# Guardian Alliance Technologies Background-investigation software vendor. Sells the **Guardian Platform** — a cloud-based, applicant-prescreening and full-background-investigation workflow tool used by law-enforcement recruiting and personnel units. LRPD transitioned to Guardian from a prior vendor ("Background Solutions, LLC.") in July 2024 for the **February 2025 recruit class** onward. ## Corporate identity | Fact | Value | Source | |---|---|---| | Legal name | Guardian Alliance Technologies, Inc. | (Tier-1 corpus, [[CLR-2026-778]], "Guardian/Signed_ Background Solutions Agreements with Guardian Alliance Technologies.pdf", p. 2 Account Activation Request) | | Cancellation phone | 415-655-2733 (per agreement § 1.8.b) | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | Cancellation email | [email protected] | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | Whitelisted domains | guardian.network, www.guardianalliancetech.com, www.guardianalliancetechnologies.com | (Tier-1 corpus, same, § 2.a-c) | ## Product line The Guardian Platform breaks into two tiers per the corpus pricing exhibit: | Tier | Description | Pricing | |---|---|---| | **Triage Center** (Pre-screening) | Smart pre-hire questionnaire, Concerns Report, document management, access to Guardian's National Applicant Information Center (NAIC), National Decertification Index (NDI) | **Free, unlimited use** | | **Investigation Center** (Full background investigation) | $65 per applicant moved to Investigation Center | **$58.50 per BGI** (cooperative pricing on the OMNIA contract) or $65 standard | | Add-ons | Social Media Screening Reports ($40.50), Credit Reports ($13.50) — unchanged from prior vendor | (variable) | The economic logic per Guardian's pricing notes: "you only incur a fee when you perform an in-depth background investigation on an applicant" — the Triage Center is bundled free, so adding the full applicant pool is unconstrained. ## LRPD procurement (the Strategic Communications quote) LRPD's Guardian contract runs through the **Strategic Communications LLC** reseller on the **OMNIA Contract #R220802**: | Fact | Value | Source | |---|---|---| | Reseller | Strategic Communications LLC (310 Evergreen Road, Louisville KY 40243), an SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), 8(a) JV, MBE/WBE certified | (Tier-1 corpus, "StrategicQuote_Guardian116820_Omnia.pdf") | | OMNIA Contract | R220802 | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | Quote | 116820 dated 2024-10-07 | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | Annual capacity | 300 BGIs per year | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | Pricing per BGI | $58.50 (OMNIA rate) | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | Annual subtotal | $17,550 (300 × $58.50) + $2,500 training/support + $401 OMNIA fee = **$20,451 total** | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | Billing | Once annually; unused capacity credited to renewal | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | ## The vendor transition (Major Cody Miller memo) The July 10, 2024 memo from **Major Cody Miller** (Training Division Commander) to **Asst Chief Troy Ellison** (Executive Bureau Chief) documents the LRPD-internal decision to transition: > "After viewing a background investigation software demonstration from Guardian Alliance Technologies, the Training Division recommends utilizing this software for all future background investigations and no longer utilizing Background Solutions, LLC. The Guardian Alliance Technologies software costs approximately $1,475 cheaper than the current price of Background Solutions, LLC. The costs for social media screening reports and credit reports will be unchanged… the $65.00 charge for each applicant moved by the LRPD Backgrounds & Recruiting Unit moved into the 'investigation center' of the new software. However, all mailouts and correspondence will be handled by the new software versus the old method of staff handling this responsibility." (Tier-1 corpus, Dept. Approval Memo - Guardian Alliance.pdf, p. 1) The transition was authorized for the **February 2025 recruit class** recruiting cycle. The Account Activation Request was signed by **Chief [[Heath Helton]]** on **July 8, 2024**. ## LRPD staffing data (from the Account Activation Request) The Account Activation Request fields LRPD's self-reported staffing: | Metric | Value | Source | |---|---|---| | **Total Agency Personnel** | **705** | (Tier-1 corpus, Guardian Account Activation Request) | | **Authorized Sworn Strength** | **595** | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | | **Sworn Officers Actual** | **516** | (Tier-1 corpus, same) | This is the most precise LRPD staffing data in the corpus. The 79-officer gap between authorized (595) and actual (516) indicates LRPD was running approximately 13% understaffed against authorized sworn strength as of mid-2024. ## Roles in this corpus - **The background-investigation software vendor for LRPD's Backgrounds & Recruiting Unit** from February 2025 forward. - **Replaced Background Solutions, LLC.** (the prior vendor, named but not in the corpus). - **Co-op-purchasing-vehicle entry** (OMNIA Contract R220802 via Strategic Communications LLC). - **The cleanest documentary anchor in the corpus for LRPD's staffing levels** (705 total / 595 authorized sworn / 516 actual sworn). ## People - **Major [[Cody Miller]]** — LRPD Training Division Commander; authored the 2024-07-10 transition memo. - **Asst Chief [[Troy Ellison]]** — Executive Bureau Chief; recipient of the transition memo. - **[[Heath Helton]]** — Chief of Police; signed the Account Activation Request on 2024-07-08. - **Matthew Hoyle** ([email protected], 501-918-4305) — billing contact named on the Account Activation Request. (Proportionate; no per-person page.) - **Chris Mills** — Strategic Communications POC ([email protected], 502-657-3437). (Proportionate.) ## Notes - The cancellation phone number is the closest the corpus comes to documenting an actual privacy / data-handling contact at Guardian. - "Background Solutions, LLC." (the prior vendor) is referenced only in the transition memo; it is not in the corpus as an active vendor. - Strategic Communications LLC is a Women-Owned Small Business — this is the only WOSB / 8(a) certified reseller documented in the LRPD corpus, per the corpus's own representations. - The platform's reference to its **National Applicant Information Center (NAIC)** suggests a multi-agency shared applicant-screening database; the privacy-and-sharing posture of that database is not detailed in the corpus.