MSA Investigations provides protective services to clients who may be exposed to elevated security risks of harassment, violence, kidnapping and robbery due to their employment, travel needs or high profile status. MSA Investigations's Executive Protection program focuses on protection of the principal, their family and associates, avoiding confrontations and maintaining discretion and confidentiality at all times. MSA Investigations provides protection services to VIP’s and their families, including:
MSA Investigations recognizes that each organization and individual has unique security requirements. We take the time to evaluate and assess individual needs and formulate a plan best suited to your particular set of circumstances and security concerns.
Executive Protection Specialists - Our People
MSA Investigations hires only the best - including veteran members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) with specialized training and practical experience in executive and personal 
protection, evacuation protocols, advance planning, combat driving, and using special weapons. Our Executive Protection Specialists have been trained through the NYPD's Intelligence Division’s Dignitary Protection Program and our own intensive Executive Protection training school and have collectively performed thousands of hours of dignitary and executive protection duty, including protecting dignitaries and heads of state at the United Nations General Assembly, the Republican National Convention, as well as visits to New York City by the President of the United States.
More About Our Executive Protection Services
Protecting People
MSA Investigations will tailor a protection plan that is consistent with the threat against the individual(s) and the needs and expectations of the particular client and will:
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Include armed or unarmed executive protection specialists, or a combination of both.
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Provide one executive protection specialist to the individual(s) or assign a number of executive protection specialists in a team concept, to effectively mitigate the threat and protect the individual.
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Determine if a more overt or obvious security detail is effective, or if it is best to utilize a more diverse group of executive protections specialists who can assimilate or blend into the environment.
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Ultimately, MSA Investigations will work with you to understand the threat and devise the appropriate plan to maximize protection in a cost effective manner.
Special Event Protection
MSA Investigations specializes in special event protection and provides security to special events clients of all sizes from small business gatherings to large conferences for Fortune 500 companies. We have secured different types of events including black tie events, corporate retreats, shareholder meetings, movie and TV productions and premiers. We can devise and staff the entire security plan or work with your existing security director and/or event planner to ensure a safe event.
Residential and Hotel Protection
MSA Investigations can provide a full residential security package that can be tailored to suit each individual client. If it is your private residence in Long Island, a corporate apartment in Connecticut or a hotel room in Manhattan, MSA Investigations will provide you with the peace of mind that we are there to protect you, your family and your staff, 24 hours a day, so that you can concentrate on your business. Our in-house team will go about their daily routines blending into the surroundings, ensuring as little disruption to you and your family as possible.
Secure Travel and Transportation
MSA Investigations provides executive travel coordination and safe transportation options for clients in the New York City, Long Island, and New Jersey metropolitan area as well as across the United States and abroad. Our Executive Protection Specialists are trained in evasive driving techniques and can plan safe travel routes, serve as drivers or provide protective support in escort vehicles as appropriate. MSA Investigations can provide armored vehicles and cars as needed.
Technology Solutions
When appropriate, MSA Investigations also uses technology to complement our Executive Protection programs. We offer a complete communications and tracking system that allows MSA to monitor and communicate with a person anywhere in the world. This system includes GPS technology and provides clients with the ability to directly communicate with MSA's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) locared at our headquarters in New York City, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, maintaining situational awareness of a client's safety at all times