SSNW’s logo was inspired by Midnight, a jet-black German shepherd who belonged to company president Joe D’Amico. Midnight’s story began in Maple Valley, WA, where he was born on September 8, 1986.
Loyal and Watchful
Midnight and Joe lived in Wenatchee, WA, for two years. There, Midnight trained with their Police Department K-9 unit, followed by nine months of work with the North Central Washington Narcotics Task Force in Okanogan, WA. He also completed one month of intensive training at the Whitmer-Tyson Police K-9 Training Academy in Redwood City, CA.
After returning to Washington in 1988, Midnight and Joe founded the Security Services Police K-9 Response Program in Jefferson and Clallam counties; it was the first known private contracted police K-9 unit in the United States. The duo worked with both Sequim and Port Townsend police departments, Washington State Patrol, Washington State Department of Corrections, and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.
After Midnight retired from police work in 1995, he lived in Gardiner, Washington, with Joe, where his life was simple and relaxing. Still, even being removed from the ranks of the other dogs from his K-9 unit did not lessen Midnight’s dominant nature. He was still the boss.
This imperturbable nature of Midnight’s never abated, even when he was diagnosed with cancer in his left eye in 1996. Even after being completely blinded from his condition, Midnight’s stamina and endurance prevailed until the very end. He passed away on September 7, 1996.
To this day, Midnight is remembered as not only the perfect embodiment of what a German shepherd should be, but of the qualities SSNW is built on: firmness of nerves, attentiveness, an imperturbable nature, watchfulness, loyalty, and incorruptibility, in addition to courage, a fighting spirit, and aggressiveness when required.
This is how Joe would like our customers to feel about SSNW. We are attentive, loyal, and watchful, and truly want our customers to be satisfied with the services we provide them.
Our goal at SSNW is to live up to the qualities and standards Midnight possessed and upheld so well.