Protective coverage, secure transportation, and security driver services for principals in residence at Big Sky, Yellowstone Club, Whitefish, and the ranch markets surrounding Bozeman, Livingston, and the Flathead — the rest of the country's secondary residences, treated with the discretion of primary ones.
Montana is where a growing share of the American ultra-high-net-worth population now spends part of the year. The principals here are rarely Montanans by birth — they come from California, New York, Texas, and the financial centers — but the protection program travels with them, and DAW now holds Montana Private Security Board licensure (Number 53030) to support the work where it lands.
What that means in practice: when a family with primary residences in the Bay Area or New York spends six weeks at a Yellowstone Club property, or arrives by private aviation at Bozeman Yellowstone (BZN) for a Big Sky weekend, the protective and transportation coverage is already arranged — by the same DAW operations contact who handles the principal's program at their home address.
Montana coverage spans long distances. A family with a ranch near Livingston, a winter base at Big Sky, and a Flathead Valley summer property is one engagement on DAW's record — coordinated across three jurisdictions and two airport corridors as a single program.
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 protective and secure transportation coverage for a family in residence at a Yellowstone Club property during the winter season. Coordinated with Club security operations and protocols, paired with on-mountain protective presence as the principal's routine requires.
Residential security and protective coverage for a family in summer residence at a ranch property south of Livingston. Property staff coordination, perimeter awareness at scale, and protective coverage for family-member off-property movements into Bozeman, Big Sky, and onward.
Recurring inbound and outbound coordination at Bozeman Yellowstone International (BZN) for principals visiting Big Sky and the Gallatin corridor. FBO coordination, protective meet-and-greet, secure ground transportation through the canyon, and reciprocal departure on outbound flights.
Year-round program for a family with a Big Sky winter base and a Flathead Valley summer property. Same DAW operations contact handles the seasonal rotation, the air-to-ground handoffs in both directions, and protective coverage at the property currently in residence.
Multi-agent protective coverage for a principal attending an annual conservation philanthropic event in the Bozeman or Whitefish corridor. Hotel, venue, and after-event movement — coordinated with venue operations and the host organization, with predictable cadence year over year.
Three-month family residency program at a Whitefish property. Coordinated arrival from a coastal primary residence, residential coverage through the stay, family-member protective movements (Glacier National, local social schedule), and departure coordination with onward family logistics.
In Montana, private security and protective services are regulated by the Private Security Board (PSB) under the Department of Labor and Industry. DAW Security holds an active license — PSB 53030 — under that authority.
The license is held by us directly. It is not subcontracted from a partner agency, not white-labeled, and not produced on request from a registry. When a family office, attorney, or estate manager verifies the license, they are verifying our license, attached to our agents, on our payroll.
Montana engagements are conducted with the explicit expectation of discretion that the state's growing UHNW residency market requires. The agents work quietly, communicate sparingly, and produce nothing visible to the rest of the household, the rest of the property, or the rest of the world.
Yes. Protective coverage for principals in residence at Yellowstone Club properties is coordinated with the Club's own security operations and internal protocols. DAW agents work as a complement to — never in front of — the Club's perimeter and amenity security, and engagement scope is defined in advance with the principal, the property staff, and Club operations as required.
Yes, where licensed and authorized. Montana permits armed protective service where the agent holds the required state credentials, the engagement is run by a licensed agency, and the principal has authorized armed posture in writing. Many Montana ranch and resort engagements proceed unarmed; armed posture is determined by threat profile, never by default.
Yes. Bozeman Yellowstone International (BZN), Glacier Park International (FCA), Helena Regional (HLN), and Missoula Montana (MSO) are routine arrival and departure points. FBO coordination at each, protective meet-and-greet, and secure ground transportation through Big Sky's Gallatin Canyon, into Paradise Valley, or onto the Flathead corridor are standard configurations.
The same way we handle Montana itself — under one engagement letter. A family with a primary in California or New York and a Montana secondary residence has one DAW operations contact for both, one billing relationship, and one consolidated record. The Montana posture stands up on arrival, scales with the family's residency length, and stands down on departure. There is no 'Montana vendor' the family needs to know.
For Montana executive protection, secure transportation, or family office support — every inquiry reaches a principal of the firm.
