Experience You Can Trust. Judgment You Can Rely On.
Michael Reiter and Associates is a security, investigations, and risk advisory firm serving prominent individuals and families, institutions, civic organizations, and premier properties. We accept a limited number of complex, sensitive, or consequential engagements where experienced judgment, discretion, and the ability to act effectively can materially affect the outcome.
Built From the Highest Levels of Service
Michael Reiter and Associates brings together senior professionals from law enforcement, federal agencies, military special operations, intelligence, security, and other specialized disciplines. The firm's approach is grounded in decades of experience recognizing the critical issue, anticipating consequences, and determining the most effective path forward. Specialized resources are brought to an engagement only when needed, allowing the firm to address demanding matters without unnecessary complexity or visibility.
What Sets Us Apart
Exceptional Experience. Proven Results.
Michael Reiter's background includes 28 years with the Palm Beach Police Department, eight as Chief, directing complex investigations and high-consequence public safety and security matters in one of the nation's most prominent communities. That experience is complemented by decades of private advisory and investigative work.
Independent Judgment
Clients receive candid, independent advice grounded in experience, law, and the realities of the situation. The hardest decisions rarely involve choosing between right and wrong. They require weighing competing interests, imperfect options, and consequences, then determining the course the circumstances require.
Client Confidentiality
Privacy and confidentiality are fundamental to every engagement. Sensitive matters are handled deliberately, discreetly, and with careful attention to who needs to know what and when.
Tailored Solutions
No two clients, threats, investigations, or crises are alike. We develop strategies appropriate to the circumstances, balancing effectiveness, proportionality, legal considerations, discretion, and the client's objectives.
Michael Reiter
President, Michael Reiter and Associates Former Chief of Police, Palm Beach Police Department
Michael Reiter is the former Chief of Police of the Town of Palm Beach and President of Michael Reiter and Associates. During his 28-year career with the Palm Beach Police Department, including eight years as Chief, he directed complex investigations, managed significant public safety and security matters, coordinated with local, state, and federal agencies, and led the Town's response to major hurricanes and other high consequence events. His leadership also included countywide election security planning and senior roles in regional and federal law enforcement initiatives.
He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and Harvard Kennedy School's Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government. He earned a Master of Science in Human Resource Development and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, served on the Executive Board of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, and has held leadership roles in national law enforcement and civic organizations. He has also taught leadership and criminal justice at the college level and served as a guest instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, where he helped develop investigative training for federal law enforcement personnel.
Michael Reiter is best known publicly for initiating and leading the Palm Beach Police Department's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The investigation uncovered a far broader pattern of victimization and ultimately led to Epstein's conviction and designation as a sex offender. The consequences of the case continue to reverberate across the justice system, government, financial institutions, academia, philanthropy, the media, and other institutions and persons touched by its aftermath.
Drawing on more than two decades of involvement with the case, he remains committed to challenging institutional failures, protecting victims, and advancing legislative, policy, and criminal justice reforms informed by its lessons. His experience in the case also reflects a professional philosophy grounded in accountability and judgment.
Those principles continue to guide his work today. Clients engage Michael Reiter and Associates for investigative and security expertise, experienced judgment, and independent counsel when circumstances are sensitive, complex, and consequential.
Trusted When the Stakes Are High
When a matter requires discretion, experience, and the ability to act, Michael Reiter and Associates provides senior-level counsel and access to the specialized resources necessary to address it.