The Circuit Members' Library
Training guides, templates and tools for protection work, from $4.97 a month
Twenty years of The Circuit, turned into guides you can read between meetings and templates you can put to work the same day.
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Every Specialist Series guidebook, in full, page by page in your browser
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The working file behind every premium article, ready to edit and use
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Calculators and checklists that run in your browser, with more added as they launch
The Specialist Series
Read every guidebook in full, page by page
Each volume collects the magazine's best work on one subject into a single training guide. Each sells separately as a PDF for $18.99. Members read every volume in the library at no extra cost.
Vol. 01 · 150 pages · 23 articles
Tactical Medicine
Keeping a casualty alive until paramedics take over: medical readiness, core clinical skills, mass casualty incidents and the handover.
Vol. 02 · 180 pages · 25 articles
Surveillance & Counter-Surveillance
Detection, tradecraft and countermeasures, including the full Hostile Surveillance Detection and Countering series.
Toolkits and templates
The working file behind every premium article
Each premium article comes with the spreadsheet, template or checklist it describes. Download it from the library, edit it, and use it on your next job. A few from the library:
Toolkit · Pay & career
EP Salary Benchmark 2026
Pay bands by role, region and experience for US and UK protection work.
Toolkit · Business
EP Retainer Pricing Model
Build a retainer price from coverage, team size and travel, with a proposal template to send it in.
Toolkit · Intelligence
OSINT Advance Workflow
A step-by-step open-source research workflow for advance work on venues, routes and people.
Toolkit · Surveillance
Surveillance Detection Route Planner
Plan route legs, choke points and observation posts, and log what each leg should reveal.
Template · Operations
Post-Incident Review Template
A structured after-action review your team can run within 72 hours of an incident.
Template · Family office
Verification Protocol Pack
Call-back and code-word protocols for families facing voice and video impersonation.
Web tools
The toolkits, rebuilt to run in your browser
Some are open now and more are in build. Each one goes into the library the week it launches.
In build
Pay Benchmark Explorer
Pay bands by role, level and region, with the premiums for threat level and specialist skills.
Retainer & Firm Pricing Builder
Your cost to serve, the bill rate you need and a monthly retainer price.
Global Risk Map & Trip Readiness
Ten operating environments scored on six drivers, plus a 25-point check before you deploy.
Medical Readiness Score
Score your detail across five medical areas and get a kit list for body, bag and residence.
Surveillance Detection Planner
Check vantage-point coverage, plan route legs and flag repeat sightings for escalation.
Insurance Gap Score
A coverage score out of 100 and the two gaps to raise with your broker.
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