HLSA Security Services

Armed and Unarmed Security

When it comes to effective security, certain environments and circumstances call for either armed or unarmed security guards. HLSA evaluates each client and job site to tailor the most effective security detail to meet your safety, security, and budget requirements. Our security guards — whether armed or unarmed — are extensively trained to provide the highest caliber of security expertise to each situation.

Whether you require armed or unarmed security for yourself or your business, your safety is our top priority. Our highly trained professional security team operates with integrity, reliability, expertise, and responsiveness, with individual training in conflict resolution and superior customer service.

Cannabis Dispensaries Security

As the cannabis industry continues to grow into a lucrative business opportunity in Chicago, it's important to also recognize the industry's security challenges. The large revenues involved with the marijuana industry make dispensaries frequent targets for theft and robbery. Cannabis growing facilities and dispensaries must safeguard their products, employees, facilities, and reputation amid a heavily regulated landscape.

Our team of cannabis dispensary security specialists can safeguard the most critical areas of risk exposure for your business.

• Access control
• Armed security
• Monitoring
• Escort/transport security

Construction Security

One of the most significant threats to any business owner's bottom line is theft. Construction sites are full of valuable materials such as lumber, copper, tools, and machinery. After regular business hours, these sites are deserted until the next work day, leaving the site open to potential criminal activity.

HLSA works closely with construction industry clients to provide comprehensive construction security services customized to each unique construction site.

• Risk assessment
• Loss prevention
• Mobile patrols
• Surveillance

Warehouse Security

Theft and vandalism continues to be a persistent challenge for the construction industry. Construction sites are full of valuable materials such as lumber, copper, tools, and machinery. After regular business hours, these sites are deserted until the next work day, leaving the site open to potential criminal activity.

With the cost of construction materials and tools at an all-time high, loss prevention has never been more critical for the construction industry. HLSA provides professional, highly trained and reliable security guards for warehouse and commercial building owners across the Chicagoland area.

• Access control
• Enforcement of property rules and regulations
• Employee screening
• Actively responding to immediate threats
• Handling security violations
• Monitoring for potential security issues
• Investigating and reporting security incidents

Mobile Patrol Services

When your business requires site-wide security, HLSA provides a comprehensive selection of mobile patrol services tailored to your security needs and budget. Mobile security patrols are a highly effective and affordable way of safeguarding the exterior of nearly any location, including residential communities, construction sites, retail and commercial properties, parking lots, and more.

Specializing in theft prevention, rapid response to critical incidents, and crisis mitigation, HLSA mobile patrol officers are extensively trained to ensure that your property is kept secure. All HLSA mobile patrol services are performed by licensed security guards operating marked HLSA patrol vehicles.

• Checking exterior doors, windows, and entrances
• Ensuring the safety of late night employees
• Safeguarding the property from security hazards
• Removing trespassers and vagrants from the property
• Deterring criminal activity
• Locking and unlocking entryways at designated times
• Identifying unauthorized vehicles in parking lots
• Walking the premises in conjunction with patrol duties

Private Investigations

HLSA is fully licensed by the State of Illinois Department of Professional Regulations as a Private Security Agency Contractor. Our team of law enforcement professionals provides solutions for a wide range of investigative needs to help our clients resolve conflicts confidentially and discreetly.

Our private investigators resolve issues in a timely manner with minimal disruption and superior service, providing our clients with the tangible proof they need to make informed decisions.

• Criminal Investigations
• Civil Investigations
• Corporate Fraud Investigations
• Missing Persons Investigations
• Insurance Fraud Investigations

Pre-Employment Screenings

The hiring process can be time-consuming and costly for any organization: bad hires often lead to increased expenses, wasted resources, high turnover, and even safety concerns. We believe that everyone has the right to work in a safe and productive environment. Our pre-employment screening services provide our clients with the information and transparency they need to make informed hiring decisions about their applicants.

Our process is thorough, accurate, and quick, helping our clients to identify the best candidates for the job.

• Educational background
• Professional experience
• Criminal history
• Relevant skills and abilities

Background Checks

HLSA's team of law enforcement officers is highly trained and fully equipped to perform comprehensive background checks for employers and private citizens according to their needs. Our clients' information is kept strictly confidential and background checks are performed discreetly and professionally.

• Verify an individual's identity and personal data
• Confirm an applicant's employment history
• Check an individual's criminal history
• Gather information about financial records

Summons Services

Process serving services must be handled by experienced professionals in order to avoid delays in court proceedings or potential fines. Our licensed process servers are fully trained in process serving laws in Illinois, giving our clients the peace of mind that their legal needs are handled on time and in accordance with local laws.

• Summons
• Subpoenas
• Pre-judgment and post-judgment writs
• Complaints