Dozens of fatal shootings have happened at churches in recent years, including 26 lives taken at the San Antonio area’s First Baptist Church in 2017. Now, a federally funded program is available to provide vital security to your church, with up to $150,000 available per church. We help you secure...
Jacki Grubb joined the Checkmate Global team in 2021 as Controller, coming to us with over 25 years of financial and human resources experience. As of January 1st, Jacki has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Operations for Checkmate Global and affiliated businesses, Showcall and MHA...
Checkmate Global is a proven leader in providing Threat and Vulnerability Assessments, and Active Shooter Training. We have helped our clients pursue government issued grants to upgrade their security posture and infrastructure and have provided our corporate clients and their employees with Active Shooter Training. Let our professional team, made...
If you are responsible for ensuring an event’s physical security posture, you’ve arrived at the right place. We have earned the reputation as one of the national capital region’s most trusted provider of physical security fencing, barriers, and magnetometers. We’ve secured events attended by Presidents, World Leaders, the Pope, and...
Establishing reliable event security often requires the establishment of a mobile Command post. In today’s high threat environment, numerous physical, electronic, and other security threat countermeasures must be integrated and coordinated to deliver the desired security effect. Checkmate is a proven reliable and effective manager of a wide variety of...
Welcome back to our Checkmate Global blog. We provide tactical security assets and consultation services to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. We are proud that this blog series is reaching so many people to promote the differences we make to public safety in conjunction with our law enforcement...
Checkmate Global was honored to provide Magnetometers and Bag Screening for the National Museum Of Asian Art 100 Year Celebration, at the Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building in Washington, DC.
Checkmate Global is pleased to assist its partner, Meridian Rapid Defense Group, install vehicle barriers at the Leesburg Flower and Garden Show and Audi Field in Washington, DC
Checkmate was honored to provide perimeter security assets for the 2023 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC
In today’s world, there are many circumstances and events that now require some form of security barriers or other assets to protect the public or event attendees. Following the Las Vegas mass shooting at the Jason Aldean country concert or the January 6th breech and protest inside the U.S. Capitol...
We’ll leave it to the sociologists to explain the increasing threat of violent crime. We’ll leave it to those same sociologists to explain the dramatic increase in people seeking to disrupt, steal from or violently attack your business operations or special event. Rest assured, however, that you can leave it...
Barriers are essential in events for many reasons. They are used to ensure safety and security, to control unruly crowds, and to protect those pre- screened guests inside barriers. Safety and security are paramount in any event. Barriers and fencing can be used to control access and movement within an...
Ticketed and private events share common access control challenges. You or your client demand that only paying ticket holders or by-name authorized individuals enter the event space Anti-scale fencing is just one of the many physical security assets that we deploy to ensure strict access control is achieved. Our company...
Two questions for you today. Do you manage or own a business in the National Capitol region? Have you done all you can to protect your employees and facility? It is not just you and your employees at unparalleled risk in today’s workspace. It is your business’ livelihood and all...
The holidays have arrived. As we write this, we continue to do our very best to meet and exceed your expectations. Simultaneously, our hearts are filled with Holiday joy, too many to itemize fully. One of our greatest joys is our appreciation of you. Please know how much we value...
Any event without proper physical security planning poses very real safety and liability threats to the organizer. We’ll protect you from that. Checkmate’s Deployable Security Assets support services protect you against an assortment of threats that include (but are not limited to) physical attack, accidental injuries, damage to property, crowd...
Our path to personal and professional success is paved by- and with- the quality souls with whom we have surrounded ourselves. And, we consider you a member of our extremely valued fraternity of customers, vendors, service providers, mentors, and friends. It has been a strange couple of years, and we...
Today, more than ever, high-profile people live in a state of perpetual safety risk. Protecting VIP’s is a core competency here at Checkmate and we’ve done it for years and for people at the highest echelons of government and industry. Consider the fact that over the years we’ve protected Presidents,...
Security measures are highly important in any event. Its ultimate goal is to protect the guest and the property during the entire occasion. A good security team will regularly monitor and protect the entire venue throughout the course of events and keep those all-important costs down. With the Checkmate Global...
Your most important resources are your HUMAN resources! Have you done all you can to protect them? Workplace Violence is any form of physical abuse, harassment, intimidation that happens at the work site. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an average of nearly 2 million U.S. Workers...
Most businesses ensure that there is an existing security system capable enough to protect their people and properties. With risk management in place, it helps the business reduce their loss. With security consulting services, Checkmate Global conducts a threat assessment to the security that provides the best and full protection...
Problems happen in any event. You cannot always have every step figured out. However, you will always plan for different outcomes. Security is an integral part of any successful event. It is important to be prepared to shift, make adjustments and be ready for any possible problem that will happen....
Event planners, we take zero pleasure in informing you of the obvious….it’s a dangerous time in a dangerous world. Whether you are planning a public or private event, large or small scale, danger lurks out there. But that danger can be mitigated by what we call in our industry “hardening”...
You may think you have a foolproof plan to orchestrate your next public or private event, however, there are circumstances that can and do arise that may be beyond your ability to manage. You should have an Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Plans in place to ensure the safety of your...
Event planners within the National Capital Region turn to Checkmate Global for event security planning and execution services. Never in our history has there been an bigger threat to events within the NCR that cater to large gatherings, especially those advertised where VIP’s will attend. We deliver direct support to...
Event coordinators, more than ever, are deeply (and rightfully) concerned with site security. Whether we want to admit it or not, it is an increasingly dangerous world out there. Access control services is a core competency for the security professionals here at Checkmate. So, we’ll start with the basics. Our...
When you contract event security services, you deserve and must demand trusted excellence from your service provider. Time and time again, we’ve earned the trust of federal and state governments, to entertainment events attended by the rich and famous, and down to the small business owners whose reputation requires order...
When it comes to security services within the National Capital Region, Checkmate Global is your trusted source and has been since 2008. Whether you need a command post, a functional temporary workspace or a storage area for equipment near the main scene or venue, Checkmate's Trailblazer offers the custom mobile...
Security is the primary concern in high-profile events. Hiring experts in integrated security assets and systems is imperative. If you require a consulting service that can provide you with experienced advice, recommendations and action plans that will make your event extra safe and secured, Checkmate Global is the company you...
In need of access control systems, anti-scale fencing, climate control solutions, mobile power generation and barrier systems on your upcoming large-scale event, Checkmate Global is your go-to security asset provider. Since 2008, Checkmate Global has provided temporary deployable security assets and creating hardened perimeters to enforce and prevent unauthorized accesses....