AlliedBarton Security Services Is Honored With Fifth Consecutive Recognition as One of Training Magazine's Top 125

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA--(Marketwire - February 2, 2010) - AlliedBarton Security Services, the industry's premier provider of highly trained security personnel, for the fifth consecutive year has earned recognition as one of Training magazine's Top 125 training companies. Training magazine, the leading business publication for learning and development professionals, initially honored AlliedBarton five years ago as the first security services company to make the prestigious list. This year's Top 125 leading training organizations were revealed during the awards gala held February 1 at the Training 2010 Conference & Expo in San Diego, CA.

"To be ranked among the best learning and development companies for five consecutive years is an amazing accomplishment," said Jim Gillece, AlliedBarton Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Capital Management. "Quality training programs are critical to our employees' growth and development, and to our ability to provide the high level of security service our customers rely on every day."

The Training Top 125 is determined by assessing a range of qualitative and quantitative factors, including financial investment in employee development, the scope of development programs, and how closely such development efforts are linked to business goals and objectives.

"It is a great honor to continually be recognized by Training magazine and other top organizations for the programs and initiatives that have helped us gain our position as the most responsive security services company," said Bill Whitmore, AlliedBarton President and CEO. "Through our learning and development programs we've developed leaders who help ensure the safety and security of people, homes and businesses at thousands of locations across the country."

"The training and development of AlliedBarton's security officers and managers is essential to our service delivery and on-the-job performance," Whitmore continued. "We continue to allocate extensive resources to developing and delivering the finest training programs in the security industry. As America's largest privately held security services provider, we consider the preparation of our security personnel to be a critical responsibility."

Through the AlliedBarton EDGE(SM) -- the security company's professionally designed and executed approach to training and development -- AlliedBarton employees at all levels receive comprehensive and ongoing training in a variety of formats including eLearning. Delivering world-class virtual and classroom training programs ensures that security officers are professionally trained for the requirements of the sites to which they are assigned. AlliedBarton's training curriculums are continually updated to accommodate the many industries the company serves including chemical and petrochemical, higher education, commercial real estate, financial institutions, government services, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial, residential communities and shopping centers.

AlliedBarton Security Services is the industry's premier provider of highly trained, responsive security personnel to many industries. Responsive, customer-focused security officers and managers at our client sites are supported by award-winning national resources developed from over 50 years of security experience. More than 50,000 employees and 100 offices service a client base of several thousand which includes approximately 200 Fortune 500 companies across the country. AlliedBarton was the first security services company selected as one of Training magazine's Top 125 training companies and has been recognized with this honor for five consecutive years. For more information call 1-866-825-5433 or visit www.AlliedBarton.com.

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