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Michael Harrington
Systems, engineering, analytics, and applied strategy
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Security

I have quite the exensive background in security. I used to demure about it, but now I realize I was selling myself short. I worked in many positions, gaining advanced skills and recognition. I have been a patrol car driver, a dispatcher, an alarm center dispatcher, a company trainer prior to the DPSST system in Oregon, a shift supervisor, a site supervisor, and an acting field supervisor in a company with over 500 employees.

Security Book

I wrote my first book in 1999 to 2001. I published it in 2016. Looking back at the rough draft, it was filled with typos, grammar issues, and other problems. I pulled the book a while ago for other reasons, and I plan to re-write it as a top level security company and security guard book. I am taking lessons I learned from Empire Security and others, and I am making a book that few will be able to avoid having if they wish to be owners, supervisors, executives, or more.

The book will be "The Essential Security Guidebook 2.0", in a nod to the original book which was just too broad in targeting for a good audience.

Experience

The number of officers who have done what I have done will be few. Who can say they trained for being a facilities engineer and security for a top high-tech company? Who can also say they were Hazmat qualified, cleanroom certified, been all supervisor types, worked in control centers and alarm dispatch centers? I have worked it all, there are maybe a few hundred officers of my caliber prior to my book, and in the past I used to downplay it. No more, I will let people know I am trying to set the tone right and if I offer myself to work for them it means I am going to be loyal and capable so long as they keep their word to me.

Specific Experience

  • Access Control
  • Control Centers
  • Badging Devices
  • Hazmat Response
  • Cleanroom Procedures
  • Documentation
  • Report Writing
  • Typing 45wpm
  • Reading 1000-1500wpm
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Patrols
  • Alarm Dispatch
  • Security Dispatch
  • Supervision
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Crowd Control
  • Use of Force Laws
  • De-Escalation Tactics
  • Mental Health Transport
  • Threat Analysis/Assessment
  • CCTV Monitoring
  • Observation Skills
  • FIre Watch
  • Computers in general
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Vehicle Inspection
  • Loss Prevention
  • Evidence Handling/Chain of Evidence
  • Compliance
  • Training
  • Bag Checks
  • Screening Devices
  • Handcuffs & Restraints
  • Customer Service
  • Communication Skills
  • Crisis Management
  • Bomb Identification/Response
  • Scheduling
  • Active Shooter Procedure
  • Fire Systems
  • Team Leadership
  • Game Theory
  • Confidential Document Handling
  • OSHA Compliance
  • Safety
  • Evacuation Coordination
  • Catastrophic Event Training
  • Post Order development
  • PPE equipment
  • Ergonomics in Security
  • Fatigue Awareness
  • Fatigue Counter Planning
  • Innovation in Security
  • Radio Usage
  • Firearms
  • Firearm Maintenance
  • Tech Support
  • Site Evaluations
  • Surprise Inspections
  • Interviews
  • Recruiting
  • Security Theory
  • Social Media
  • Insurance
  • Anti-Harassment Procedures/Methods
  • Grid Searches
  • Background Checks
  • Emergency Response Team "ERT"
  • Tourniquet
  • Robots and Drones
  • Anti-Sex Trafficing training
  • Training to handle suicidal persons
  • Secured Transport (restraints)
  • Minor Physical Combat Training (infantry)
  • Veteran
  • Press Policy
  • Political Activism
  • Law Enforcement Liason
  • Artifical Intelligence
  • Nitrogen Storage
  • Cleanroom HVAC
  • Boilers
  • Water Pumps
Part of this is due to personal research, such as the AI capabilities, some from advanced training such as the Boilers and Water Pumps, and some from other security assignments.