The two investigators were employed by the Louisiana Department of Insurance and were unarmed at the time. Apparently, the broker was the subject of an ongoing investigation and after killing the two investigators, turned the gun on himself dying of his wounds.

” The two investigators were unarmed but the Louisiana Department of Insurance said it is exploring the possibility that investigators could carry guns in the future. ”

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2011/06/13/202378.htm

Just about every form of PI work has the potential to become deadly. In short, much of PI work is basically police work but without a badge, uniform and most times without radio or backup.

I have worked in the street as a PI for over 20 years. In that time period I worked primarily in high crime areas of NYC, as a criminal defense investigator, automobile repossessor and insurance investigator.

I broke into this business working with a retired NYPD Detective who gave me many a lesson in street awareness. Two of the many lessons I was taught were:

(1) Always take note of the address and nearest cross streets where you happen to be working so if you have to call for help you can rely your location to the 911 dispatcher. This even applies while in the process tailing a target. Look at a street sign, make note of a building number or at least the number block you happen to be on, 1500 block, 900 block etc.

(2) When pulling onto a street in a high crime area, it is always best to sit at the end of the block for 5 or 10 minutes to check out the block, who is around and what kind of action is going down near your target location.

Definitely doing some initial research on your target is helpful. I recently googled an insurance claimant’s name, only to learn that he was implicated in the disappearance of a mob stool pigeon several years back.

Just about every form of PI work has the potential to become deadly. In short, much of PI work is basically police work but without a badge, uniform and most times without radio or backup.

I have worked in the street as a PI for over 20 years. In that time period I worked primarily in high crime areas of NYC, as a criminal defense investigator, automobile repossessor and insurance investigator.

I broke into this business working with a retired NYPD Detective who gave me many a lesson in street awareness. Two of the many lessons I was taught were:

(1) Always take note of the address and nearest cross streets where you happen to be working so if you have to call for help you can rely your location to the 911 dispatcher. This even applies while in the process tailing a target. Look at a street sign, make note of a building number or at least the number block you happen to be on, 1500 block, 900 block etc.

(2) When pulling onto a street in a high crime area, it is always best to sit at the end of the block for 5 or 10 minutes to check out the block, who is around and what kind of action is going down near your target location.

Definitely doing some initial research on your target is helpful. I recently googled an insurance claimant’s name, only to learn that he was implicated in the disappearance of a mob stool pigeon several years back.