Tactical Security Service Chicago

What Tactical Security Service Chicago does

Tactical Security Service Chicago (TSS Chicago), operating as STS Associates, LLC, is a private security firm founded in 2021 and headquartered at 202 West Ravine Court, Barrington, Illinois. The company serves the Chicago metropolitan area with four core service lines: armed security, executive protection, investigation, and training. Its stated customer base spans high-net-worth individuals, government officials, educational facilities, healthcare organizations, and businesses, with one named high-profile protection engagement involving the Lt. Governor of Oklahoma.

The firm differentiates its offering through proprietary, branded methodologies — most notably the Marine Combat Hunter program and the OFF Response Model — and through a leadership team drawn from military and law enforcement backgrounds. It invests approximately $10,000 per officer annually in training, materially above commodity guard-industry norms, and has launched an intelligence services unit providing counter-intelligence, electronic surveillance detection, and dark web monitoring alongside its physical protection work. The firm has also adopted JCAT Partners certification standards and rolled out an online client portal for service management.

The business model is contract-based and hourly-billed, with publicly disclosed rates of approximately $70/hour for nonprofit/educational engagements (e.g., summer camps) and $85/hour for retail/private clients. The go-to-market emphasizes discreet, tailored engagements over volume commercial security, supported by a C-suite (CEO Bryan Javor, founder/CFO Mark Lasky, COO Matthew Beauchamp, CSO Adam Smith) and a dedicated Government Liaison (Ed Sullivan). No external funding rounds have been disclosed; the firm appears to be founder-owned and privately capitalized.

Name

Tactical Security Service Chicago

Legal name

STS Associates, LLC

Website

https://tsschicago.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tactical Security Service Chicago is a Barrington, Illinois-based private security firm founded in 2021 providing armed security, executive protection, investigation, and training services to high-net-worth individuals, government officials, and organizations across the Chicago metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Security Services

NAICS

Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services (56161), Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Protection & Close Protection (BPABAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Manned Guarding & Patrol Services (IMAIAEAA), Manned Guarding & Site Security (Static Guards) (BPABAMAA), Public Sector Guarding (Government Buildings, Courthouses) (BPAKAAAG)

Keywords

• Armed security services
• Executive protection
• Close protection services
• Private investigation services
• Security training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Island Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Armed Security Services: Physical security barrier services at homes, offices, or events. Officers can be dressed casually, in formal attire, or full uniform with visible firearm. Includes threat detection, mitigation, evacuation, and threat elimination capabilities.
2. Executive Protection Services: Mobile security services for individuals during travel, at residences, offices, or public venues. Includes armed agents trained by special forces operators and US Embassy Agents, covering hand-to-hand combat, threat identification, evasive driving, counter-intelligence and surveillance techniques.
3. Investigation Services: Armed detectives and intel-analysts perform counter-intelligence, security advance, physical and electronic surveillance, risk and threat assessment, dark web and extremist group monitoring, and report development.
4. Summer Camp Security Program: Tailored armed security programs for summer camps and nonprofit organizations, with special pricing for nonprofit camps at $70/hr (retail value $85/hr). Services can include uniformed or plain-clothed officers, observation posts, vehicle security, or embedded staff.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tactical Security Service Chicago provides armed physical security and mobile executive protection services to government officials, high net worth individuals, private organizations, and institutional clients in the Chicagoland area. Services are delivered by officers and agents trained by active U.S. Special Forces instructors and backed by an in-house Intelligence Unit that performs counter-intelligence, surveillance, dark web monitoring, and threat assessment. Core offerings include Armed Security, Executive Protection, Investigation, Training, and the specialized Armed Security Summer Camp Program.

Product overview

Tactical Security Service Chicago (TSS Chicago) is a close protection security agency offering a portfolio of interconnected protective services centered on Armed Security, Executive Protection, Investigation, and Training programs. The core offerings—Armed Security and Executive Protection—provide physical security barriers and mobile close protection for clients. The Investigation and Intelligence Unit services support these with counter-intelligence, surveillance, dark web monitoring, and threat assessment capabilities. All field operations are backed by a comprehensive Training curriculum taught by U.S. Special Forces and law enforcement instructors. The company also offers specialized services including the Armed Security Summer Camp Program and an Anonymous Tip submission system for community threat reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Armed Security Physical armed security services providing threat detection, mitigation, evacuation, and threat elimination at homes, offices, and events in the Chicagoland area. Officers can operate in plain clothes, suits, or full uniform with visible firearms, serving educational, worship, healthcare, government, and workplace facilities.
• Executive Protection
• Investigation
• Training
• Armed Security Summer Camp Program Specialized armed security services tailored to summer camps and nonprofit organizations, offering uniformed or plain-clothed officers, observation post coverage, vehicle patrols, or embedded staff for camouflage-style security. Nonprofit camps receive a discounted rate of $70/hr versus the approximate retail value of $85/hr.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced response time through proactive threat identification and Marine Combat Hunter training methodology

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• J-CAT PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSS Chicago maintains a partnership with J-CAT Partners, displaying their certification logo on their website footer. J-CAT (Justice for All Through) appears to be a certification body within the security industry.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• International Security Management (ISM): Boutique executive protection firm founded by former special operations personnel, focused on protective services for corporate and private clients. Highly comparable in pedigree, training methodology, and clientele to TSS.
• AS Solution: Specialized executive protection and secure transportation firm serving corporate and high-net-worth clients globally. Closely comparable to TSS's executive protection offering and methodology-heavy training culture.
• Gavin de Becker & Associates: Premier executive protection and threat assessment firm serving high-profile individuals and at-risk public figures. Both firms emphasize intelligence-led protective services and high-end clientele, directly competing for HNWI and celebrity EP work.
• Hillard Heintze: Security risk management and threat consulting firm serving corporate, government, and institutional clients. Overlaps with TSS's investigations, threat assessment, and facility security advisory offerings.

Regional players

• Titan Security Group: Chicago-based contract security firm providing armed and unarmed guards across the Midwest. Directly competes with TSS in Chicagoland facility guarding and event security but lacks the EP and intelligence differentiators.
• Andy Frain Services: Chicago-headquartered security and crowd management firm with deep regional roots in event, venue, and facility security. Comparable geographic base and customer mix in the Chicagoland commercial security market.

Broad incumbents

• Kroll: Global investigations, security consulting, and intelligence services firm. Comparable to TSS in counter-intelligence and threat assessment capabilities, though Kroll also offers broader financial and cyber advisory services.
• Pinkerton (part of Securitas): Large established corporate security and investigations firm offering executive protection, investigations, and uniformed guarding. Overlaps with TSS across multiple service lines but operates at significantly broader scale.
• Allied Universal: Largest North American manned guarding and security services provider. Competes with TSS in armed security for facilities, educational, and worship verticals but at radically different scale and price positioning.

Emerging players

• CP Risk Solutions: Specialized close protection and risk management firm serving corporate and private clients. Comparable positioning to TSS in boutique EP and threat-informed security design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chicagotss
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChicagoTSS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tss-chicago
• Instagraminstagram.com/chicagotss

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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