Background

Chad Olms is the owner and lead consultant for Arx Security Consulting, and is based in Northern Colorado.  Mr. Olms has 24 years of experience working for five different federal law enforcement, intelligence, and security agencies.  Mr. Olms has served as a Regional Security Director, Training Program Manager, a Special Agent for the U.S. Secret Service, an Investigator for the Department of Defense, and an Investigator for the Department of Justice.  During his federal service, Mr. Olms has conducted over 1000 investigations regarding threats to government officials, workplace violence, employee misconduct, fraud, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, as well as many other traditional criminal investigations.  Mr. Olms has also successfully planned and executed several hundred protective operations involving high-threat special events or the protection of government officials.  In addition, Mr. Olms has designed and supervised the installation of over 100 security systems at secure federal facilities throughout the country.

 Mr. Olms has served as the Lead Training Instructor for several federal agencies, and has taught Active Shooter Preparedness, Active Shooter Response, Situational Awareness, De-escalation Techniques, Terrorism/Travel Safety, and Basic Defensive Tactics to over 5000 individuals in the past 12 years.  Mr. Olms has also planned and conducted over 40 active shooter live training exercises at facilities in 21 states and Puerto Rico. 

 Mr. Olms is certified as an Active Shooter Instructor by the Department of Homeland Security and the ALICE Training Institute, and is also a certified De-escalation Instructor.  Mr. Olms holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice, with a concentration in Homeland Security and Intelligence Analysis from Michigan State University. 

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We offer free consultations to discuss your security and training needs.

Contact info:

info@arxsecurityconsulting.com

(970) 402-8807