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==Roles==
[[File:United States President Barack Obama with Senator Sherrod Brown, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, and Secret Service personnel arriving at Port Columbus International Airport.jpg|thumb|right|[[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]] agents guarding U.S. President [[Barack Obama]]]]
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[[File:Posse Dilma 2010 5.jpg|thumb|right|A team of bodyguards protecting Brazilian President [[Dilma Rousseff]] during [[First inauguration of Dilma Rousseff|her inaugural ceremony]].]]
[[File:Merkel Bodyguards 2013.JPG|thumb|[[Angela Merkel]] flanked by her bodyguards as she mingles with a crowd]]
[[File:Quanell X bodyguards.jpg|thumb|[[Quanell X]] (center), the leader of the [[New Black Panther Party]], flanked by his bodyguards.]]
[[File:Close Protection Unite Croatian MP 12.JPG|thumb|right|A [[Croatia]]n close protection unit trains using [[sub-machine gun]]s and [[pistol]]s during a demonstration exercise.]]
[[File:Personenschuetzer.jpg|thumb|right|170px|A bodyguard wearing an earpiece for two-way radio, so he can receive instructions.]]
[[File:Portrait_of_the_Imperial_Bodyguard_Zhanyinbao.jpg|right|thumb|18th century [[Manchu people|Manchu]] [[Imperial Guards Brigade|Imperial Guard]] of the [[Qianlong Emperor]].]]▼
Unlike depictions in popular culture, such as the 2018 British telvision series ''[[Bodyguard (British TV series)|Bodyguard]]'' (2018), bodyguards are rarely involved in dramatic [[Shootout|firefights]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Turk |first=Victoria |title=How realistic is Bodyguard? A real Personal Protection Officer tells all |url=https://www.wired.com/story/bodyguard-finale-realism/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> Instead, a bodyguard's work consists mainly of planning routes, pre-searching rooms and buildings where the client will be visiting, researching the background of people that will have contact with the client, searching vehicles, and attentively escorting the client on their day-to-day activities.<ref>{{cite news|title= What's it like being a bodyguard? |work= [[BBC]]|date=April 4, 2011|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12955985|access-date=2011-04-04}}</ref> In the event of an emergency, a bodyguard's priority will always be to evacuate their client, not engage with threats.<ref name=":0" />▼
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▲Unlike depictions in popular culture, such as the 2018 British
[[Osama bin Laden]]'s personal security detail consisted of "bodyguards...personally selected by him." Their "arsenal included [[SAM-7]] and [[Stinger missile]]s, [[AK-47]]s, RPGs, and [[PK machine gun]]s."<ref>Soufan, Ali. ''The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda.'' W.W. Norton and Company. New York and London: 2011.Page 325</ref>
==See also==
▲[[File:Portrait_of_the_Imperial_Bodyguard_Zhanyinbao.jpg|right|thumb|18th century [[Manchu people|Manchu]] [[Imperial Guards Brigade|Imperial Guard]] of the [[Qianlong Emperor]].]]
▲[[File:Cossaks Imperator Bodyguard.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Cossacks]] Imperator Bodyguard unit from the early 1900s.]]
▲[[File:Kuniyoshi Imperial Bodyguard Fighting with a Demon.jpg|left|thumb|Illustration of Japanese Imperial bodyguard [[Watanabe no Tsuna]] fighting a demon]]
* [[List of bodyguards]]
* [[List of protective service agencies]]
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