Cage & Associates, Ltd.

Long Beach, California – March 31, 2009 — William Cage of Cage & Associates and Steven Baker of VTI Associates present at the TREXPO 2009  law enforcement conference. Cage and Baker co-presented on Executive Protection/Private Corporate Security at TREXPO West 2009, which was held at the Long Beach Convention Center. The presentation covered information and tactics used by law enforcement officers who either work alongside corporate executive protection teams, or who are looking to transition into the corporate sector themselves.

Since 1990, TREXPO has been the original and leading ­first response training conference and expo for law enforcement, military, security, corrections, and federal agencies. With a world-class trade show, keynote addresses by legendary heroes, and classes taught by the country's leading instructors, TREXPO is the one stop shop for training, tactics and technology. TREXPO West features an educational conference lead by some of the most highly respected instructors in the U.S. TREXPO is a Bobit Business Media production.

The following reprint is from PoliceMag website, by Dean Scoville, Associated Editor of Police Magazine.

What I Learned at TREXPO West

I would have needed a clone in order to see everything I wanted to see at this year?s Long Beach event.

April 03, 2009

At first blush, one would be hard pressed to connect the dots between that Michael Keaton clunker of a film "Multiplicity" and TREXPO. Nonetheless, I found myself thinking of the cloning comedy throughout the three-day training conference and expo because if there's one frustrating thing about TREXPO WEST, it's one's inability to be at multiple places at once.

TREXPO always has a wide array of presentations put on by topflight professionals who work with and within the law enforcement community. Time and again, their experience and expertise become readily apparent through the seminars, training sessions, and panel discussions they helm. These instructional blocks cover everything from evolving terrorist threats, to the best clotting agents, to armed and unarmed defensive tactics, to gang intelligence, to tactics, to....well, you get the idea.

And these are not mere "we're here to take the money and run" presentations. Presentations run anywhere from one to four hours, with a surprising amount of timely information communicated in a manner that is often as entertaining as it is enlightening (and often employing the "good BS" that I've referred to in previous columns and that all cops love). Best of all, the presenters generously take their time to field questions posed by groups and individuals: You really get a sense of the commitment these men and women have to our profession.

The TREXPO West seminars I was fortunate enough to take in at the Long Beach Convention Center earlier this include:

Executive Protection/Private Corporate Security
William Cage and Steven T. Baker conducted an in depth look at the world of executive protection. While acknowledging that the unique skill sets possessed by many officers make them desirable candidates, they pointed out the sometimes antagonistic aspects of the two professions' mindsets (e.g., proactive enforcement vs. prevention) and how the landscape of personal protection is dotted with landmines for the freelancing cop, including lack of insurance and the need to obtain a variety of permits and licenses.

They pointed out the importance of not only vetting one's employees, but one's clients, as well. Given the amount of intimate contact with celebrity lifestyles, protectors can find themselves in awkward and not to mention dangerous situations. Cage and Baker's presentation also took a look at the dark side of some well-publicized celebrity pranks and their implications for the future.

I came away with a greater appreciation for the innumerable challenges that the world of executive protection offers and readily recommend that anyone who has any interest in security work either on the side or as a future career attend a course taught by these gentlemen, if given the opportunity.

For the entire article, go to;
http://www.policemag.com/Channels/Patrol-Tactics/2009/04/03/What-I-Learned-at-TREXPO-West.aspx