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Blue Star brings law enforcement expertise to schools and educational facilities, protecting students, staff, and the learning environment they depend on.
Schools are environments built on trust, and that trust depends on every student, educator, and family feeling safe on campus. Maintaining that level of safety requires a security presence that’s visible enough to deter threats but unobtrusive enough to preserve the learning environment.
Blue Star’s school security services are customized to the specific needs of your educational facility and the people who walk through its doors every day. Because our officers come exclusively from active-duty and retired law enforcement backgrounds, they bring a level of real-world expertise that translates directly to preventing incidents, managing campus access, and maintaining safety in school environments. The result is a calm, professional security presence that protects students and staff without disruption.
Learning happens best when students and staff feel safe. Blue Star gives your campus the security presence to make that possible.
Because when every layer of your school security operation meets the same high standards, the result is protection you can actually count on.
Blue Star is staffed exclusively by state-certified active-duty and retired law enforcement officers trained in public safety, firearms proficiency, and situational response to the rigorous standards of local, county, and state law enforcement agencies.
Our executive team brings field command and tactical unit experience that ensures disciplined operations and strategic oversight across every deployment.
With backgrounds spanning tactical units, investigative divisions, and specialized law enforcement operations, our personnel can be matched to the precise needs of your campus.
Whether you need security for a single event, short-term incident response, or ongoing coverage for your school or campus, Blue Star scales to meet your needs.
School security typically involves trained officers managing entry points, access control, ongoing threat assessment, crisis response, and de-escalation support. Blue Star customizes every school security plan to the specific needs of your educational facility, ensuring students, staff, and visitors are protected throughout the school day.
Armed school security guards with law enforcement backgrounds provide a stronger deterrent and faster response capability than unarmed personnel. Blue Star’s officers are active-duty and retired law enforcement professionals trained in threat assessment, crisis response, and de-escalation, bringing real-world expertise to educational environments where student and staff safety is the top priority.
The cost of school security services varies based on the size of the campus, number of access points, hours of coverage needed, and level of protection required. Blue Star provides customized security plans tailored to each educational facility, so pricing is based on your specific needs rather than a one-size-fits-all package.
When evaluating campus security services, schools should prioritize companies that offer customized security plans and have demonstrated experience in educational environments. Blue Star’s officers come exclusively from active-duty and retired law enforcement backgrounds, bringing the discipline, expertise, and situational awareness to every school and campus we protect.
383 Main Ave, Suite 505
Norwalk, CT 06851, USA
Phone: 203.941.4700
383 Main Ave, Suite 505
Norwalk, CT 06851, USA
Phone: 203.941.4700
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Hjelle is the CEO of Security Services Holdings, LLC as well as Protos Security and its subsidiaries. Mark is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Board Member who has led large national business and facilities services firms for nearly 25 years delivering strong top- and bottom-line growth while building high-performing teams with strong culture. Most recently, he was CEO for CSC ServiceWorks, a B2B2C provider of technology-enabled consumer services. Prior to CSC, Mark was President of Brickman/Valleycrest a national provider of exterior landscape and snow removal services. Over the course of his 18-year tenure at Brickman, he held numerous leadership positions in operations, finance and business development. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government and a Law Degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law.
