Discreet protective coverage, secure transportation, and security driver services across Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Bay Area, San Diego, and Orange County — under California's longest continuously held DAW license.
California is one of DAW's most established markets. The firm's BSIS PPO licensure (Number 11088) is held under DAW Security directly — not subcontracted, not relabeled, and held under continuous chain of custody. The license number itself is a low one, reflecting the regulatory tenure of the operating entity behind it.
What that means in practice: when a family office in Los Angeles, a venture firm in Palo Alto, or a corporate counsel in San Francisco calls, we are not assembling something. The agents, the vehicles, the relationships with venues and properties, and the working knowledge of California's regulatory specifics are already in place.
Coverage extends from southern California's residential corridors and private aviation hubs through the Bay Area's tech and finance ecosystem, into the Central Coast, Napa, and Sacramento.
Cities and regions where DAW maintains active coverage relationships, agent presence, and working familiarity with venues, residences, and routes.
Representative engagement patterns — illustrative only, never describing identifiable clients.
Recurring security driver and single-agent protective for a Silicon Valley founder. Atherton residence to Palo Alto office, school transitions, weekend property. Quiet, predictable, almost unnoticed by outside observers.
Three-day, multi-city secure transportation and protective coverage for a Fortune-500 CEO. LAX private aviation arrival, downtown LA investor meetings, transit to SFO, Bay Area meetings, departure. Single point of contact across both metros.
Multi-agent protective detail for a corporate principal attending a public-facing event in Beverly Hills. Advance work, venue coordination, arrival and departure security, paired with secure transportation throughout.
Protective meet-and-greet at SAN, secure transportation to La Jolla residence, residential coverage during stay, departure coverage to private aviation. Coordinated entirely through one DAW operations point.
Two-week residential coverage for a family in residence at a Napa estate. Coordinated with property staff, paired with secure transportation for off-property movements (winery visits, San Francisco day trips).
Twelve-month protective and secure transportation program for a Newport Beach family office principal. Standing agent assignments, vetted vehicle pool, and pre-coordinated travel patterns for predictable routine and irregular movements alike.
In California, executive protection and protective driving services require licensure under the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS). DAW Security holds an active Private Patrol Operator license — PPO 11088 — held without interruption.
That license is held by us. It is not subcontracted from a partner, not 'white-labeled,' and not produced on request from a registry. When a family office, attorney, or corporate counsel verifies the license, they are verifying our license, attached to our agents, on our payroll, in our vehicles.
Every California-deployed agent is registered, vetted, and trained against the standards we set internally — which exceed the state minimum without exception.
Yes, where licensed and authorized. California requires agents performing armed protective services to hold a BSIS firearm permit ('exposed firearms' qualification) and to be working under a licensed PPO — both of which apply to DAW. Most California family-office engagements proceed unarmed; armed posture is an option, not a default, and is confirmed in writing before deployment.
Yes. Private aviation pickups (Van Nuys, Hayward, Oakland, Santa Monica) are routine. Commercial arrivals at Los Angeles International, San Francisco International, San Diego International, John Wayne, Burbank, and Hollywood Burbank are coordinated with vetted drivers and protective coverage as the engagement requires.
Yes — a single point of contact handles LA, the Bay Area, San Diego, and intermediate stops on one engagement. Vehicles and agents coordinate without re-introducing the principal to a new vendor at each stop. This is the configuration we run most often for corporate and family-office clients.
Yes. We have working familiarity with the residential corridors most likely to host family-office and executive principals. Coverage is coordinated with private community security and household staff, and is sized to disappear into the routine of the residence.
For California executive protection, secure transportation, or family office support — every inquiry reaches a principal of the firm.
