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Guards 'n robots

July 13, 2016Martha Entwistle

Guard provider Universal Protection Service announced late last week that it will offer what it's calling robot "Machine as a Service" to its customers. I guess that's a new acronym for the security industry--RMaaS? It will use robots from Knightscope, based in Mountain View, Calif. RMaaS is available to Universal customers in Northern California now, and they'll be available in Southern California in September. Universal says it will roll out the program nationally in 2017. Want to check out the...

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Universal buys Guardsmark to form largest US-owned guard firm

July 29, 2015Martha Entwistle

SANTA ANA, Calif.—With the July 28 announcement of its acquisition of guard firm Guardsmark, Universal Protection Service is now the largest U.S.-owned guard firm.“We are excited about the position it puts us in to gain business with American companies,” Steve Jones, CEO of Universal Services of America, told Security Systems News. Universal Protection Service is a division of Universal Services of America.Jones believes being the largest American-owned guard firm will be a “real...

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Universal Protection Security Systems acquires, expanding its capabilities

December 2, 2013SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Universal Protection Security Systems has announced the acquisition of video security services provider THRIVE Intelligence—allowing Universal Protection Security Systems to expand its surveillance offerings.With the purchase of THRIVE, Universal Protection Security Systems, a full-service security provider that is a division of Universal Services of America, can now expand its national command center and provide advanced security surveillance solutions, according to...

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Universal announces acquisition, new executive position

September 3, 2013SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Universal Protection Service, one of the nation's largest security guard providers which also does some security integration is growing. The company has acquired the security guarding of The Budd Group and announced the creation of a security systems and technology services president position. Universal has taken over The Budd Group's security division, which has served the Southeast for more than three decades. “We are proud to acquire a company with the...

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UPS security officer helps deliver baby

May 13, 2013SSN Staff

SAN DIEGO—Juan Delgado, a transit systems security officer employed by Universal Protection Service, found himself applying his emergency training skills to help a women deliver her baby, according to a company statement. While Delgado and his code compliance partner Patricia Alamillo were on patrol at the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, they encountered a pregnant woman who was in labor and in need of medical assistance. The pair called central control and requested paramedics, but...

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Universal expands reach in Southeast

April 3, 2013Martha Entwistle

Guard company and security systems integrator Universal Protection Service announced the purchase of Allegiance Security Group from Trivest Partners, LP. Allegiance has a big presence in the Southeast and provides "sensitive sites as a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)-approved vendor for the federal government," according to a statement. "With the acquisition of Allegiance, Universal Protection Service now becomes one of the largest manned security providers in the Southeast," said Steve...

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UPS acquires CastleGuard Security

November 2, 2012SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Universal Protection Service, a provider of security services based here, announced recently the acquisition of CastleGuard Security, a security company servicing the Miami-Fort Lauderdale region, according to a UPS press release. The acquisition expands the guard and security company's guard force in southern Florida. “We are excited to take on the special customers and vertical markets that CastleGuard protected,” Brian Cescolini, chairman and co-CEO, Universal...

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UPS acquires A&R

September 5, 2012SSN Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Guard and security installation company Universal Protection Service announced this week it has acquired A&R Security Services Inc., one of the largest privately owned and operated guard providers in the Midwest.The acquisition, announced Sept. 4 and which includes A&R's United Security LLC, will expand Universal's guard force throughout Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin. It will enable the company “to execute its...

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Guard/security installation company acquires guard-tracking technology

May 2, 2012Martha Entwistle

Yesterday Universal Protection, a $500 million guard company that also does security installation, acquired Heritage Security Services of San Diego. It also acquired a guard-tracking technology its CEO says is "game changing." The deal brings 1,200 guards, but more interesting, it also brings with it a “proprietary and patented guard-tracking technology.” This is what really drew Universal into the deal, Steve Jones, co-CEO and COO of Universal Services of America, the parent company...

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Guard deal in California

March 12, 2012Martha Entwistle

Guard company Universal Protection Service, which is based in Santa Ana, Calif., and made a major acquisition this past fall when it acquired SFImade another, smaller acquisition. It acquired Silver Shield Security, based in San Jose, Calif. UPS, the company announced on March 7. Robert H. Perry & Associates, initiated and managed the deal for Silver Shield. I'll be talking to UPS parent company, Universal Services of America, this week, but in a prepared statement, Brian Cescolini, chairman and...

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