02/11/08

About Douglas Knisely,  owner/operator:

Douglas Knisely is a lifetime Certified Protection Professional (CPP). The Certified Protection Professional  program was established in 1977 by the American Society for Industrial Security, which is the leading organization of security professionals in the world. The certification program sought to formalize the body of knowledge necessary to professional security practice, to establish standards for the knowledge and experience that should characterize professional practitioners, and to certify individuals who met these standards and demonstrated mastery of the profession’s fundamentals. A difficult battery of mandatory and optional exams was developed to test this mastery. Recertification is required every three years by showing proof of continuing education and active participation in professional organizations.

Additional background information:

Started his shredding career doing DoD Classified document destruction.
Held DoD secret clearance
32 years in law enforcement and security
Graduate of the PA State Police Academy
Graduate of the Executive Protection Institute (PPS)
Obtained and maintained his CPP certification since 1987. Designated as a life-time CPP in 2002.
Licensed Private Investigator
Security Consultant in negligent security matters dealing specifically to document destruction.
Safe Schools Security Consultant
Co-authored “Security Evaluation and Planning Guide for Schools”.
Produced “Self Defense for School Teachers” video.

Federal Trade Commission News:  Douglas Knisely, CPP and Brian Baker, MA, CPP were invited to Washington, DC

and met with FTC officials on July 24, 2007.   After a brief history of the shredding industry, a presentation titled

"What Shredding Services Don't Want You To Know" was conducted.  A question and answer period followed.  The main points

of discussion were:  shred size; background checks; false advertising and deception in the industry.  

What others are saying about our claims:

Department of Health & Human Services - Office for Civil Rights, Region III

January 9, 2008 - "OCR will not be able to accept your complaint for investigation.  The Privacy Rule applies only to covered entities."  "Your correspondence indicates that you have collected information regarding how this shredding process operates.   It would be helpful to have such information for our reference when reviewing the activities of covered entities which are subject to the Privacy Rule, and which may at some point utilize the shredding trucks described in your complaint."     The trucks we're speaking of are the pierce-and-tear.  They acknowledged receipt of the provided information. 

Department of Labor & Industry - Office of Inspector General

This office was looking for the best method to shred documents and possibly initiate a department shred policy. 

December 2007 - "Everything you've said about this industry has proven to be true."

January 2008 - "Thank you for the samples.  They are wonderful.  That's exactly what I wanted to see.  Thanks to you, we're going with a company called ____________.  They're not necessarily the cheapest, but they provide the hammermill style shred.  Thanks for all your help and I'll keep your information on file for reference." 

Congressman John E. Peterson's office

January 31, 2007 - "I believe the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has taken action to resolve this issue.  Thank you for your interest in bringing this security/privacy issue forward; otherwise, this matter may not have been addressed for some time." 

KNISELY MOBILE SHREDDING - Bellefonte/Woolrich, PA

Phone (800) 810-0474  Fax (570)769-7429

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