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Receiving New Assignments and Case File Preparation
When you start an investigations business, or work for an investigations company, one of the skills you must learn early on is the administration of your file system and the organizing of your office...
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Advanced Insurance Investigation: Taking Recorded and Written Statements
Statements, either recorded or written, are essentially the work-product of your interviews with the people who are involved with an insured loss. As previously mentioned, these statements lock the...
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Setting Up and Conducting a Pre-employment Interview
Every employment interview should follow some sort of structure to ensure consistency. This should be applied to the length of the interview, questions asked of every applicant and job expectations...
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Using Wanted Posters to Locate Bail Fugitives
“Wanted posters” are outstanding tools used to develop information and to create leverage with the defendant’s family. The leverage comes from the embarrassment of having a family member see the...
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FTC Halts Computer Spying by Rental Companies and Others
Secretly Installed Software on Rented Computers Collected Information, Took Pictures of Consumers in Their Homes, Tracked Consumers’ Locations Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm...
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Securing and Transporting Bail Fugitives for Re-incarceration
The importance of properly transporting a defendant once detained should never be underestimated. For simplicity I have included my company’s policy for transporting defendants. I believe it does a...
View ArticleFinding Indigent and Homeless People
Investigators are experts in following paper trails that lead to a defendant or a witness. But what to do when there is no paper trail? Most of us create a proverbial “paper trail” as we go through...
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Developing an Investigation Agency Marketing Plan
There’s more to running an investigation company than investigating. You’ve got to learn to run a business, too—and that means marketing. Anyone can learn to skip trace, run a background check, or deal...
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Social Media Marketing for PIs
Oh, the tangled social media webs we weave…but does virtual engagement pay off? Here’s one longtime entrepreneur’s take. I’m an outspoken proponent of social media marketing. But it’s not right for...
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Private Investigator Contracts and Retainer Agreements
Contract for Services and Retainer Agreements: Establishing Ground Rules for Investigators and Clients Contracts are crucial in the private investigation business. Never accept an assignment without...
View ArticlePrivate Investigator Saves Two Children from Abuse and Neglect
Private investigators often get a bad rap. In popular television shows and movies they’re often portrayed as seedy unscrupulous spies hiding in the bushes trying to snap a few compromising photos of...
View Article[Video] Maltego – A Fascinating Open Source and Network Intelligence Tool
I’ve been playing with Maltego now for just a few weeks on some very complex business intelligence projects I have going on, and I have to tell you, I am STUNNED by how much information I develop every...
View Article[Video] A Season’s Greeting to You from CompassPoint Investigations!
From the entire staff of Pursuit Magazine, we wanted to say thank you for your support this year and to wish all of you and your loved ones a very Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New...
View ArticleSurveillance by Private Investigators and the Law
Surveillance can be a legal minefield for private investigators. Here’s an overview of laws to consider when working a surveillance case. Our licensing does not bestow any type of law-enforcement...
View Article10 Tips for Asking Effective Investigative Interview Questions
When communicating with others, asking questions seems to be the least often used skill. This happens for many reasons; we do not want to appear uninformed, overbearing or overly challenging in our...
View ArticleUsing Wanted Posters to Locate Bail Fugitives
“Wanted posters” are outstanding tools used to develop information and to create leverage with the defendant’s family. The leverage comes from the embarrassment of having a family member see the...
View ArticleSecuring and Transporting Bail Fugitives for Re-incarceration
The importance of properly transporting a defendant once detained should never be underestimated. For simplicity I have included my company’s policy for transporting defendants. I believe it does a...
View ArticleFinding Indigent and Homeless People
Investigators are experts in following a person's virtual or paper trail. But what if there isn't one?
View ArticleDeveloping an Investigation Agency Marketing Plan
It's easy to create a marketing plan for your private investigation business—in five simple steps.
View ArticlePrivate Investigator Contracts and Retainer Agreements
Contract for services and retainer agreements: establishing ground rules for investigators and clients
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