Protective Services in Naples and Southwest Florida
Naples Protective Services
Kingfisher provides professional protective services for individuals, families, and organizations requiring measured, situationally appropriate security support. Our work emphasizes planning, judgment, and coordination rather than visibility or force.
Protective services are provided selectively and are structured around real risk, not generic security posture.
Protective Support
Our protective work is designed to support specific circumstances where personal safety, privacy, or continuity of activity may be affected. This may include travel, events, transitions, disputes, or periods of heightened exposure.
Protection is approached as a planning and intelligence informed function. We assess risk, establish clear objectives, and apply only the level of protection that is necessary.
How We Work
Kingfisher does not operate as a uniformed security firm or event staffing provider.
Protective services are planned and overseen at the principal level and delivered using disciplined, lawful methods. We focus on preparation, situational awareness, and coordination with clients, counsel, or other professionals as appropriate.
Visibility is minimized. Disruption is avoided. Protection is integrated into the client’s normal activity whenever possible.
When Protective Services Are Appropriate
Protective services are typically engaged when a situation involves elevated personal, family, or executive exposure. This may arise from public presence, professional visibility, travel, disputes, transitions, or periods of heightened uncertainty.
Clients often seek protective support when existing arrangements are insufficient, when discretion and judgment are essential, or when protection must be integrated carefully into normal activity rather than imposed visibly.
Each engagement is assessed individually to determine whether protective services are appropriate and at what level.
Who We Work With
Protective services are provided selectively for:
Individuals and families facing situational risk
Business owners, senior executives, and principals with public or professional visibility
Attorneys supporting sensitive matters
Family offices with local or visiting principals
Organizations requiring short term or situational protection
Engagements are limited to ensure appropriate oversight and quality.
About Kingfisher
Kingfisher is led by Bryce Ernst, a former FBI Special Agent with experience in protective intelligence, counterintelligence, and the close protection of foreign dignitaries and high risk principals. His background includes planning and supporting protection operations in complex environments, where judgment, preparation, and coordination mattered more than visibility.
In private practice, Kingfisher provides protective services for individuals, families, and organizations in Naples and Southwest Florida, as well as support for matters involving travel or exposure outside the region. Engagements range from situational protection and planning to discreet support during periods of elevated risk.
When circumstances require additional resources, Kingfisher has access to a small network of highly qualified former federal and local law enforcement professionals with backgrounds in protection, investigations, and operational support. Team involvement is deliberate, limited, and tailored to the specific needs of the matter.
Relationship to Investigative Work
Protective services are informed by the same investigative and intelligence standards that guide Kingfisher’s broader practice. Risk assessment, background understanding, and situational awareness are integral to how protection is planned and executed.
Investigative and protective functions are coordinated where appropriate and kept distinct where required.
Service Area
Based in Naples, Florida. Serving Collier and Lee Counties.
Protective services related to travel or temporary presence may be supported on a case by case basis.
Protective services inquiries begin with a direct conversation to understand context, objectives, and appropriateness.
Kingfisher Investigations
Phone: 239 427 2122
Email: investigations@kingfisherpi.com
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