Planning Order - Protective Services Detail (PSD)
Non-Friendly Forces / Organization:
- Threats
- Capabilities
- Probable method of attack
- Weather
- Pre-existing medical conditions
- BOLO's / Persons of Interest
Friendly Forces:
- Organization of the detail (identify by name)
- Agent in Charge (AIC)
- Shift leader
- Lead driver
- Limo driver
- Follow driver
- Advance
- Detail - Positional assignments
Attachments and Detachments:
- Special positions
- Surveillance Detection
- Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)
- Technical Security Countermeasures (TSCM)
- Medical
- Quick Reaction Force/Counter Assault Teams (QRF/CAT)
Mission (Purpose of visit/client or company objectives):
- Who
- What
- When
- Where
- Why
Execution:
- Concept of the Operation
- Itinerary with arrival and departure times
- Address
- Point of contacts
- Contact phone numbers & emails
- Date
- Vehicle prep
- Staging time
- Pick up time
- Hard times
- Digital and hard copies of the Advance report
Formations:
- Standard operating procedures
- Presents ( Overt, Low Vis, Covert )
Routes:
- Primary
- Secondary
- Emergency
- Emergency care locations
- Safe havens (police stations, Military installation, fire stations, Embassy, Consulate
- Communication check points
- Choke points
- Construction zones
- Hazards
- Time considerations of rush hour traffic
- Stop light times added as a whole for Primary and Secondary routes
- GPS
- Physical maps
Tactical contingency:
- Disabled vehicle
- Car accident
- Flat tire
- Separated motorcade
- Left behind agents or client staff members
- Spare key holders
- Military checkpoints (overseas operations)
- Service and support
Dress code and equipment:
- Weapons
- Medical
- Commo
- Client necessities
- Team luggage ( travel Teams)
Funding:
- Per Diem
- Petty cash
- Companies expenditures
Transportation:
- Vehicles ( identify clients, advance, lead, and follow vehicles)
- Make, model color
- License plate numbers
- Fuel
- Cleaning schedule
- Overnight staging
Contract drivers:
- Company
- Points of contact (drivers pictures, numbers, and emails)
- NDA contracts signed by drivers
- Driver etiquette brief
Aircraft:
- Type of Aircraft
- Tail numbers
- FBO / Fuel Contracts information
- Pilots names/pictures
- Pilot contact information
- International flight considerations
D. Medical:
- Equipment
- House/ hotel doctor
- Team Medic rotation
Command and Signal:
- Signal
- Primary frequencies
- Alternate frequencies
- Call Signs
- Phone numbers
- Emails
- Code words
- Emergency contact plans (Verbal, nonverbal, hard line, etc.)
- Special communications requirements ( burner phones, spare cell for client/ agents)
Command:
- Shift Leader and Agent in Charge locations/ room numbers
- Chain of command ( who is in command if SL or AIC are out of action?)
- Clients Assistant / Coordinator
- Companies Global Security Point of contact

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