NEWS ISSUE 5
Journey to G4S:
Featuring Jeffrey Crewe Jeffrey Crewe is an Elite Protection Professional and a regional instructor with G4S Canada. He’s a military and security industry veteran, with experience in the Canadian Reserve Force and seven years of service with G4S. We sat down with Jeffrey to talk about his journey to G4S and how he came to be one of G4S Canada’s top trained guards. ......................................................................
trained guard. We’re mainly utilized for use-of-force
To start, can you tell me about your career arc
One of the biggest tangible benefits of an EPP is their
that led you to where you are today with G4S?
ability for them to operate autonomously. They don’t
At the time I first came to G4S, the Elite Protection
need to be micromanaged. They can be used effectively
division was more in its infancy. It hadn’t had mainstream
as a leadership asset or a bridge to management. In the
adoption within the company yet, as there wasn’t a client
absence of supervisors or if the scenario is mainly secu-
that warranted full-time EPPs. That all changed when we
rity related, tactically speaking, complete command and
took on Billy Bishop Airport as a client. Every member
control could be given to an EPP. They have all the tools
of the first EPP team was hired on from military back-
to do their jobs, and also liaise with emergency services -
grounds, a lot of Reservists, which is my background.
police, fire, ambulance - and get really great benefits out
The job opportunity itself came down from my chain of
of that.
environments, or any environment that requires enforcement or medical response. Why would a client engage EPP services compared to traditional security personnel services?
command within the Reservists, and the requirement at the time was people who were either past, former, ser-
Going back to your journey to G4S, what are some
ving, or presently. I jumped at the opportunity and that’s
skills you have learned that have helped you be
what got my foot in the door with G4S..
successful as an Elite Protection Professional? One of the biggest ones that you’ll notice being around
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What is an EPP, and what kind of threats are they
one of our EPP personnel is leadership, it’s something
specially trained for preventing or dealing with?
that we hold near and dear to us, because of what
An EPP is short for Elite Protection Professional. In basic
we’re expected to do in whatever environment that we
terms, it’s G4S’ highest level of medically and tactically
are deployed in. We don’t wear the title of EPP lightly.
