A Culture of Infidelity?

Part 1: The Question
Do some settings tolerate, if not outright encourage, infidelity?
This idea knocked on our door last year. We had a couple of infidelity cases in an affluent suburb. On more than one occasion, independent cases from different clients, the team wound up sitting in the parking lot of the same fitness [...]

Thomas H. Humphreys | February 2nd, 2010 | Continued

Pursuit Magazine Celebrates its Second Birthday!

Pursuit Magazine celebrates its second birthday today…
Well… Happy Birthday to us!
But where has the time gone? No, really… where has it gone?
Pursuit was initially an informal “e-zine” (an electronic magazine circulated via email) created just two years ago in an effort to offer outstanding information to PIEducation.com clients and staying in touch with them [...]

Scott Harrell | February 3rd, 2010 | Continued

American Private Investigator Podcast: The Importance of Diversification

The February 2010 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, focuses on the importance of diversifying your business, the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI), upcoming industry events such as the World Investigators Conference and others, the affect the the Massachusetts’ special election, the FTC and privacy issues, ISPLA’s new professional [...]

Paul Jaeb | February 2nd, 2010 | Continued

The PI Marketing CD

Boost your business in 2010 by using the great ideas in Bob Mackowiak’s “PI Marketing CD”
The PI Marketing CD includes:

“How to Market Your Private Investigation Business” – This is not some college textbook or hard to read book of theory, but an easy to read 60 page manual with worksheets you will use to [...]

Bob Mackowiak | January 4th, 2010 | Continued

Pursuit Magazine Celebrates its Second Birthday!

Pursuit Magazine celebrates its second birthday today…
Well… Happy Birthday to us!
But where has the time gone? No, really… where has it gone?
Pursuit was initially an informal “e-zine” (an electronic magazine circulated via email) created just two years ago in an effort to offer outstanding information to PIEducation.com clients and staying in touch with them [...]

Scott Harrell | February 3rd, 2010 | Continued

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ISPLA and PICA Represent Investigation Industry at FTC Roundtable in Berkeley, CA

 Representatives of Investigative and Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) and the Professional Investigators of California (PICA) took part in the Federal Trade Commission’s public roundtable discussion on Evolving Consumer Privacy Issues today in Berkeley, CA. 
The first roundtable discussions in this series was on December 7th in Washington, D.C. with the focus on exploring the [...]

1Feb2010 | ISPLA | 1 comment | Continued

North Carolina Association of Private Investigators (NCAPI) Recaps 2010 Annual Membership Meeting

The North Carolina Association of Private Investigators held its 23rd Annual Association Banquet and Membership Meeting on January 15 and 16 at the Marriot Downtown in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  The event was hailed a success.
The NCAPI was pleased to welcome Senator Richard Burr, R-NC, as the Keynote Speaker at the Friday Night Banquet.  Senator Burr [...]

20Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued

Contest: Help us Name our New Course and Win a $200 IRBStore.com Gift Certificate!

We’ve written a brand new Surveillance course but Scott and I still haven’t come up with an outstanding title that works for what will be in depth and current course on everything a private investigator needs to know about surveillance.  The problem is that there are many books written about surveillance and we want our title to [...]

19Jan2010 | Stephanie Mitchell | 10 comments | Continued

Private Investigator Databases: What the GLBA Really Means to You

In the mid-1990s to early 2000’s, we entered an era when the “Information Age” precipitated a shift in the private investigations industry then made up largely of “Gumshoe Investigators” to one whose population was being replaced by a new age of “Internet Investigators.” Database companies were just starting to come online and I remember gaining [...]

19Jan2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued

What is the Difference Between a Professional Bail Bondsman and a Surety Bail Agent?

The difference between a property bond and a surety bond is simply who is ultimately liable for paying the bond off in the event of a final judgment of forfeiture.  A surety bond is backed by a surety (or insurance) agency that the bondsman is qualified to write bonds on behalf and the bond works [...]

18Jan2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued

Is Process Serving Dangerous?

Stephanie Mitchell wrote two very important articles on Process Server Safety and dealing with and preventing dogs bites while serving process but the basic question still remains, “Is process serving dangerous?”
Unfortunately, there have been several recent instances where process servers have been attacked and / or killed while serving court documents. While it is extremely rare, it [...]

18Jan2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued

The Great Migration: Identifying and Capitalizing on Overlapping Economies for PIs

We’ve heard about the economic downturn and associated financial crisis far too often in recent months.  Everyday, new stimulus packages are being created and handed-out by governments to help ease the burden on business; however, the reality is I’ve only heard of one private investigator ever being a recipient of such benefits (read the story [...]

8Jan2010 | J. Ryan Winter | 1 comment | Continued