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At Garrison Security Group, our mission is to provide the highest quality of service, ensuring your safety and well-being with an unwavering dedication to professional conduct and ethics. We believe that preparedness and resilience are fundamental to offering the best protection, which is why we are always ready to adapt our approach to effectively address changing situations. We provide top-tier security services that cater to a wide range of needs, both locally, nationally, and internationally.
Our Services
Executive Protection
Armed/Unarmed details for executives and high-profile individuals.
Event Security
Comprehensive security for corporate meetings, events, and large gatherings, including governmental details.
Asset Protection
Secure transportation and escort for high-value assets.
Workforce Protection
Employee termination, corporate downsizing/site closure, and work stoppage and strike management.
Investigative Protection
A wide range of corporate and professional investigative services.
Supplimentary Services
- In addition to our core services, Garrison offers in-depth physical security site assessments, physical penetration testing, and a suite of workforce training programs. Our consulting and technical services can be requested on an as-needed basis to provide security and inform executive decision-making.
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Our Team
When you choose Garrison Security Group, you are partnering with a dedicated team that shares strong values and a commitment to delivering the highest quality of service. Backed by a proven track record, we have extensive experience providing all levels of event security including for governmental officials (up to and including presidential details).
James D. South, C.H.P.P.
James South retired from the New Jersey State Police on February 11, 2011, after a successful and decorated 25 year career. During his career, James acquired extensive experience and training in the field of criminal investigations. His assignments to various New Jersey State Police road stations, as a supervisory member of the Criminal Investigation Office, and as a supervisor within the Office of Professional Standards expanded his experience and knowledge base in conducting a variety of investigations, in interview and interrogation techniques, and in providing courtroom testimony on the municipal, state and federal levels. The abilities acquired in the performance of these duties led to his assignment as a supervisory member of the Shooting Response Team, a task force formed to address gun-related crime in the City of Camden, one of the country’s most violent cities. This task force concentrated on rapid response to active shootings, quick identification and location of potential witnesses, and confiscation of illegal firearms.
While a member of the New Jersey State Police, and afterwards working in the private sector, Mr. South has lectured on topics including Situational Awareness, Active Assailant in the Workplace, Investigation of gang-related and drug-related shootings and conducting Internal/Administrative Investigations.
In 2011, James formed South and Associates, LLC where he continues to utilize his 25 years of training and experience in the investigative field to benefit his clients in the public and private sector. The South and Associates list of clients includes Fortune 100 corporations, governmental agencies, universities, houses of worship, law firms, high net worth individuals, privately held global asset managers, pharmaceutical companies, critical infrastructure sites, and supply chain logistics companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration and has completed the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service Infrastructure Disaster Management and Infrastructure Protection certificate programs. He believes that continuing education coupled with extensive experience is the cornerstone of a successful Investigative, Intelligence, Research and Consulting firm. In 2019, at the request of clients, he and his business partner formed the Garrison Security Group to provide professional security solutions for their extensive list of clientele.
Jeffrey G. Gale, C.H.H.P
Jeffrey G. Gale’s esteemed career with the New Jersey State Police culminated as Bureau Chief in the Office of Professional Standards, where he supervised units responsible for handling complaints, making disciplinary recommendations, and ensuring compliance with Division policies. Earlier, as Assistant Bureau Chief of the Internal Affairs Investigation Bureau, he directed statewide investigations and spent 18 years in various uniformed assignments, including managing Troopers on the NJ Turnpike.
His exceptional service earned him numerous commendations from the Office of the Attorney General. Beyond his State Police career, Mr. Gale has provided security for high-ranking governmental officials, including presidential details, and supervised Homeland Security details at critical infrastructure sites and major events at venues like Metlife Stadium and the Meadowlands Arena.
Joseph Herrity
Joseph Herrity brings over 35 years of combined military, law enforcement and investigative experience and most recently served as the AECOM Corporate Vice President for Security and Resilience Processes. Mr. Herrity is a dedicated, resourceful manager with substantial “hands-on” and program management experience directing and implementing comprehensive security and safety programs around the world. He achieves results through careful analysis, creative planning, and timely application of cost-effective solutions to operational problems. Through well-developed communication plans, He has hired, trained, and motivated cohesive, goal-oriented project teams. Mr. Herrity’s expertise includes developing and managing diversified corporate security and safety plans ranging from personnel and computer integrity to hard asset protective services. He has been responsible for the planning, development and implementation of protective programs (to include executive, staff and physical assets). In addition, Mr. Herrity has authored emergency preparedness plans, International emergency evacuation plans, expatriate travel guides and country briefs. He has developed physical security, access control, computer security and loss prevention plans; participated in the evacuation of employees from hostile locations and Countries; and conducted employee and management training for implementation of all plans.
Mr. Herrity personally provided Executive Protection (EP) services and supervised programs for Forbes listed 100 high value individuals and their families and Fortune 500 CEO’s and executives in domestic and high risk international locations. Mr. Herrity established and supervised protective service details (PSD) and base security operations in hostile locations such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan conducting approximately 10,000 PSD sorties for individual trips/flights/missions totaling almost 2 million road miles, moving 19,800 individuals (employees and clients). All of these movements and base security operations were self-protected without coalition forces escort or protection. He also established an air bridge (rotary and fixed wing aircraft) that conducted hundreds of sorties between sites in northern, central and southern Iraq. All security operations were successfully conducted without sustaining a single injury or causality. Mr. Herrity is a U.S. Navy and Army veteran.
Mr. Herrity has in excess of 3,000 hours in career-related fields of study/conferences and seminars in various federal, private executive, administrative, law enforcement and security courses to include: labor relations, race relations, media/public relations, interviewing/
interrogation, OSHA regulations, executive protection, employee recruitment, contract/grievance employee discipline, and dispute settlement.
Mr. Herrity’s education includes attending the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School, Security Executive Management program, as well as the Georgetown University Security Executive Management program.
Mr. Herrity has held the CPP and CFE designations. He is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the American College of Forensic Examiners, Board certified in Homeland Security and the American Society of Mechanical Engineer, Certified Risk Analysis and Management of Critical Asset Protection. Joseph Herrity has previously held clearances including DOD T/S and other Agency T/S SCM with polygraph.
Timothy M. fOLEY
Timothy M. Foley brings a wealth of experience as a retired U.S. Secret Service Agent, attorney, former head of security for a Fortune 500 energy company, and a consultant specializing in protest management and brand protection. His career includes extensive planning and management of national events, such as Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Presidential Inaugurations, the 2002 Winter Olympics, and the G-8 Summit. In the private sector, he has developed and implemented security strategies for interstate oil and gas pipeline construction and conducted security assessments of critical infrastructure. His contributions to the Secret Service and private sector security have established him as a leader in security planning and policy.
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