Critical Intervention Services, based in Clearwater, Florida, provides a range of protection and investigative services to businesses, governments and individuals inside Florida and throughout the world. Founded in 1992, CIS is an industry leader in developing and incorporating innovative and effective solutions to security and intelligence related problems.

The success of our unique approach to security issues has received worldwide recognition from media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, 60 Minutes, The O’Reilly Factor, Der Spiegel Television, Norway’s VI MENN magazine, and France’s Courrier International. The success of the CIS approach has also been noted in the book "To Serve and Protect" by Bruce L. Benson and by academic think tanks including the Independent Institute and The Foundation for Economic Education.

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The Key to Our Success: Our Staff

CIS is a protection firm operated by experienced security professionals, whose background includes law enforcement, corporate security, intelligence, and force protection/anti-terrorism professionals. We also have a staff of consultants with expertise ranging from Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) to Chemical and Biological Terrorism. CIS Professionals also act as regular consultants for the news media.

Security expertise is only one characteristic of our staff. CIS professionals are also chosen for their ability to integrate proven security methods with creativity and uniqueness to develop new and effective solutions to client problems.

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Core Competencies

Our areas of specialization include:

• Field deployment and operational management of uniformed protective services
• Discreet protection of at-risk individuals
• Protection of people and property in escalated risk environments
• Long-term reclamation and rehabilitation of high-crime communities
• Protection of high-risk facilities with sensitive process operations
• Dynamics of social disorder and violence--including advanced threats of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
•Workplace violence prevention and intervention

Our expertise in security and public safety is applied through our services:

• Uniformed protective services
• Community patrol services
• Executive protection
• Threat analysis and vulnerability assessment
• Security program evaluation and development
• Investigations
• Remote CCTV monitoring
• Technical surveillance countermeasures
• Anti-Terrorism solutions

Pioneering New Solutions to Today's Security Problems

The solutions we provide combine proven strategies and tactics, new technologies, and original thinking to deliver what CIS clients expect most--results!

This approach has earned CIS worldwide recognition as the premier source for new and innovative security solutions.

Where others promise, where others fail, CIS delivers...That is "The Critical Difference!"

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