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                                                                     EXHIBT 31.1

                      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 as adopted pursuant to section 302 of
                         the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
                                       Of
                             Chief Executive Officer

I, James E. Henry, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Director of
Diversified Security Solutions (the "Registrant"), certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of the Registrant;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this annual report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
          material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
          cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
          this annual report;

     4.   The Registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
          Registrant and we have:

               a.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
                    such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                    our supervision, to ensure that material information
                    relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated
                    subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                    entities, particularly during the period in which this
                    annual report is being prepared;

               b.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
                    controls and procedures and presented in this annual report
                    our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                    controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
                    by this annual report based on such evaluation; and

               c.   Disclosed in this annual report any change in the
                    Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
                    occurred during the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter
                    (the Registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
                    annual report) that has materially affected, or is
                    reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's
                    internal control over financial reporting; and

     5.   The Registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          Registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):

                    a.   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                         the design or operation of internal control over
                         financial reporting which are reasonably likely to



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                         adversely affect the Registrant's ability to record,
                         process, summarize and report financial data; and

                    b.   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                         management or other employees who have a
                         significant role in the Registrant's internal
                         control over financial reporting.


Date: March 31, 2004                          /s/ James E. Henry
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                                 Name:  James Henry
                                 Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Director