SteelBird
Colonel
I am not trained but I think that the guy being protected is not safe in case the attacker commit a suicidal attack or is there some sniper hiding somewhere around the sense.
A policeman takes up position during an operation at the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro March 30, 2014. The federal troops and police occupied the Mare slums complex on Sunday to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city, government officials said. Less than three months before Rio welcomes tens of thousands of foreign soccer fans for the World Cup, the attacks cast new doubts on government efforts to expel gangs from slums using a strong police presence. The city will host the Olympics in 2016. (photo by Ricardo Moraes)
Security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack on police in the troubled southern province of Narathiwat Thailand March 30, 2014. Two policemen were killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb attack as they were traveling to provide security to the polling stations for Sunday's Senate elections, local media reported. (photo by Surapan Boonthanom)
Riot police help a comrade, who is firing tear gas, take his position along the walls of Al-Azhar University during clashes with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi at the university's campus in Cairo's Nasr City district March 30, 2014. Security forces clashed on Sunday with Mursi supporters demonstrating at the campus of Al-Azhar University, a common site of unrest in recent months.
Israeli police detain Palestinian protestors during clashes ahead of Land Day at east Jerusalem March 29, 2014. Land Day which is observed on Sunday in Israel commemorates the killing by security forces of six Arabs in 1976 during protests against government plans to confiscate land in northern Israel's Galilee region.
A Palestinian women touches her face after an Israeli border police officer sprayed her with tear gas during confrontations at a Land Day protest outside Jerusalem's Old City March 30, 2014.
A Palestinian protester gestures as an Israeli border policeman uses his mobile phone to take a photograph during a demonstration marking Land Day, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem March 30, 2014.
A Palestinian protester holds a Palestinian flag in front of Israeli border policemen during a demonstration marking Land Day, near the West Bank town of Bethlehem March 30, 2014.
Indian villagers gather around the debris of an Indian Air Force (IAF) transport plane that crashed near Karauli village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, March 28, 2014. At least six people were killed when an Indian Air Force's transport plane, C-130J Super Hercules, crashed in the western state of Rajasthan on Friday, a senior official said. (Xinhua/Stringer)
Afghan soldiers & police runs at the site of attack close to election office in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 29, 2014. Heavy clashes were continuing Saturday after Taliban gunmen launched a coordinated attack on Afghanistan's main election office in eastern Kabul, in the second massive attack in the city in two days, sources said.(Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud)
Afghan soldier & police stand guard at the site of attack close to election office in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 29, 2014.
Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) & Army patrol the Mare slum complex after an operation, ahead of its "pacification," in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 26-30, 2014. Elite federal police and army troops will be sent to the city to help quell a wave of violence in so-called "pacified" slums. Recent attacks on police bases in the favelas is raising concerns about an ambitious security program that began in 2008, in part to secure the city ahead of this year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photos/Silvia Izquierdo)
Police helicopters fly over the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro March 30, 2014
Amphibious assault vehicles of the South Korean Marine Corps throw smoke bombs as they move to land on shore during a U.S.-South Korea joint landing operation drill in Pohang March 31, 2014. The drill is part of the two countries' annual military training called Foal Eagle, which began on February 24 and runs until April 18.
In this photo provided by the Ongjin County, South Korean soldiers and islands' residents reembark a vessel bound for Baengnyeong island, as they evacuate from Daecheong island near the West Sea border with North Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo)
South Korean and U.S. Marines aim their machine gunds during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. (Photos by/Ahn Young-joon & Kim Hong-Ji)
An elderly person is evacuated from a shelter after a tsunami alarm at Antofagasta city, north of Santiago on the southern Pacific coast, April 1, 2014.
A military convoy travels along a road after a tsunami alarm at Iquique city, north of Santiago on the southern Pacific coast, April 1, 2014. A major earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami that hit the northern part of the country.
People are evacuated from their shelter after a tsunami alarm at Antofagasta city, north of Santiago on the southern Pacific coast, April 1, 2014.
Afghan police men arrive after a suicide bomber wearing a military uniform struck the entrance gate of the Interior Ministry compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said the bomber, who was wearing a military uniform to evade security checks, reached the entrance of the heavily fortified ministry compound before detonating his explosives. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
Afghan police men block the street after a suicide bomber wearing a military uniform struck the entrance gate of the Interior Ministry compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
Egyptian security forces stand guard at the scene after multiple explosions hit the area outside the main campus of Cairo University, killing at least two, in Giza, Egypt, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Amru Taha)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) smiles as he stands with commanding officers of the combined units of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang April 2, 2014.
A Royal Australian Air Force P-3C Orion aircraft is pictured on the tarmac of RAAF Base Pearce near Perth, April 2, 2014. The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed on Wednesday, even as senior Australian officials warned that bad weather and a lack of reliable information were seriously impeding efforts to locate the plane's wreckage