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William Blake - NCISS
2009 Conference Speaker
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Risk Assessment
and Premises Liability
A Missed Opportunity
William F. Blake, CPP, CFE
President
Blake and Associates, Inc.
Post Office Box 489
Littleton, CO 80160-0489
Mr. Blake, a native of Vermont, is a graduate of Michigan State
University, East Lansing, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Police Administration. He also holds a Master of
Science degree in Foundations of Education from Troy State
University, Troy, Alabama.
He is a retired Chief Warrant Officer of the U.S. Army where he
served as a Military Intelligence Special Agent and a Criminal
Investigation Division Special Agent in supervisory and
management positions. While a member of the U.S. Army, he was
responsible for designing and implementing a revised and
expanded curriculum for the criminal investigation course
attended by members of the Department of Defense. As a military
instructor, he was responsible for instruction in investigative,
administrative and management subjects to investigators,
managers and senior military officers.
Following retirement from the U.S. Army, Mr. Blake was employed
as a security officer with a hospital before accepting a
position as Security Manager and Investigator for a major bank.
In this capacity, he was responsible for physical security,
guard force operations, and investigations. Following a merger
with another financial institution, he was assigned as a
Regional Security Manager with responsibility for 35 locations.
Mr. Blake was later employed as a Security Manager for a savings
and loan association with state-wide responsibility for 25
locations. With the demise of the savings and loan association,
he became the Investigations Manager at a major financial
institution before assuming responsibility in a newly created
Disaster Recovery Manager position. As Disaster Recovery
Manager, he was responsible for developing disaster recovery
plans for all business units within the Company.
After 12 years in security positions with financial institutions
and subsequent to another merger, he established Blake and
Associates, Inc., a private investigation and security
consulting firm. Blake and Associates, Inc., specialized in risk
assessment and premises liability activities.
From 2000 to 2002, he was President of Prism International,
Inc., a security consulting firm with a national and
international clientele.
Mr. Blake has more than 45 years experience in civil and
criminal investigations, bank security, executive protection,
loss prevention, disaster recovery planning, counterintelligence
operations, security risk analysis, and security training.
He has attended criminal investigation, counterintelligence,
corporate security, and management courses sponsored by the U.S.
Army, U.S. Air Force, University of Alabama, Michigan State
University, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Jacksonville State
University, Troy State University, Georgia Police Academy, Bank
Administration Institute, American Bankers Association,
International Association of Chief of Police, Executive
Protection Institute, American Society for Industrial Security,
U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, National Crime Prevention Institute, International
Association of Credit Card Investigators, and the Association of
Certified Fraud Examiners.
He conducts background investigations for Department of Homeland
Security, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and
Customs Enforcement as a contract investigator for Kroll
Government Services.
Mr. Blake has been designated as a Certified Protection
Professional (CPP) by the American Society for Industrial
Security and as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) by the
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He was a member of the
Board of Directors, Georgia Chapter, Association of Certified
Fraud Examiners (1990, 1993). He was an organizer of the Central
Savannah River Chapter, American Society for Industrial Security
(1985), Chapter Vice Chairman (1986), Chairman (1987) and
Regional Seminar Planning Representative (1986 - 1988).
Author: "Making Recovery A Priority," Security Management,
American Society for Industrial Security, April 1992; "Securing
Premises from Liability Risks," Risk Management, Risk and
Insurance Management Society, September 1994; "Putting a Lid on
Premises Liability," Security Management, American Society for
Industrial Security, January 1996; "Safety First: A Premises
Liability Primer," Journal of Property Management, Institute of
Real Estate Management, July/August, 1996, (Journal of Property
Management Non-Member Article of the Year Second Place Award,
1996); “Security Personnel: Cost Versus Quality,” Journal of
Property Management, July/August, 1998; co-author with Walter F.
Bradley, Esq., JD, Premises Security: A Guide for Security
Professionals and Attorneys, published by Butterworth-Heinemann.
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