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In the aftermath of the murder, both Pete Flintoff of Flint Security Agency and Glen Kucera of Allied Universal noted a sharp rise in requests for armed escorts, particularly from high-net-worth individuals and companies with top executives traveling.
Kucera said “hundreds of companies” had called to inquire about private security for their bosses.
He explained: “Every time there’s an incident in the US, it kind of raises awareness and people start looking at their own protocols. It’s definitely a wake up call.”
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After Thompson’s shooting, Kucera said his company received “a lot of calls [about] executives that were going to travel, they didn’t have any executive protection planned, we met them at locations and, you know, did what we do”.
Flintoff, a retired New York Police Department officer, said he received three calls on Wednesday shortly after the attack.
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He said one was from a person leaving New York, adding: “They were in a bit of a bind, and they wanted somebody this evening to get out of the city.
“They may have actually been at the conference that he was supposed to speak at, and were leaving immediately, immediately changing their plans, and they wanted an armed driver to Newark Airport.
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