Category: Industry
Professional Spotlight: Brian Taylor of Innovative Investigations in Richmond, Kentucky
From the Editors: We are proud to have selected Brian Taylor of Innovative Investigations, LLC in our first “Pursuit Magazine Professional Spotlight.” Brian is a good friend of Pursuit Magazine and has contributed excellent articles that have been well-received by our readers. Thank you, Brian, for your service to the professional investigations community and the [...]
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 [...]
Armada Global Unveils a Mobile Unmanned Surveillance Platform for Private Investigators
Armada Global, Inc., a Central Pennsylvania-based high-tech surveillance and security firm, has developed a tool that is changing the way companies conduct their investigations. Owned and operated by former operations officers for CIA’s National Clandestine Service, Armada Global insisted on a more covert approach to their surveillance, breaking the mold of using the stereotypical dark [...]
When They’re Not Accidents – Investigating Automobile Collisions
Most people refer to a vehicle collision as an accident. However, since there is liability associated with an accident, the term seems to be a misnomer. It is so common to refer to it as an accident that investigators in this field are often referred to as accident reconstructionists. If it is an accident, this [...]
How to Conduct an Effective Sub Rosa Investigation
Sub Rosa is a term we use so often in the Workers’ Compensation community that it is surprising how many do not know the original meaning. Sub Rosa is a Latin term meaning “under the rose”. The rose, a beautiful flower used to express love, is also the symbol of secrecy. In fact, in ancient [...]
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 [...]
Understanding Suicide and its Prevention – Equivocal Death Investigations
The New Year is quickly approaching, and let us all hope for a better year. Even if your year was great, it doesn’t hurt to strive for better. Life can be extremely hard on us, and some have a more difficult time coping than others. Although the Christmas/Holiday season is a joyous time, people still [...]
Process Server versus a Sheriff’s Deputy – Who does it better and cheaper?
Here’s a fantastic new infographic just produced by the folks over at Serve-Now.com exploring the question of using a private process serving company versus sending legal papers to the county sheriff’s department to have them handle the process serving. They interviewed legal professionals of all stripes and the infographic clearly details the conclusion of their [...]
