Complaint Review: Allied Barton Security LLC - Conshohocken Pennsylvania

ALLIED BARTON SECURITY ~ A review of outdated methodologies

in the Private Security Industry

By:

Nationally Certified Security Supervisor, CPO

PART 1

While this review is concentrated on this particular field of Human Resources endeavors, the first part is intended to be a reproach on: WILLIAM (BILL) WHITMORE JR. (PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ALLIED BARTON SECURITY) AND ALLIED BARTON SECURITY COMPANY itself, a subsidiary of Blackstone Financial Group. I am going to exemplify Mr. Whitmore and Allied Barton as examples of the wrong things to do, using the accumulative hard evidence (proof) I have to back it up.

This is the first of a 6 part article. I wish to thank the employees on the ground, of the many Security Companies (including three that claim to be the largest in the USA), their clients and client employees for their contribution to the majority of this article. Further, I wish to express my thanks and best wishes to the support staff of all of these fine organizations; district managers, operations managers, schedulers, site supervisors and last but not least the members of the Human Resources Department. Most of these persons are well above the norm. This does have a negative side effect however, and that is when the exceptional becomes the norm; the abnormal is spotlighted.

With Respect, I will not be using names of other companies, personnel, especially clients. Nor will I use settings that may be known on a public level which might be used to identify any such identities.

This first part is intended to illustrate the basis of a growing problem within the Corporate World of Private Security. To illustrate the abuse of terminology, promises, and guarantees delivered to clients, employees and the public in general. The extent of these actions, in this case, specifically; William Whitmore Jr., President and CEO of Allied Barton Security, resulted in a federal criminal complaint being filed with the F.B.I and the District attorney's offices in three different states against Bill and the two attorneys of Martenson law in Atlanta Georgia. And through direct actions of William Whitmore Jr. ~ the Allied Barton Security Company itself has now been included in the Criminal allegations for defamation and issuing threats to slander and to file false police reports to leverage confidential information out of my control (see attached letter), that are to be used in the upcoming litigation.

Allied Barton IS one of the finest Security Companies in the World; it is a shame that its reputation had to be tarnished by the likes of William Whitmore Jr. and his illustrated lack of training on HR matters, and his fear of the truth. Is this how he got his award from the ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE in 2004?

When Bill Whitmore sent inter-company correspondence, marked as Confidential to third parties for use in the alleged extortion attempt, he DID BREACH his and the Companies written code of ethics and the trust of all the employees and clients, by showing that his promises and written word means nothing. What about the confidences of all the other personnel, clients, and companies that have been put into his hands? Can they trust him to keep these confidences as promised? In my opinion, it would be ludicrous to think Bill would not do the same with all secrets and confidences if it suited his purposes. How did Responsibility and Ethics figure into his actions? What is he so afraid of?

Even scarier is the fact that Bill is on the Homeland defense's Private Sector Advisory Board. What about the secrets he has learned there? Who is he telling them too and for what considerations or motivations? I ask this question as an American and a member of the private security industry. If we take a look at the motivation behind the last breach of trust and the resulting threats we will see that the only stimulus was my asking Bill to fulfill his promise of fair treatment (No threats were made by me as his second-string attorney stated).

Bill could not handle a situation as simple as harassment on a localized level. The training required to handle this type of situation is taught to everyone, except, Apparently William Whitmore Jr... Allied Barton's company policies had been violated, and on their own accord, without request, coercion, or even mentioning it, offered monetary compensation for the violations. Bill also stated that this was a take it or leave it deal and that whether or not I accepted the $4K plus, I was gone. Is this fair treatment? I think not. There are supposed to be Ethics to protect against retaliations for doing the right thing. The things we are told to do when we see them by the same person(s) that retaliate against it. Then there are supposed to be LAWS to back up the ETHICS. Is all of this just Smoke and Mirrors?

It had been previously offered that they pay the money they offered me for lost hours due to interference from the local scheduler and also to return to work. Bill personally vetoed this portion of the agreement offered by H.R. When this was accepted and the money paid, I went on my way. Only to find out that the referrals Allied Barton were giving out included phrases like; He is a thief and a Liar and other statements that were untrue (lies). This exemplified the retribution for turning this person in for illicit activities. This person is still employed in a managerial position, rewarded for keeping this superior attitude, regardless of the rules or laws. I know MOST Lawyers think they are above the law, but CEO's are not, they are facing the consequences for their actions all over the Country, aren't they?

I contacted Bill again with this information. I was informed via his designated HR person that the bad referrals had not happened as she had spoken with the person(s) in the office they told her they had not. (Ask a thief if he is a thief and what will he say?) This same HR person had been proven to be inept previously (making things up) by cold hard facts. On the other hand, I had proof, a private investigator and recordings of them saying these things. I do not make accusation without concrete proof as Bill Whitmore Jr. (President and CEO of Allied Barton Security) had already become aware of. That was the motivation (I think) for the letter demanding that I destroy all the evidences I had or they would contact the local police department informing them that I had made threats against Bill, his family, etc. Which were proven to be blatant lies.

Bill's response was to hire an attorney in Atlanta Georgia (David Hamilton) with the law firm of Martenson Law. With the approval of the managing partner Marty Martenson, David Hamilton sent me an email, followed up with a hard copy of the letter via a courier service. This begs the question of why did Bill choose not to use the attorneys already on retainer for Allied Barton? These are professionals that deal with this exact problem. Why did Bill choose a law firm in Georgia to send me this threatening letter? (Was it because the professionals knew better?) Why didn't David Hamilton read the subject materials before trusting and taking Bill's word? It only got him and his firm into the trouble they are now in.

After I contacted David Hamilton of Martenson Law in Atlanta Georgia and asked him if he had read the material, he answered back indicating that he had at that point and from that point forward he began to retreat, and then hide from my correspondences.

I contacted the Law Firm of Martenson Law in Georgia, inviting them to pursue the course of actions they had threatened too; they have dropped off the face of the Earth as far as I was concerned. So has William Whitmore Jr.

Closing note: Law suits are slow moving activities, but they do move toward the inevitable conclusion; the public trial and total disclosure of all evidence available.

End of part one..

Raymond B

Fort Worth, Texas

U.S.A.