AGB Investigative Services was founded in 2001 as an investigation firm but today it exists as a full-service security provider. The firm’s corporate clients include the likes of ComEd, Nicor and Walmart. AGB started in Illinois but today has a presence in California, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Philadelphia, Denver and the District of Columbia. The firm recently celebrated the opening of its new headquarters, a $5.5 million facility. Not bad for a business that started in a basement.
AGB Investigative Services, Inc., offers expertise in all aspects of security, including physical and cyber. Founded in 2001 by Dr. Denitra and John Griffin, the firm is focused on protecting “your people, property, and data.” AGB combines state-of-the-art technology with physical security and education, employing 600 full- and part-time security professionals who provide armed and unarmed security services, cyber security, private investigations and expert-level training. The firm’s growth was enhanced exponentially when Griffin’s wife, Dr. Denitra Griffin (Ed.D.), helped the company expand its offerings. A former Chicago Public Schools program manager, Dr. Griffin was able to develop the firm’s management and training systems, steering the company into providing more corporate services.
AGB’s new headquarters is located in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, a community over 90 percent Black. 41 percent of the households there make less than $25,000 annually and just under 10 percent of residents hold a bachelor’s degree. Auburn Gresham is full of hardworking, solid families who’ve owned their homes for generations. It is also a place where a car could pull up to unsuspecting victims standing on a sidewalk and begin shooting, under the right circumstances. Auburn Gresham is many things to many people but to AGB it is now home. The company’s investment in the neighborhood is certainly welcome and in time, could be another great catalyst in the neighborhood’s economic resurgence.
Photo: AGB YouTube channel
AGB stands for “Always Giving Back” and the company is true to its name. Through the Always Giving Back Foundation, the Griffins are providing opportunities to local youth. The Foundation has provided over $45,000 in scholarships and provides hundreds of young people with business internships. AGB is about more than business services. True to its name, the company is always giving back to those who need it most. Dr. Griffin and her husband John are, for sure, the kind of Black excellence needed in today’s world.
**AGB’s new headquarters is actually a $2.5 million facility.**
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Tiffany
November 6, 2019 at 10:41 pmI have a lot to say about this garbage company but I’m not. They give security a horrid name.
Tiffany
November 8, 2019 at 4:31 amYou must work for kates
Leland
November 8, 2019 at 7:26 pmStop hating on black progress and progress yourself
Leslie Bolden
November 9, 2019 at 1:36 pmWhy are you here then Tiff Tiff? Go somewhere else and spew hate out of your bad mouth
Tyrone Merrill
November 11, 2019 at 12:35 pmWhen you’re Garbage everything around you is Garbage too !
Michael
November 13, 2019 at 12:31 amThank You for your comments Tiffany! Hope you share your issues with us! This is the one of the ways in which company’s get better! I’m sure that after seeing this, they will reach-out to you and resolve your issues! Keep us posted!
Sherman Sims
November 6, 2019 at 11:08 pmAre u guys seeking to put a location in Dallas,Tx
Brandon Little
January 22, 2020 at 8:03 amI’m also interested in them putting a business here Dallas,it’s a few of us here that have our own single business, but a place like Dallas should have it’s own major black own security company.
Karl Ryans
November 6, 2019 at 11:23 pmInterested in armed position in Denver
Gil Bell
November 7, 2019 at 12:35 amWell done Sir!
Mrs Melton Tennelle
November 7, 2019 at 2:06 amWould Like To See Yall
In My Neck Of The Woods Also. I’m A Atlanta Native Yall!
Mrs.T
James Brady
November 7, 2019 at 4:08 amCongratulations and best wishes Growing together!
Kevin Chichester
November 7, 2019 at 11:41 amWhere are you located and are they hiring
Bruce Wilson
November 7, 2019 at 3:01 pmHonored!!!
Kenneth Mason
November 7, 2019 at 5:00 pmThis is great news! We need to do this more and take a stand in our black communities. We need to come together as a race and reclaim our throne.
Sharon Covington
November 7, 2019 at 5:46 pmCongratulations I love to see black owned businesses I wish you had a headquarters in South Carolina. Do you have home security system that has the total package which includes outdoor cameras.
Leon
November 7, 2019 at 6:14 pmLooking to start my own Black owned security company and private investigation agency need some good advice and business tips
Anthony Brewer
November 7, 2019 at 7:31 pmMy name is Anthony Brewer. My wife and I recently started a private security company. Yes we are African Americans.
We are located in the state of Virginia. We presently have a contract. We had two but the stores director felt security was not a necessity.
We provide security for parties and events. I would like to meet with someone who can give us some insight on how to further our dream.
Desean
November 11, 2019 at 1:33 pmWhere in Virginia.?
Luna
November 8, 2019 at 2:34 pmWould like to see you guys in Connecticut
Nadiym
November 9, 2019 at 12:03 amGood evening, Would be my pleasure and admiration to be apart of your staff. How can this happen. Please get back to me.. Thank you, Nadiym I. Muhammad. Resident of in NJ 07111 [email protected] Business in Security over 20+ Currently employed in this field. Thank you
Levi Williams
November 9, 2019 at 1:36 pmCongratulations and I wish you continued success!
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November 10, 2019 at 8:02 amPlease Open A site in Fresno California! Please!
Dorothy
November 10, 2019 at 5:22 pmAre you planning on opening here in California Southern California
Camille
November 10, 2019 at 7:45 pmCongratulations, very proud of what you have accomplished. Love to see black owned businesses flourish.
Roger Leysath
November 13, 2019 at 2:40 pmAwesome congratulations, I also own a black private security company, Leysathsecurity Firm Inc. We have been in business coming up on 23yrs of operations. We’re located in Philadelphia & would love to connect with y’all. I can be reached at 215 991-5680
Mandy
December 15, 2019 at 5:21 amChange every occurrence of “black” to “white” and listen to how this reads.
D’Juan Hopewell
I care about Black Power. Period. Currently working on creating jobs and funding new startups on the South Side of Chicago and writing here and there at HopewellThought.com. Follow me @HopewellThought.
D'Juan Hopewell • Post Author •
December 17, 2019 at 6:32 pmDid you know that the Black Panthers believed in white power? That is, they believed every group should have power. Power = self determination. I would encourage you to read up on the Panthers and Fred Hampton, specifically, who is brilliant in articulating that very idea. The problem with white power, at least historically, is it was always a euphemism for oppression and the denial of power for all others. So the question for anyone who believes in white power is, do they also hope for Black power? So switch it from black to white and say you’re working to create jobs in Appalachia and I’m down.