US FOREWORDWelcome to the latest edition of The Circuit Magazine, and while summer's coming to an end, rest assured, we aren't going anywhere.Proof of that is the fact that you are currently holding the latest issue in your hands (or on your screen) and I’m happy to announce is jam packed with useful information from front to back. On the subject of information, for those that remember the old Burger King motto, there at The Circuit, you really can, “have it your way.” What I'm saying is, the time has never been better for the Close Protection practitioner to have the ability to easily gather knowledge from a variety of sources.One of the beautiful things about the Circuit Media, which includes this magazine, our podcast, the weekly newsletter, and the NABA Protector & BBA-Connect apps, is the fact that we allow you to tap into a global network, that spans Australia, Asia, Africa and more. (I'm really just trying to find someone in Antarctica, and we've got things locked down!)Seriously, with all of these different writers and contributors, you get access to opinions and viewpoints from Protectors that you wouldn't normally interact with. Sure, there's traditional social media, but the problem is that there's so much noise and clutter that it's hard to get to the essence of a thing, when you have to give a shout out to your grandma or have to keep scrolling past the latest teen dance challenges.So while we as consumers have a variety of social media at our disposal, I’m a bigger fan of the niche ones that focus specifically on the craft. In this case, I'm talking about the NABA Protector App, and the BBA-Connect App. Asks questions here, and you’ll likely get a answers minus all the smoke and mirrors from Keyboard Commandos and Super Ninjas.Ultimately, what we want to do is leave the industry a better place than when we came into it, so if you want to read a magazine, we got you covered. If you want to listen to a conversation, we got you covered. If you want to watch videos, we got you covered. If it's multimedia, and it's got anything to do with the close protection industry, the Circuit Media has you covered.Take a look at the following pages, and let me know if I'm lying.Elijah Shaw
Editor