Company Principals

TED FARACE, Qualifying Agent, State of Nevada License #1392 was a member of the New York City Police Department for 23 years, advancing in less than four years from the uniform detail to the Detective Division. After promotion to the Detective Division, Ted shortly achieved Detective second grade status while working in various investigative units including Burglary, Robbery and Financial Frauds. His well recognized expertise, particularly in the area of financial frauds, led to his appointment by NYPD to work with the FBI on the elite Joint NYC Bank Robbery Task Force. This assignment lasted for the final six years of Ted’s career with NYPD. Upon retiring in 1987, Ted joined the Security Department of the  investment bank, JP Morgan Bank. In 1989, he was promoted to Vice President, Director of Security and developed a global security operation for the firm. Ted built the once domestic security operation into a global team of 250 highly trained and motivated personnel with direct reporting offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Moscow, South Africa and Paris. In 1992, Ted was promoted to the position of Managing Director at the firm and held that position until retiring in 2001. He was a Board member of the International Banking Security Association (IBSA) and Chair of the Protection Committee of the New York Clearing House. He also sat on the Executive Committee of the NYPD, Association of Private Police Liaison (APPL).

Ted is President, Coordinator and founder of the Volunteer Homeland Reserve Unit (VHRU) a group of 225 former law enforcement personnel, which provides support to the State of Nevada, Division of Emergency Management and various local police departments.  He founded the Citizen Corps, a volunteer group in the City of Henderson Police Department.

FRANK BRUTON, Managing Partner is a former Vice President and Senior Counselor of Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Hartford, CT. In his 30 years at Aetna, Frank was senior advisor to the Chairman and President on virtually all major issues and challenges facing the company.  Frank headed an internal group of 30 people focusing on major interactions of the company with government at the federal, state and local levels. He has excellent negotiating, analytical and problem solving skills. A particular strength is his ability to assess needs and organize and deploy resources efficiently and effectively. He also serves as an independent arbitrator and is a member of ARIAS, an international arbitration society. 

Frank was born in Brooklyn, NY and holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross and St. Johns University, School of Law. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut for five years and served as a communications officer in the US Navy.  He has held several elected positions in town government in Connecticut and is currently Treasurer of the Volunteer Homeland Reserve Unit (VHRU).