In 2005, I was a police officer serving on the Kansas City Police Department. While on the site of a homicide, the family asked me when the cleaning crew was going to arrive. I explained to the family that those services were handled by private companies and are not dispatched by the city. I could see that they were distraught, so I decided to stay behind to clean up the scene myself.
This moment sparked a new passion for me, remediating properties from dangerous situations. Pretty quickly after that, I founded Spaulding Decon. In 2016, I transitioned Spaulding Decon into a franchise model that now has over 50 locations. In the 15-plus years since cleaning that first crime scene, I have added a variety of different cleaning verticals to our service offerings. The most challenging of these additions might be hoarding.