ASSIST - Associated Security Services and Investigators of the State of Texas

3300 Bee Caves Road ï¿½ Suite 650-119 ï¿½ Austin, TX 78746 ï¿½ Phone (832) 274-1079

The Success Story Continues as members of the El Dorado/ASSIST Workers’ Compensation Purchasing Group earn dividends for the 6th consecutive year

The Success Story Continues as members of the El Dorado/ASSIST Workersï¿½ Compensation Purchasing Group earn dividends for the 6th consecutive year!
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Fallen Officers
Fund

Goal $150,000

Currently:
$88,958.45

ï¿½ Donations
ï¿½ Disbursements

THE ASSIST BOARD

President
Bob Burt

Exec. Vice President
Walt Roberts

Vice President
Alan Trevino

State Treasurer
Denise Nicholson

State Secretary
Michael McGregor

Regions Coordinator
Susan Griswold

Past President
Dan Flores

Central Texas Region President
Charlie Deckert

El Paso Region President
Jessie Ruelas

Gulf Coast Region President
Ruben Amaya

North Texas Region President
Kathy McReynolds

Rio Grande Valley Region President
Jaime Ochoa

South Texas Alamo Region President
James Prock

News & Events Committee Chairman
Dave Scepanski

Member Services Director
Lauren Oakley

Webmaster
Dave Scepanski

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Emergencies/Disasters - Companies Available
Updated Jul-29-10

By-Laws - Ethics - Mission
Updated May-20-11

ASSIST Board Minutes
Updated Feb-10-11

ASSIST Board Members
Updated Jul-29-10

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ASSIST REGIONS:
ï¿½ CENTRAL TEXAS
ï¿½ EL PASO
ï¿½ GULF COAST
ï¿½ NORTH TEXAS
ï¿½ RIO GRANDE VALLEY
ï¿½ SOUTH TEXAS ALAMO

History of ASSIST
Updated Feb-1-06

Assault Against a Security Officer
Updated Jun-9-10

Fallen Officers Fund
Updated Feb-1-11

Companies Operating Illegally
Coming Soon

Managing Security Today
UPDATED Jun-29-11

Lobbyist for ASSIST
Updated Sep-16-10

Past Conventions
Updated Jun-15-11

Help Wanted
Updated Apr-25-06

Texas Mutual Insurance
Updated Dec-27-04

Lifetime Members
Updated Oct-7-09

Honorary Members
Updated Oct-8-04

Online Member Database

Articles & Press Releases
UPDATED Jun-29-11

ASSIST MEMBERSHIP

Member Services

Who Has the Trophy?

Dave's Corner
Updated Aug-25-09

Discussion Board

LEAPS Chapters:
-Dallas
-El Paso
-Houston (Coming Soon)

Helpful Links
Updated Jan-14-06

Protecting the Super Rich a Whole Different Deal

MOST OF US PROTECT ï¿½normalï¿½ people and/or property. What about the super rich? Thatï¿½s a whole different deal. The rich really are different than you and me especially with their security needs. We donï¿½t worry about someone hacking into our offshore bank account or breaking into our French vacation villa while we are working in our Dallas office or, worse, kidnapping our children and holding them for ransom. The super rich worry about these and many other things we donï¿½t contemplate in our lifetimes.

It starts with the individual but includes the family members as well. A plan must be designed to include protection against attacks against any of them anywhere they travel. It starts with where they are going to go. Your principle is going to a meeting tonight where he will be the featured speaker. Is this an opportunity for the bad guys to kidnap him? A top priority is an emergency evacuation plan. You have to know before hand how you will extract your principle from a threatening situation.

Facility design of all of their houses scattered throughout the world can be a challenge. You and I have a Colt 45 and a pit bull and that works real well for us, but they have much, much more. Closed circuit television systems, alarm systems and other smart devices show not only entry and exit but speed of entry and can track the intruder as they go room to room. And, the intruder will be met with ï¿½surprisesï¿½ as he progresses.

To you and me, a safe room is a tornado shelter with water, food, extra batteries and some duct tape. To the super rich, itï¿½s an extensive shelter which will support long term requirements. They have the money to build what you and I cannot envision. These safe rooms are built to escape not only individual intruders but mass casualty attacks as well.

So to protect the super rich, money is not an obstacle. The obstacle is to define the full range of probable threats, assess the probability of those threats and design a plan to meet that challenge.

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