About Us
We are Protective Group
Empowering safety and resilience for individuals, support services, and organisations navigating Family and Domestic Violence, sexual assault, and cyber threats. Our expertise lies in risk management, safety planning, lethality risk assessments, physical and cyber counter-surveillance, and post-cyberattack risk management.
We advocate for the safety and well-being of women and children, supporting them to remain in their own homes and communities whenever possible.
Who We Are
Right now across Australia, there are thousands of individuals, families, and organisations dealing with violence, stalking, and illegal surveillance.
Victims of these crimes often turn to the police, NGOs, and other support networks for help. However, these modern, complex threats aren't widely understood, requiring specialist expertise to identify and remove. And that's where we come in.
Protective Group was established with the core objective of keeping victims and children safe from domestic and family violence, coercive control, and technology abuse. Through a combined 60 years of operational law enforcement, military, and corporate risk-management experience, we bring a unique, concentrically layered approach to safety and security for victim-survivors
Via our core service streams – counter surveillance, personal safety devices, and property safety– we assess every case individually and create a unique combination of solutions to overcome the issues being faced. It’s because of this personalised, tailored approach that the organisations we work with, as well as their clients, recognise us as being trustworthy, reliable, and credible specialists in the safety and security field.
Protective Group provided a submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence and also featured in See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill.
We are Protective Group
Empowering safety and resilience for individuals, support services, and organisations navigating Family and Domestic Violence, sexual assault, and cyber threats. Our expertise lies in risk management, safety planning, lethality risk assessments, physical and cyber counter-surveillance, and post-cyberattack risk management.
We advocate for the safety and well-being of women and children, supporting them to remain in their own homes and communities whenever possible.
Who We Are
Right now across Australia, there are thousands of individuals, families, and organisations dealing with violence, stalking, and illegal surveillance.
Victims of these crimes often turn to the police, NGOs, and other support networks for help. However, these modern, complex threats aren't widely understood, requiring specialist expertise to identify and remove. And that's where we come in.
Protective Group was established with the core objective of keeping victims and children safe from domestic and family violence, coercive control, and technology abuse. Through a combined 60 years of operational law enforcement, military, and corporate risk-management experience, we bring a unique, concentrically layered approach to safety and security for victim-survivors
Via our core service streams – counter surveillance, personal safety devices, and property safety– we assess every case individually and create a unique combination of solutions to overcome the issues being faced. It’s because of this personalised, tailored approach that the organisations we work with, as well as their clients, recognise us as being trustworthy, reliable, and credible specialists in the safety and security field.
Protective Group provided a submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence and also featured in See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill.
Core Values
At Protective Group, we uphold five core values that guide us in our work every day.
Every action we take and decision we make is guided by a set of core values.
01.
We keep our client at the centre of what we do and out their safety first
02.
We keep safety at the heart of our practices
03.
We work with the highest levels of integrity, discretion and care to maintain our passion for justice
04.
We aim to be a community resource and role model for the protection of vulnerable communities and organisations
05.
We combine our knowledge, dedication and hard work to surpass our clients’ expectations and achieve positive results
What We Do
Our services are varied, but all are designed with one purpose in mind: to keep vulnerable people and organisations safe. We keep individuals and families safe in domestic violence situations.
If anyone, anywhere finds themselves being threatened or in immediate danger, we’ll implement strategies and solutions to beat the perpetrators at their own game, bringing peace and stability back into victims’ lives.
At Protective Group, we take pride in delivering quality, client-focused safety solutions from start to finish, regardless of how complex the situation may be.
Ultimately, our top priority is to reduce risk for clients and help them to once again live without fear.
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Our Policies
Our future is shaped by our purpose and our values form the foundation of our culture.
Protective Group policies set out our commitment to you.
They describe what you can expect from us and the standards that we strive to achieve.
Our team through a consultative process formulated our policies to ensure we deliver what we promise.
Through all our interactions we stress to all employees, suppliers and contractors of our company that everything handled in our offices is private and confidential. Nothing about our clients should be discussed outside our offices – with family, friends or other clients.
No team member at Protective Group ever discusses a client’s situation with anyone else who may request information about an account unless they are specifically authorised in writing, by the client, to do so.
If you would like any more information about our policies please contact us.
Our Executive Team
As well as the extensive skills and experience held by our Partners, it’s their commitment and dedication to keeping people safe that really sets Protective Group apart.
Stephen Wilson
CEO
As CEO of the Protective Group, Stephen is a passionate advocate of domestic violence victim-survivors and considered a leading expert in risk management around the safety of victims. Working closely with the Salvation Army, government, police and other not-for-profits, he is well regarded and a keynote speaker at many events and conferences.
Stephen has a combined 37 years of experience working in law enforcement, security, investigations and the hospitality industry. While serving with the Victoria Police Force, he worked within the National Crime Authority, Drug Squad, Licensing, Gaming and Vice Branch, and as a Criminal Investigator.
Having been awarded the prestigious Victoria Police Chief Commissioner’s Award, Stephen is recognised as Australia’s “First long-term Undercover Police Operative”, and holds qualifications in security, investigations, risk management and corrections.
Stephen is passionate about the protection of people. This is his area of expertise and the value that he can add to the safety, security and welfare of family violence victims and survivors, as well as people in crisis, is extensive.
Stephen is often invited to share his knowledge and experience with media outlets such as The Project, A Current Affair, Channel 7 News, The Sydney Morning Herald and more.
Steven Schultze
Managing Director
Steven has a combined 35 years of experience working in law enforcement, the security industry, and the family violence sector. While serving with the Victoria Police Force, he performed duties with the Homicide Squad, Armed Robbery Squad, and the Bureau of Criminal Intelligence, and is an experienced and decorated investigator responsible for complex and serious crime investigations.
Amongst many other training programs, Steven has completed the internationally recognised FBI Advanced Covert Training Course. In 2014 and again in 2018, he also completed Advanced Domestic Violence Training conducted by the International Family Justice Alliance.
Since leaving the Victoria Police Force, Steven has continued his passion for protecting individuals by becoming a recognised expert in the implementation of risk and safety management strategies within the family violence sector.
Steven initiatives include emergency response solutions as well as assessing and implementing safety measures around family violence victims, allowing them to remain safely in their own home.
Steven provided a submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence and also regularly appears in print, TV and radio segments such as ABC 730 report and See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill.
Careers at Protective Group
We currently have no vacancies however please submit your interest and we will be in touch when any positions are available.
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