Protective coverage, secure transportation, and security driver services across Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio — for the energy principals, family offices, and Fortune-500 leadership that make Texas the country's largest concentration of relocated wealth.
Texas is the country's largest concentration of relocated wealth and the headquarters market for an outsized share of the Fortune 500. The protection economy here reflects that — energy principals in Houston, the corporate and family-office concentration in Dallas, the tech and venture capital wave that has reshaped Austin, and the cross-border family movements that anchor San Antonio. DAW holds Texas DPS licensure (C 31143701) to support all of it.
What that means in practice: when a board roadshow lands in Houston for the morning and Dallas for the afternoon, or a family office stands up a multi-property program across Austin and the Hill Country, the protective and transportation infrastructure is already in place. Texas is one of DAW's most active multi-city configurations.
Coverage extends across the four major metros, into the Houston energy corridor, north Dallas, the Austin tech ecosystem, the San Antonio family-office base, and the recurring corporate and event circuits that move principals between them.
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.
Daily security driver and single-agent protective coverage for a Houston energy principal. Residence-to-office, board meetings, civic obligations, paired with secure transportation for the family on routine and irregular movements. Coordinated with the company's internal security team.
Three-day secure transportation and protective coverage for a Fortune-500 CEO across Houston, Dallas, and Austin. Private aviation handoffs at each metro, downtown investor meetings, transit between cities, single point of contact across all three.
Twelve-month protective and secure transportation program for a Dallas family office principal. Standing agent assignments, vetted vehicle pool, school transitions, weekend property coordination, paired with travel coverage for the principal's extensive outbound calendar.
Multi-agent protective detail for a corporate principal attending Austin's annual event calendar. Hotel, venue, hospitality, and after-event movement, coordinated with venue security and the host operations team. Returning principals see the same operations contact each year.
Two-week residential coverage for a family in residence at a Hill Country property. Coordinated with property staff, paired with secure transportation for off-property movements (Austin meetings, San Antonio family visits, Houston onward travel).
Ongoing coordination for a family with primary residence in San Antonio and a Mexico City secondary. Principal and family members cross border on predictable rhythm; DAW handles U.S. protective coverage and the air-to-ground handoff. International work coordinated through vetted in-country partners under DAW oversight.
In Texas, private security and executive protection services are regulated by the Texas Department of Public Safety. DAW Security holds an active license — C 31143701 — under that authority.
The license is held by us directly. It is not subcontracted from a partner agency, not white-labeled, and not borrowed for a single engagement. When a family office, attorney, or corporate counsel verifies the license, they are verifying our license, attached to our agents, on our payroll.
Every Texas-deployed agent is registered, vetted, and trained to DAW's operating standards — applied consistently across Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and the secondary markets.
Yes, where licensed and authorized. Texas DPS permits armed protective service where the agent holds the required state authorization (Level III or above), the engagement is run by a licensed Class B Investigations Company, and the principal has authorized armed posture in writing. Texas engagements proceed armed more often than coastal markets given the operational context; posture is always confirmed in writing before deployment.
Yes — Texas private aviation is one of the firm's busiest configurations. Houston (HOU, IAH, SGR), Dallas (DAL, DFW, ADS, HQZ), Austin (AUS), and San Antonio (SAT) are routine arrival and departure points, with established FBO coordination and vetted ground transportation at each.
Yes — it is one of the most common Texas configurations. Houston-to-Dallas, Dallas-to-Austin, or full-state circuits are coordinated under one engagement letter with one DAW operations contact. Vehicles and agents repositioning between metros, hotel and venue advance work for each leg, and consolidated after-action reporting on completion.
Yes — both are among the firm's most established Texas client configurations. Coverage includes daily executive routines, board engagements, multi-city corporate travel, and family-office work for principals and their families.
For Texas executive protection, secure transportation, or family office support — every inquiry reaches a principal of the firm.
