Global Security Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mark J. Novak has joined our executive staff as our president. Mark served for over twenty years in the New York City Police Department. He was a supervisor for over twelve years and left, in 2006, with the rank of Captain assigned as the commanding officer of a detective division. Mark spent six years as a Sergeant and Lieutenant assigned to task forces in Brooklyn during which time he responded to hundreds of large scale incidents and emergencies throughout New York City. From 1997 to 2001, he was a member of the NYPD's COBRA team which was trained and equipped to respond to a chemical, biological or radiological attack or release within NYC.

Throughout Mark's career, he received extensive training from agencies such as the NYPD, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the City's Office of Emergency Management. Topics included physical security, critical incident preparedness, counter terrorism, the national incident management system, hazardous materials, chemical nuclear and biological weapons, disorder control and emergency management among others. As a Captain, he served numerous times in the roll of incident commander at emergency scenes, including many biological or chemical threat incidents. While in the Detective Bureau, he oversaw numerous high profile and sensitive investigations. Mark was also assigned to the security details for the last three United Nations General Assemblies, the World Trade Organization Meeting in 2002 and the Republican National Convention.

Mark has prepared emergency response plans for over one hundred high-rise buildings in NYC, including all of the World Financial Center, One and Two Penn Plaza, four of the United Nations Plaza buildings and the Bloomberg corporate headquarters.