Comments on: Crime: Heists Targeting Truckers On Rise http://feraljundi.com/2010/02/05/crime-heists-targeting-truckers-on-rise/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: James G - Death Valley Magazine http://feraljundi.com/2010/02/05/crime-heists-targeting-truckers-on-rise/#comment-6275 James G - Death Valley Magazine Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:26:14 +0000 http://feraljundi.com/2010/02/05/crime-heists-targeting-truckers-on-rise/#comment-6275 I used to work on Convoy Escort gigs in the US back in the day, the cash is good but the hours are long – you also live out of a suitcase because you may end up working in 4 different states in one month. Also it is on-call work with sporadic employment at best and you generally have to be in the “Loop” to get any work. The asset protection industry in the US is not big market, I believe that around 4 to 15 security companies actively employ people for domestic Convoy Escort work – with half of those only having gigs 1 or 2 times a year that end up going to a limited group of guys in the loop. Vance International used to get the lions share of Convoy Escort contracts, they had a sweet gig with the Smithsonian about 11 years ago. But they got bought out by Garda World so I don’t think they do that sort of stuff anymore. ~James G I used to work on Convoy Escort gigs in the US back in the day, the cash is good but the hours are long – you also live out of a suitcase because you may end up working in 4 different states in one month. Also it is on-call work with sporadic employment at best and you generally have to be in the “Loop” to get any work.

The asset protection industry in the US is not big market, I believe that around 4 to 15 security companies actively employ people for domestic Convoy Escort work – with half of those only having gigs 1 or 2 times a year that end up going to a limited group of guys in the loop.

Vance International used to get the lions share of Convoy Escort contracts, they had a sweet gig with the Smithsonian about 11 years ago. But they got bought out by Garda World so I don’t think they do that sort of stuff anymore.

~James G

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