Harvard Protection Services offers a variety of guard-force protection and security policing services to match enterprise needs. As a leader among armed security guard companies, we provide highly trained uniformed officers, armed or unarmed, mobile patrolling, canine teams, and temporary force protection services to protect physical assets and human capital. Our officers are expertly trained to exceed any state requirements in jurisdictions where Harvard provides services, and we develop and deploy customized training with our clients for site-specific topics. Situational awareness training is disseminated immediately based on worldwide, national, or local events.

Harvard Protection Services operates state-of-the-art Command Post centers, staffed by highly-skilled and trained personnel selected for their strong communications, organizational, and decision-making skills. Located at high-value client sites, Harvard’s Command Post centers are initially assessed and regularly reviewed, to be equipped with the latest surveillance technologies, communications, and software, as well as procedure manuals and emergency response protocols.

Command Post Operators are responsible for on- and off-site asset monitoring and protection, and for coordinating local and remote emergency responses. Operators may also serve as dispatchers by coordinating incident response, patrol tours, and the associated documentation. Harvard’s Command Post staff are fully trained and empowered to make operational decisions according to established protocols during emergency situations until senior management assumes responsibility.

Harvard Protection Services offers clients individualized site safety plans and fire safety monitoring, where necessary, managed by experienced, certified Fire Safety Directors (FSDs). Harvard has earned industry credibility and demonstrated success in recruiting and retaining FSDs to support client requirements, and our FSDs receive regular in-service training to maintain state and local certifications. Additionally, all of Harvard’s security personnel receive fire safety monitoring training, utilizing Table Top and scenario-based exercises to ensure that all of our personnel are appropriately prepared to identify and respond to fire safety emergency situations.

Harvard is skilled at designing concierge security services that provide the highest levels of protection, while discreetly accommodating the culture and privacy considerations of our high net-worth and elite clients. Harvard’s concierge and force protection personnel receive specialized and additional training in executive protection, suspicious package identification, conflict resolution, access control, and emergency response, and are equipped with local and regional resource information. In addition, our internal recruitment and vetting processes ensure that our concierge personnel possesses the caliber of skills and experience necessary to meet the highest client expectations.