> He does it because it makes him feel/look important, or he's paranoid, or he may as well because he has the money and the company may pay for it anyway. Unle

> He does it because it makes him feel/look important, or he's paranoid, or he may as well because he has the money and the company may pay for it anyway. Unless you have internal knowledge, for all we know he and his family had dozens of anonymous threats due to his role and the company insisted they provide security. Or not. Who knows?