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About Us

Saint Michael’s Security

About Us

Our Core Value

In God We Trust

Firstly, I want to say we are a security service provider that gives God the glory. We believe that without him, a dream is nothing more than a dream while with him, and holding faith in him, this is what he has done in return for us. We are beyond grateful to be able to provide executive protection and security guard services and with him we do this with a hedge of protection.

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Joshua Braden

Co-Founder/CEO
A veteran law enforcement officer who which still serves today. Josh grew up and graduated high school in Pulaski, TN. He graduated from the Walter State Police Academy in 2009 where he began his career as a patrol officer and was promoted up the ranks to Sergeant quoting, “The thing I loved most about my shift were the guys I served with. They were my number one priority and I would have done anything for them.” Josh continued to carry that rank until he was extended the offer to serve as his hometown Chief of Police. While serving as Chief, Josh ventured into contract off-duty police work to help compensate and provide more for his family.

After spending a couple of years doing it, he knew this was his calling. He truly enjoyed the feeling of not being tied down and not only being able to serve the people in his community but by being able to do more and widen the range of the meaning “public service” to serving and helping as many people and their businesses as much as possible.

Josh comes from a family of four brothers and two sisters with all male siblings currently serving as police officers in different cities and his female siblings serving as nurses. His parents were public servants as well with his father being ex-military and his mother being a nurse, while before retiring, she was teaching and certifying younger generations in the nursing field as CNT’s.

In Josh’s personal time, he enjoys doing competitive shooting events, spending time with his family on the farm, and sharing God’s word.

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Mark Schmittou

Co-Founder/COO
A veteran law enforcement officer who is also still serving, Mark is originally from Detroit, MI. As a child he moved to their family farm in Vanleer, TN. Mark served in the United States Army from 1989 to 1994 as a team leader in the infantry division, stationed in Hawaii and Fort Campbell. He did several deployments that include Australia, Iraq, Egypt, and Korea.

In 2010, Mark had the opportunity to pursue his passion in giving back to his community and was accepted into the police academy at George Stone Tech in Pensacola, FL where he graduated top of his class in 2011 and began his career in code enforcement for Escambia County. He then went to work for the Gulf Breeze Police Department as a patrol officer. While at GBPD, Mark trained in becoming a source of expertise in several areas including DUI’s and investigations. In 2015, he moved back to Tennessee to continue his career in law enforcement.

His career includes security services and work in the private sector for over 10 years before, during and after working in law enforcement. While working in the private sector, Mark saw his next passion of being able to build relationships in the community while providing excellent service.

Mark comes from a family of veterans serving in the United States Navy, Marines, and Army. His parents are retired from General Motors and upon moving to Tennessee, his father became a pastor for the Baptist church and his mom found her labor of love working with special needs children. Mark currently resides in Columbia, TN with his wife and has four children. In his spare time, he enjoys being outdoors, traveling, and is a car enthusiast.

Our Story

Saint Michael’s Security was founded by Josh Braden and Mark Schmittou. Aside from Josh and Mark’s law enforcement careers, we have been performing this line of work with other companies for many years and since then we decided it was time to venture out on our own.

Seeing the faults of other organizations, we all knew then that we had a passion to offer a product to people by being more personally involved with not only our clientele but with our officers and security personnel. We recognize that these individuals are the heartbeat of this company and we fully believe in taking the best care of our own.

Furthermore, we at Saint Michael’s hope you will be able to experience and see for yourself that our team brings a one stop shop to the table that shows we are not here just for ourselves but for our clients and everyone who makes this venture possible.

Years of Service

In conclusion, you will see that just from reading the owners biographies, that Saint Michael’s is able to offer years of military and law enforcement experience. We have acquired many skills and between us and our officers, we currently hold over 100 years of executive protection and security guard service.

Not only do we hold these skills, but we also provide instructors for some of the services we offer. Including but not limited to, unarmed and armed security certifications, traffic control ATSSA certification, certified hostage negotiators, forensic man tracking, and firearms instructors.