Mr. Santoro is an A.S.I.S. International Board-Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with 35+ years’ experience in hospitality/hotel/casino/gaming/resort security, safety, investigations, and asset protection. Mr. Santoro is credited with developing security programs comprised of proprietary and contract guard forces, physical security, compliance testing, claims/due diligence/criminal/background/ investigations, access control, ethics issues, target hardening, and armed/unarmed executive protection. Mr. Santoro specializes in private and public organization Litigation Support, Security Program Administration/ Management/Operation, Risk Management, Safety, Executive Protection, Major Crime, and Physical Security Analysis. He has experience with hospitality, hotel, resort, casino gaming, nightclub, bar, healthcare, public housing, public sector, retail, convenience store, petroleum vendor, museum, residential, and entertainment sector security litigation consulting. Santoro has consulted to clients regarding security operations, security program audit, litigated matters, control center operations, security standards, critical incident management, special event planning, high-value asset protection, specialized target hardening equipment, video evidence review, parking garage, contracted security services, internal and external crime prevention, responsible gaming programs, cash-in-transit protection, cash-in-transit program audit/compliance inspection, Active-Shooter Awareness, sudden violence, and workplace violence prevention. Member of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants. Experienced in providing litigation support in major crime matters including homicides, shootings, aggravated assaults, sexual assaults, and critical incident management at concert/event venues.

Education:

• B.A. , Fairleigh Dickinson University
• ASIS Certified Protection Professional
• ASIS International

Professional Certifications/Licenses: 

• ASIS International Certified Protection Professional Since 2007 (C.P.P.)
• UNLV/DHS Soft Target Terrorism Awareness Instructor
• NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness-Regional Intelligence Academy Instructor
• Advanced Tactical Deployment of O.C. (Pepper Spray) Instructor
• Graduate of 2011 FBI’s Citizen’s Academy
• Federal Secret Clearance 2008-2014
• IHIA Homicide Investigator Training 2021