Whelan Security Enters Northern Kentucky and Ohio Market and Prepares for Additional Expansion In the Pacific Northwest

St. Louis - Whelan Security, one of the industry's foremost respected providers of contract security staffing services, has expanded into Northern Kentucky and Ohio at the request of a major customer and the award of major national contract. The company has established a branch office in Erlanger, Kentucky just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio to support the area. In addition, Whelan Security is preparing to expand into the State of Washington in early May of this year as a result of another recent national contract award.

"We are delighted to announce our expansion into Northern Kentucky, Ohio and Washington," said Prentice Robertson, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Vice President of Whelan Security. "We are equally delighted with both major contract awards, the momentum being generated within our national account program, and the opportunity to partner with two world class organizations whose values are so closely aligned with our own. These markets offer tremendous opportunity for additional expansion and are a continuance of our strategic growth plans which now expand well beyond our core markets in the Central and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States."

WHELAN SECURITY: With headquarters in St. Louis, Whelan Security is a privately owned and operated security firm providing outsourced and contract security staffing services to corporate headquarters, Class A office buildings, financial institutions, educational campuses, industrial and distribution facilities, medical facilities, retail shopping centers, residential communities, and sensitive government facilities throughout the many regions of the United States. Founded in 1949, Whelan Security currently employs more than 4,000 full-time employees and currently ranks within the top fifteen security companies in the country, placing it within the top 1% of the industry. In addition, the company also ranks as one of the top 10 privately owned contract security companies operating in the U.S.