Akal Security, Inc. is a security company which has federal contracts to guard immigration detention centers, federal courthouses, NASA facilities, federal buildings in Washington, D.C., and numerous embassies under construction. Akal Security and a subsidiary company, Coastal International Security, have received over $1 billion in federal security contracts.

History

Akal Security, Inc. was founded in 1980 after Gurutej Singh Khalsa found that, although he had some experience in

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, "his beard and turban prevented him from getting a job". The company was started with a $1,200 loan from co-founder Daya Singh Khalsa. Akal Security is one of a number of companies run by followers of the

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sangat. Akal Security had a large expansion in contracts after the

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because it was able to recruit a large number of former law enforcement and military personnel. According to ''

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'', the company has benefited from the

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's low-price approach to determining contracts because Akal Security has low overhead and good past performances.

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External links

*{{official website, http://www.Akalsecurity.com/ Companies based in New Mexico Business services companies established in 1980 Security companies of the United States