Saad Chacra

Field-proven security and law-enforcement leader with progressive experience from cadet officer through operational command. Combines police operations, VIP and diplomatic protection, criminal investigations, crisis response, surveillance and counter-surveillance, firearms capability, personnel development and security management. Experienced in coordinating with courts, municipalities, public-sector bodies and senior officials, with international training across France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Italy and the UAE.

Police Platoon / Station Commander - Internal Security Forces / Regional Police Operations, Lebanon - Lebanon

(2025-09)

Command a police platoon / station responsible for 32 officers and an operational area covering 32 villages. Leads day-to-day security operations, investigations, personnel discipline, station administration, detention-facility coordination, vehicles, weapons and operational equipment, while working with judicial and local authorities.

• Command 32 officers and coordinate policing and security operations across 32 villages, with responsibility for operational vehicles, weapons, equipment and station readiness.
• Plan and supervise investigations, arrests, checkpoints, crime prevention measures and response to incidents and emergencies.
• Lead more than 100 investigation cases and coordinate with courts, municipalities and public-sector authorities.
• Retrained personnel in violent-crime response, police equipment, professional report writing and effective coordination with lawyers and judges.
• Strengthened discipline, duty organization, office procedures, documentation and public-facing standards; modernized the station’s operational presentation and readiness.
• Support the management of a station detention facility and coordinate procedures related to detainees and judicial matters.

Security Officer / Escort – Ministry of Interior & Municipalities - Lebanese Ministry of Interior & Municipalities, Lebanon - Lebanon

(2014 - 2025-06)

• Served across demanding security assignments with exposure to senior officials, diplomats and high-level visitors.
• Worked with five successive Ministers of Interior, providing security support and operational coordination in a high-responsibility governmental environment.
• Performed VIP and diplomatic protection duties, including airport arrival/departure security, movements, hotel protection, missions and official outings.
• Applied surveillance, counter-surveillance, close-protection, firearms, crisis-response and security-planning capabilities.
• Participated in international security, policing, weapons and protection programs across Europe and the Middle East.

Security / Police Assignments - Lebanese Internal Security Forces, Lebanon - Lebanon

(2009 - 2014)

• Assignments included Information Division, Beirut Traffic Detachment, Baabda Gendarmerie Platoon and the Internal Security Forces Institute.
• Built foundational experience in policing, information handling, public security, traffic operations, field response and disciplined unit work.

Cadet Officer - Military College, Lebanon - Lebanon

(2006 - 2009)

• Completed officer training and military education, establishing the foundation for a career in security, command and law enforcement.

Security Science Diploma - EOGN, France (2017 - 2018)

Bachelor - Business Management - MUBS (2015 - 2016)

Officer Training - Military College – Lebanon (2006 - 2009)

General Science - Lycée National (2005 - 2006)

Life Science - Sagesse Brasilia (2004 - 2005)