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Security Expert - Apartment Complex Focus

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Charlie is the founding partner of Group Nine Risk Consulting, a firm specializing in security risk management, forensic consulting, and security training. He founded Group Nine Risk Consulting following a long and successful military and federal law enforcement career that spanned nearly 30 years. Charlie was employed by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) for 25 years, retiring as a Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal in January 2022. During his career with the USMS, he was responsible for numerous aspects of security risk management including exterior perimeters, access control, security assessments, managing security personnel, security awareness training, video surveillance, protective intelligence, and workplace violence prevention at several federal courthouses around the country. His work with the USMS often involved proactively identifying, investigating, and mitigating threats to the life and safety of hundreds of federal judicial personnel across numerous federal facilities and their homes. The individuals he was responsible for safeguarding included Assistant United States Attorneys, Federal Probation Officers, District Court Judges, Supreme Court Justices, and a member of the United States President’s Cabinet, among many others. Charlie also served as an infantry soldier in the United States Army where he led a team of soldiers in Europe and during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Charlie is board certified in both Security Management and Physical Security, having earned both the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Physical Security Professional (PSP) certifications through ASIS International. Globally recognized as the standard of excellence for security management professionals, the CPP demonstrates one’s knowledge and competency in seven key domains of security: Security Principles and Practices, Business Principles and Practices, Investigations, Personnel Security, Physical Security, Information Security, and Crisis Management. Earning the PSP demonstrates expertise in conducting physical security surveys to identify vulnerabilities and performing cost analysis for the selection of integrated physical security measures. Charlie is a certified Force Science Analyst having successfully completed the Force Science training and exam requirements involving the science behind human behavior and performance during force encounters. Charlie also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Sciences from Illinois State University. Charlie is a 20+ year certified firearms instructor through the United States Marshals Service. He is also a certified pistol instructor through the National Rifle Association (NRA). Charlie has developed curriculum for and taught specialized training programs involving firearms, workplace violence prevention and intervention, and use of force considerations to over one thousand law enforcement officers and civilians throughout the United States, Eastern Europe, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Africa. Charlie is an active member of ASIS International, the ASIS International Crime Prevention Steering Committee, International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), The International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners, the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP), the Atlanta Apartment Association (AAA), the Georgia Apartment Association (GAA), the National Apartment Association (NAA), and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS). References from recent casework: Kris Alderman, Attorney The Summerville Firm (770) 635-0030 kris@summervillefirm.com David Bouchard, Partner Finch McCranie, Trial Lawyers (404) 658-9070 david@finchmccranie.com Devin Arnold, Partner Wilson Elser LLP 404-644-4680 devin.arnold@wilsonelser.com Kyle R. Jackson, Sr., Attorney Turnbull, Holcomb & LeMoine, PC (404) 882-2251 kjacksonsr@turnbullfirm.com