Close protection at APEC ministerial events.
Hawkeye has supported close protection at APEC ministerial-level events. Who we protected, when and how are covered by an NDA. This page describes how we work. Anything more is for the host country's security service to share.
What we can say.
Hawkeye has supported close protection at APEC and at other ministerial events held in Singapore. We worked with the host country's security service and the principal's own travelling staff, on programmes that ran for several days across several venues. We have done this more than once.
That much is fine to publish. The events are on public record, the principals attended in public roles, and it is known that the host security service leads the protection. Everything else stays private.
Why we keep the details private.
We do not publish who we protected, the venues, routes, timings, team members, backup plans or any incident. We would not publish them even if the client allowed it. There are three reasons.
How a close-protection job runs.
Every close-protection job starts with a threat assessment, a route survey, a site visit by an advance team, a check of each venue's procedures, and rehearsals of backup routes. One team leader is in charge, with clear lines to the host security service, the principal's chief of staff and the principal. The team is briefed before each part of the programme and debriefed after it. Everything is rehearsed in advance.
The officer walking two metres behind the principal is the part the public sees. On a typical job, the work started weeks earlier with the route surveys. Officers for ministerial jobs are senior and trained for this work, and they are on a separate roster from our other officers. Our close-protection lead picks the team for every job.
Please do not send details about a specific person through the website form. Ministerial-level close protection starts with a conversation between directors under NDA, and goes ahead only when the host service and the principal’s staff agree. If you need this, contact us and a director will call you back.
Why this page is short.
Most case studies on this site go into detail, because detail helps you judge the work: the Sports Hub venues, the checks at the DBS AGM, the SPF letter after the fake warrant card.
This one leaves the detail out, because close protection depends on keeping it private. It is here because the APEC work is real and it shapes how we train our officers. If you need this kind of protection, talk to us in confidence.