khalsa gurutej khalsa headquarters 7 infinity loop espanola nm united states key people nirmal kaur khalsa ceo daya s. khalsa president and founder number of employees 12 000 1 subsidiaries coastal international security website www.akalsecurity.com 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 . 2 akal security and a subsidiary company coastal international security have received over 1 billion in federal security contracts . 2 history edit akal security inc. was founded in 1980 after gurutej khalsa an american convert to sikhism found that although he had extensive experience in law enforcement his beard and turban prevented him from getting a job . 1 the company was started with a 1 200 loan from one of its founders . 3 akal security is one of a number of companies run by followers of the sikh dharma sangat . 1 akal security had a large expansion in contracts after the september 11th attacks because it was able to recruit a large number of former law enforcement and military personnel . 4 according to the new york times the company has benefited from the army s low price approach to determining contracts because akal security has low overhead and good past performances . 1 references edit a b c d wayne leslie september 28 2004 . sikh group finds calling in homeland security . new york times . retrieved 19 august 2011 . a b american sikhs run billion dollar security firm npr . npr . retrieved 12 august 2011 . company history . akal security . archived from the original on 7 july 2011 . retrieved 19 august 2011 . robinson sherry october 15 2001 . akal security finds itself in hiring mode . the albuquerque tribune . p. 7 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title akal security & oldid 739313028 categories companies based in new mexicocompanies established in 1980security companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 00 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view