Author Archive: Scott Harrell
Scott Harrell, the founder of CompassPoint Investigations, has been a professional investigator for over 17 years. He began a career in the intelligence and investigations tradecraft when he was selected to work with several intelligence units while serving in the United States Navy. Since his discharge, Scott has continued to apply the very special skills honed in the military through his own private investigation practice and service within the private security industry.
Scott is a sought after industry trainer, speaker, and author. Connect with him via LinkedIn, http://linkedin.com/in/scottharrell or twitter, @lscottharrell
New Continuing Education Course Approved for Arizona Process Servers
PIeducation.com is pleased to announce today, February 2, 2012, the formal acceptance by the Supreme Court of Arizona of its applauded continuing education course for process servers titled “Serious Surveillance: Obtaining Evidence that will Stand up In Court” The ability to conduct surveillance/stake outs is by far one of the most important and lucrative skills [...]
Would You Like to Be the Star Attraction in Our Next Professional Spotlight?
I am really excited about our newest development at Pursuit Magazine, more specifically, I’m REALLY excited for YOU! Here’s why… New for 2012, we are beginning the “Pursuit Magazine Professional Spotlight” in which we will feature one (1) of our subscribers on the home page of PursuitMag.com for an entire month in a self-styled promotional [...]
We Will Pay YOU to Post Our Banner and Text Links on Your Site
CompassPoint Investigations is looking for a limited number of qualified advertising partners to help us market several very popular online training courses for the Private Investigations and Bail Enforcement professions via our newly released affiliate sales program. These partners will simply add a special text link or banner advertisement (which we will provide) to their [...]
Pursuit Magazine Overhauls Information Network with Launch of PursuitWire.com
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Scott Harrell, CompassPoint Investigations ScottH @ compasspointpi (dot) com www.CompassPointPI.com Pursuit Magazine Overhauls Information Network With Launch of PursuitWire.com. January 5, 2012, Pensacola, FL - Pursuit Magazine launched the innovative newswire site, http://pursuitwire.com, on January 1, 2012 in an effort to educate and improve the success rates of members [...]
Happy New Year from Pursuit Magazine!
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” – BIll Vaughan TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS Thank you for being a part of Pursuit Magazine and for helping us to make 2011 the BEST year yet for our online publication; we sincerely [...]
Using and Managing Subcontract Private Investigators
There will be a time in your investigative career that you will need to hire another private investigator to help you with an assignment; he or she may work along side of you or may be handling tasks on the other side of the country. Subcontracting parts of your investigation makes sense when you do [...]
Tips, Tricks and Warnings for Conducting Surveillance in the Winter
Surveillance in the winter and in cold climates does not seem to pose as many health problems for the private investigator as during the summer, though some caution must still be maintained to avoid freezing to death in harsh conditions. Keeping yourself warm from the start of a surveillance assignment is easier than trying to [...]
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[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 Year! Whether you were naughty or nice this year, we hope that you get everything you want. [...]
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[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 time I have the opportunity to run new data through it! In fact, I understand that several [...]
