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U.S. Security Associates was established as Advance Security Engineering in 1955 in Atlanta, Georgia, to provide security guard services.  In 1996, we changed our name to U.S. Security Associates to better accommodate our growing stature and national service coverage.


U.S. Security Associates (USA) is one of America's largest security companies, delivering uniformed security services, consulting and investigations and specialized security solutions throughout the United States and around the world.  U.S. Security Associates operates 160 branch offices and have experience and on-the-ground resources in 120 countries. 

USA employs 46,000 security professionals with diverse expertise and insight, ranging from entry-level security officers to some of the industry's best talent, from law enforcement, military and corporate security backgrounds.

In 2004, U.S. Security Associates set an industry benchmark as the first uniformed security company to achieve ISO 9001:2000 certification for quality management at its corporate headquarters and all its field offices. Today, they maintain certification to the ISO 9001:2008 standard.

Today, U.S. Security Associates serves 5,300 clients in a wide range of markets and environments. We provide local responsiveness, national security services, and global consulting and investigations, wherever clients need Solutions for a Safer World.


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Security Officers Call on U.S. Security Associates to Improve Jobs and Raise Company Standards in New York City.

Call on U.S. Security Associates to Remedy Sexual Harassment Problems Now.

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates Newsletters

Two prominent women's groups and the Service Employees International Union are calling on Atlanta-based U.S. Security Associates (USSA)--the nation's fourth-largest private security firm--to adopt procedures to rid its worksites of sexual harassment.

The company has been driving down standards in the security industry, including a history of lawsuits across 14 states claiming harassment, discrimination, retaliation against whistleblowers, wage violations, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration violations.

In August 2011, Stand For Security published the first issue of Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates, a newsletter to inform security directors, property managers, office building tenants and others about the business practices of U.S. Security Associates. We continue to publish about one newsletter a month.

Below are links to each newsletter, where you can read and scroll through, or download and save as a PDF.


Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue One

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Two

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Three

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Four

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Five

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Six

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Seven

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Eight

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Nine 

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Ten 

Unsafe With U.S. Security Associates: Issue Eleven

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DC Memo Points to Huge Security Gaps, Poor Training Standards at U.S. Security Associates 
BY KEVIN O'DONNELL

Several Washington, DC media outlets -- from The Washington Post to Fox 5 Television --have been reporting on the failure of U.S. Security Associates (USSA) to prevent multiple simulated security breaches in the District's high-profile public buildings.

The media scrutiny stems from an internal Government of the District of Columbia memo [PDF] -- obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by SEIU -- that reveals both huge security gaps and poor training standards at USSA. The company is the fourth largest contracted security firm in the country.

From July 2010 to May 2011 undercover personnel working on behalf of DC's Protective Services Police Department (PSPD) made several attempts to penetrate security operations run by USSA and/or its subcontractor Watkins Security, at 16 different public facilities.

During the exercises, designed to test the reliability of security operations, undercover personnel were able to:

  • Enter without showing identification.
  • Enter with a cell-phone bomb.
  • Enter with a simulated pipe bomb.
  • Drive in restricted areas.
  • Smuggle in a simulated explosive hidden in a book.

USSA failures were widespread. 

In at least 12 public buildings, USSA either failed to detect the penetration or did not follow proper protocol when they did. All told, there were at least 31 failures.

To clients, USSA touts its long-distance "USA Security Academy," in which "trainees across the nation participate in LIVE interactive training programs via web and video based conferencing." The "state of the art training studio" is "the cornerstone of our national training and development efforts." But in DC, several tests revealed what appear to bepoor training standards at the company. According to the memo:

  • "Recruit #1 entered the listed location carrying a black bag with a simulated pipe bomb. The Officer at this location detected the pipe bomb but had no knowledge what police action to take once the bomb was discovered."
  • "Recruit #1 entered the lobby of the listed location, placed a black bag on the x-ray machine. The Officers [sic] at this location was able to detect the bomb in the bag. The Officers had no idea which person in line had placed the bag on the machine. The Officer went down the line asking is this your bag?"
  • "Recruit #1 entered the listed location and placed a black bag on the x-ray machine. The Officers at this location detected the bomb in the bag but fail [sic] to follow proper procedure in securing the bag once the bomb was discovered."
This is not the first time USSA has failed security penetration tests in Washington, DC. As our Stand For Security campaign reported on last June, a May 28, 2010 internal USSA memo revealed that, "each time PSD conducted a penetration exercise, we have failed." The author of the memo then threatens security officers. "You can and will be relieved of your posts if you continue to fail the Protective Service Penetration exercises," he writes.

USSA may again try to blame its failures on security officers. But the latest internal memo reveals that company training is responsible for security gaps in DC's public buildings.

Our nation's capital deserves better than U.S. Security Associates.

Learn more about U.S. Security Associates' record of irresponsible behavior at  www.standforsecurity.org/ussa.


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