Editing Bodyguard (section)

==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]]]]
[[File:DD-SD-00-00152.JPEG|thumb|right|[[Walter B. Slocombe]], the U.S. [[Under Secretary of Defense for Policy]], with his bodyguard in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in 1996. The bodyguard is armed with an [[M16 rifle]].]]
[[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]], the [[Chancellor of Germany]], with her bodyguards.]]
[[File:Quanell X bodyguards.jpg|thumb|[[Quanell X]] (center), the leader of the [[New Black Panther Party]], with 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]].]]
[[File:Cossaks Imperator Bodyguard.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Cossacks]] Imperator Bodyguard unit from the early 1900s.]]
[[File:Kuniyoshi Imperial Bodyguard Fighting with a Demon.jpg|right|thumb|Illustration of Japanese Imperial bodyguard [[Watanabe no Tsuna]] fighting a demon.]]
The work of a bodyguard consists mainly of planning routes, pre-searching rooms and buildings where the client will be visiting, researching the backgrounds of people that will have contact with the client, searching vehicles, and 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, rather than engage with threats.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |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 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref>