Night Hawk Security
Denise Morris Martin is the President and CEO of Night Hawk Security and Consulting, LLC, a privately held Minority and Woman-owned Business with its corporate headquarters located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Denise is a native of Martin County and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. In 2007, Denise founded Night Hawk Security and Consulting, LLC (Night Hawk), a company focused on providing unarmed and armed security officers and patrol professionals, alarm monitoring, security consulting and training.
Night Hawk holds HUB and DBE certifications. Since 2008, Night Hawk has successfully executed contracts that included alarm systems monitoring and project management support for a nationwide client with thousands of branch locations throughout the world, comprehensive security services to a national commercial corporation, State government agencies and local municipalities and for commercial development companies
Denise is in a unique position to provide a wide array of security related services as she is also co-owner of Nighthawk Company Police LLC, a newly formed minority-owned company established to provide sworn law enforcement services as an additional level of protection.
How long have you been in business and when did you receive your first contract with Durham County?
Night Hawk Security and Consulting LLC (Night Hawk) has been in business for 16 years. I established Night Hawk in 2007 to provide security consulting and alarm monitoring for a national banking institution, Wachovia.
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Newsletter DURHAM COUNTY
Pictured on the left – Denise Martin, President of Night Hawk Security
Our Interview with Denise
Interview with Denise Martin (Cont.)
After several years of providing security services to various clients, Night Hawk was awarded its first contract with Durham County in July 2017.
Do you feel like doing business with the county impacted your business in a positive way? If so, how?
Doing business with Durham County has impacted and continues to impact my business in a positive way. My business relationship with Durham County has enabled Night Hawk to grow and expand its scope of security services throughout the county, obtain valuable years of experience working with local government officials, establish meaningful business relationships, and work to protect the Citizens and Durham County employees every day.
What advice would you give others, in your industry, who are interested in working with the county?
The advice that I’d give to companies in this industry who are interested in working with Durham County would be to fully comprehend your contractual obligations and scope of work, be a good listener, respond promptly, be attentive to detail, be willing to accept responsibility and the challenges as all this will help you grow and be successful.
What do you like most about living (if applicable) or working in Durham County?
I like most about working in Durham County is the responsiveness and care that I have witnessed firsthand that the County’s leaders and staff have toward the citizens of Durham County. Every security decision or request of security services is made with the decisionmakers asking whether this would ensure the safety of its citizens? Would this be a hardship on anyone? Would this be a hinderance to anyone getting to us or receiving services? From the dignitaries to the homeless, all are important. Additionally, I like that Durham County understands the plight of underutilized, minority-women business enterprises (MWBE)- oftentimes not having access to readily available capital, the importance of a shorter invoicing and payment schedule, the need for mentorship and the sharing of in-house training resources that are mutually beneficial, i.e., crisis intervention training or CPR, etc.
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