Founder | Daya S. Khalsa Gurutej Khalsa |
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Headquarters | , |
Key people | Nirmal Kaur Khalsa ( CEO) Daya S. Khalsa (President and founder) |
Number of employees | 12,000 [1] |
Subsidiaries | Coastal International Security |
Website |
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Akal Security, Inc. is a security company which has federal contracts to guard immigration detention centers, federal courthouses, NASA facilities, federal buildings in Washington, D.C., and numerous embassies under construction. [2] Akal Security and a subsidiary company, Coastal International Security, have received over $1 billion in federal security contracts. [2] Akal Security is one of a number of companies owned and operated by the 3HO Sikh sangat, founded by Yogi Bhajan. [1]
Akal Security, Inc. was founded in 1980 by Gurutej Khalsa, who found that, though he had studied law enforcement, "his beard and turban prevented him from getting a job". [1] At the advice of Yogi Bhajan, Gurutej Khalsa started the company with a $1,200 loan from co-founder Daya Singh Khalsa. [3]
Akal Security had a large expansion in contracts after the September 11th attacks because it was able to recruit a large number of former law enforcement and military personnel. [4] According to The New York Times, the company has benefited from the Army's low-price approach to determining contracts because Akal Security has low overhead and good past performances. [1]
Founder | Daya S. Khalsa Gurutej Khalsa |
---|---|
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Nirmal Kaur Khalsa ( CEO) Daya S. Khalsa (President and founder) |
Number of employees | 12,000 [1] |
Subsidiaries | Coastal International Security |
Website |
www |
Akal Security, Inc. is a security company which has federal contracts to guard immigration detention centers, federal courthouses, NASA facilities, federal buildings in Washington, D.C., and numerous embassies under construction. [2] Akal Security and a subsidiary company, Coastal International Security, have received over $1 billion in federal security contracts. [2] Akal Security is one of a number of companies owned and operated by the 3HO Sikh sangat, founded by Yogi Bhajan. [1]
Akal Security, Inc. was founded in 1980 by Gurutej Khalsa, who found that, though he had studied law enforcement, "his beard and turban prevented him from getting a job". [1] At the advice of Yogi Bhajan, Gurutej Khalsa started the company with a $1,200 loan from co-founder Daya Singh Khalsa. [3]
Akal Security had a large expansion in contracts after the September 11th attacks because it was able to recruit a large number of former law enforcement and military personnel. [4] According to The New York Times, the company has benefited from the Army's low-price approach to determining contracts because Akal Security has low overhead and good past performances. [1]