The Professional Symbiosis of Experience and Know-how

Cooperation with the government places high demands on the quality of consulting provided by a private security service provider. It is for this reason that KÖTTER Security created the security advisory council in 2000. The goal of this board is to maintain relationships with federal and state government authorities and to build relationships and cooperate with various security organisations (police, army, state offices for the protection of the constitution).

General a. D. Ulrich K. Wegener
Chairman of the KÖTTER Security Advisory Board. Founder of the counterterrorism unit “GSG 9”, which freed the hostages from the hands of Arabic terrorists in Mogadishu under his command in 1997. Wegeners tactical and operative deployment concepts and unconventional training methods became the standard and guideline for the deployment and new conception of foreign counterterrorism units.

Hubertus Grützner
Former National Chairman of the German Border Police Association and the National Division of the Police Union. His long-standing relationship with key members of the German Border Police, the State Police and members of parliament insure a reliable flow of information from the public security industry.

Dr. Peter Frisch
Former president of the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Dr. Frisch recognised the benefit of a co-operation between government security forces and private security service providers early on. He communicated this in his successful lectures and training sessions. Relieving the burden of responsibility for secondary security areas allows the government forces to concentrate on their core responsibilities, crime prevention and prosecution.

Henning Patzke
Retired director of the Essen Professional Fire Department. In addition to leading major deployments, he possesses considerable experience in project planning. Henning Patzke took part in developing disaster control and fire protection structures in Morocco and Abu-Dhabi. He plans to put his know-how to work identifying potential synergy effects for facility fire services. Many organisations profit from Mr. Patzke’s know-how, among them the Association for the Advancement of Fire Protection.

Hans-Helmut Janiesch
Retired chief police officer/chief of the criminial division, at last chief of the department danger prevention/criminal prosecution at the police headquarters Essen. In addiction to his experiences in crime prevention he has comprehensive competence for education and training due to teaching activities at different accademies. Furthermore he possesses varied international experience and has intensely dealt with the cooperation of the public authorities and private security companies during his police career.