at the site? How long will the principle remain? Changes to the threat briefing/etc.
-Is the site secure?
-Stash car?
Advanced Planning
-Site address or GPS pin drop/ location. Include map.
-Make physical survey of the area.
-Identify danger areas of venue.
-Identify POC of site during time of event.
-Establish who will be allowed access to the site and how many people in total for the event.
-Coordinate with other security on site.
-Identify primary and alternate (vehicular & foot) routes to and from site.
-Parking/staging plan for vehicles.
-Identify choke points along the route.
-Identify Police, fire, and hospitals along the route.
-Identify all entrances/avenues of approach into the site.
-Identify locations for observation posts/security post and number of security personnel to support site.
-Identify primary and alternate foot emergency evacuation routes.
-Identify rally points.
-Identify E&E corridor.
-Technical or nontechnical EOD sweep of the site.
-Locate the nearest hospital, route, phone number.
-Location of the nearest police station/reactionary force/staging area.
-Location if the nearest toilet or Greenroom/comfort area for agents.
-Location of nearest safe haven.
-Time on site.
-Abort criteria.
-Weather considerations.
-Review "Persons of Interests" / Be on the look out-BOLO's.
-Protection Intelligence brief/update.
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