Mr. Farace joined the New York City Police Department in April 1964. During his 23-year career with the NYPD, he advanced from uniform detail after four years and was promoted into the Detective Division. During Mr. Farace’s tenure in the Detective Division, he achieved second grade status working in various investigative units including Homicide, Burglary, Robbery and Financial Frauds. He completed his tenure after working for five years with the FBI as a member of the Joint NYC FBI Bank Robbery Task Force assigned to investigate armed bank robberies, kidnapping and extortions. In August 1987, after retiring from the NYC Police Department, Mr. Farace joined JP Morgan’s Security Department. In 1989 he was appointed as Vice President, Director of Security for the Investment Bank and began building a global security department. The once domestic security operation became global with direct reports located in London, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Moscow, South Africa, Paris and Scotland. Mr. Farace managed this global team of approximately 250 dedicated security personnel. In 1992, he was named Managing Director, Head of Global Corporate Security Services. Mr. Farace was on the Board of the International Banking Security Association (IBSA) and Chaired the Protection Committee at the New York Clearing House as well as a Board member of the NYPD, Association of Private Police Liaison (APPL). In 2001, Mr. Farace took the opportunity to retire and relocated to Las Vegas with his wife Linda. His many volunteer activities include the Presidency of the Volunteer Homeland Reserve Unit, which he founded in early 2003. He is the 2 nd Vice President of the NYPD Las Vegas Ten 13 Organization and most recently the founder of the Citizens Corps in the City of Henderson Police Department where he maintains an office to coordinate the many volunteers in this new endeavor.

James Q. Swanson graduated from Northern Illinois University with a B.S. degree in Marketing and Business. He served two years in the United States Army and received an honorable discharge. James Swanson started his federal law enforcement career in October 1970, when he became a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, as a criminal investigator. His duties were to conduct investigations of criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Laws and related offenses. Also, he assisted the United States Attorney in the preparation and prosecution of said cases. In July 1979, he transferred to the Inspector Generals Office, General Services Administration, where he conducted investigations on contract fraud and employee misconduct and also assisted the United States Attorney in trial preparation and prosecution of said cases. On a regular basis he acted as the Special Agent in Charge and for a period of time was in Washington D.C. as a desk officer in charge of 3 regions for administrative purposes. In October 1983, he transferred to the Criminal Investigation Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency, where he conducted investigations of criminal violations of Title 18 and of Environmental Violations. He also was the Health and Safety Representative for CID and the regional representative for a period of 5 years. He retired in February 1995, as a Senior Special Agent. After a brief two months, he accepted the opportunity to conducted inspections of EPA employees in the office and field under OSHA guidelines and was also responsible for training and testing under OSHA and assigned to do Workers Compensation Investigations. Further, he was the Deputy Fire Warden for the Metcalf Federal Building in Chicago. In August 2001, he again retired with his wife, Pat to Las Vegas.

Mr. Abrams’ law enforcement career spans over a 40 year period, working as a private detective before and after serving as an MP in the U.S. Army. In 1964, he joined the Beachwood Police Department and held every rank in the department, culminating with the position of chief, which he held for 16 years. As a Sergeant, he was one of the first in the county to be appointed Suburban Juvenile Officer and he developed a pre-school Safety Town. While he was a Detective Lieutenant he started an Intelligence file dedicated to organized crime figures and increased training and equipment for crime scene investigations. Among his numerous accomplishments as chief he played a key role in the development of the Cuyahoga County Regional Information System. He took an active role in the design and installation of the Intelligent Traffic Signal System for his city as well as other traffic management programs with local and state agencies. He assisted in the design of the multi million dollar police department expansion. Also, as chief, Mr. Abrams reinstituted the motorcycle patrol and established the SWAT team, honor guard, state of the art firing range and driver training using professional race car drivers. He was instrumental in developing a citizens’ police academy and Beachwood was the first suburb to install the Automated Finger Print System (AFIS). From 1980 to 1990 he was a part time Police Instructor with Case Western Reserve University School of Criminal Justice. In addition to an Associate of Arts Degree, he has training in all aspects of law enforcement and specific training in counter-terrorism, dignitary and V.I.P. protection, crime prevention through environmental design, clinical and forensic hypnosis, and in 2003 he became certified as a Ship Security Assessor and Planner. Upon retiring in 1996, he moved to Las Vegas with his wife and family. In 1997, he opened an office as the V.P. of Marketing for a Cleveland based traffic engineering firm and in 2000 he was appointed the NV Director of Operations when the company began designing and installing High Tech security systems. In 2002, he became a contract investigator for the U.S. Government after obtaining a top secret clearance and he currently holds that position. Among his voluntary endeavors, Mr. Abrams serves as a trustee on the Board of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge One and is the Secretary on the Board of the Volunteer Homeland Reserve Unit and a team leader.

Frank Bruton is a lawyer who practiced in Connecticut for many years and, as Vice President and Senior Counsel of the Aetna Life and Casualty Law Department, was head of the legal organization responsible for providing overall counsel and advice to Aetna’s property/casualty insurance businesses until his retirement from the company. Mr. Bruton has a thorough knowledge of the legal, legislative and regulatory environments. He has excellent negotiating, analytical and problem solving capabilities. He is skilled in dealing with and analyzing issues (legal as well as business) in a thorough manner and brings a “big picture” outlook to his practice. A particular strength is his ability to organize and deploy legal, regulatory, litigation and legislative resources in an effective and coherent manner. He has chaired many senior multi-insurer committees dealing with important insurance industry issues. He is also affiliated with the Hartford Law firm of Bingham, Dana in providing legal services to a number of clients. Mr. Bruton was born in Brooklyn, New York and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross and a Bachelor of Laws degree from St. Johns University, School of Law. He served as a communications officer in the US Navy. He was adjunct professor of Insurance Law at the University of Connecticut for five years and was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen and Chairman of the Board of Finance in Canton, CT. Mr. Bruton is currently the Treasurer of the Volunteer Homeland Reserve Unit (VHRU) and President of the Aventura Homeowners Association. He and his wife Peggy have lived full-time in Nevada for five years.