About Us

Dan Alvarez is a Professional CPTED Physical Security Practitioner and California BSIS Licensed Private Investigator.  He has 40 years of combined professional experience in law enforcement, private sector fraud investigations and physical site security assessments.

Prior to founding Alvarez & Associates, Dan served as a Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.  After leaving law enforcement, Dan served as Director of the Special Investigations Division for a number of national insurance carriers, specializing in fraudulent Worker's Compensation and multi-line claim Investigations.

In 1989 Dan founded Alvarez & Associates-CPTED, Inc.  The firm is a full service Risk Mitigation consultancy that offers: Certified Title IX Investigations, W/C and General Workplace Investigations, CPTED Campus Threat Assessments and varied safety and security personnel training services.

In 2007 Dan developed and founded CPTED Safe Schools Risk Mitigation Services.  The risk mitigation programs and services (provided by experts in the field) were specifically designed by our staff to protect and serve the students in our public schools as well as the dedicated teachers and administrators that are entrusted with  their education and safety.

"It is my core belief that every child has the right to be educated in a truly safe environment.  Further, parents have the right to expect that their child is in a safe environment and will return home safely".... Dan Alvarez

CPTED Safe Schools' risk mitigation services and training programs provide campus security personnel and school administrators with the tools required to protect our children, safeguard our schools and bring territorial control of these campuses back to our communities.