Built on Experience. Driven by Mission.

Metro East Joint Venture brings together proven leadership, operational depth, and federal contracting expertise to deliver reliable, high-performance security solutions. Formed under the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program, our team combines decades of experience to support government agencies with confidence and precision.

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Our Story

Metro East Joint Venture LLC, offers nationwide specialized armed security, access control, remote monitoring, surveillance, and protective services to the federal government with over 45 years of experience brought together under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Mentor Protégé Program. In 2023, the SBA formally approved our Mentor-Protégé Agreement (MPA) strengthening our team’s capabilities to perform security services for Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business, and SBA 8(a) Business Development Program requirements.
As an SBA certified 8(a) Mentor-Protégé team, forming Metro East Joint Venture, LLC, we deliver premium contract security to local, state and federal government agencies throughout the nation. Our approach to providing quality protective services has proven successful.

Unity One East Inc. a boutique security and private investigation firm created by a United States Air Force / Office of Special Investigation (USAF / OSI) veteran providing services in the southeast since 2015.

UOE has teamed with the nation’s largest privately held, U.S. owned, security provider – Walden Security – through an SBA MPA. Walden employs over 8,000 security professionals including 5,400 federally deputized court security officers for the U.S. Marshals Service securing over 550 federal courthouses in 11 Federal Judicial Circuits.

“Working for Metro East JV has been amazing. A night and day difference-making company. A very professional and close-knit organization.”

Greg Knutson
FPS Contract Manager