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Embracing the Past, Present, and Future of Investigations

13 May 2016
Brian Willingham
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background checks, private investigations, technology, Trustify
Old-school investigative techniques have their place. But as PIs, we ignore technology at our peril.
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How Minority Report’s Tech Is Shaping Real-World Investigations

01 Oct 2015
Guest Author
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crime, Minority Report, sci-fi, technology
Nobody can see the future. But the creators of the 2002 film Minority Report made some pretty good guesses about advances in crimefighting and spy tech.
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How Remote Surveillance Technology Can Increase Your Odds of Success

29 Oct 2014
Guest Author
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remote surveillance technology, surveillance, technology, video cameras
If we stack the deck with legal technology, we can increase the likelihood of a positive outcome in surveillance cases.
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Sound of Pursuit Podcast: Cell Phone Pinging and Triangulation.

21 Jul 2014
Hal Humphreys
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cell phone pinging, GPS, privacy, skip tracing, smart phone, technology
Is cell phone pinging really possible (and legal) for private investigators? We asked reporter Sean Cole to find out.
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Bespoke

Bespoke Business: The Old-School, Up-to-Date Investigator

19 Jun 2013
Hal Humphreys
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private investigators, technology
Like bespoke artist-entrepreneurs, the new breed of private investigator marries old-school skills with current technology.
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21st Century Tips for Writing Reports

28 Dec 2012
Guest Author
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investigative reports, technology
Are you still dropping digital images into a paper report and sending it via snail mail? You may as well be typing and snapping Polaroids.
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Top Signs of Infidelity

Ashley Madison—A Cheater’s Paradise and Boon for PIs?

24 Sep 2012
Guest Author
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Featured, infidelity, technology
Cheating in the comfort of your home or office—a dating site for "extramarital romance"
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Preserving Evidence: How to Download and PDF a Twitter Stream

28 Aug 2012
Guest Author
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Featured, Techniques, technology, Twitter
I was recently working on an investigation where I needed to download and PDF a Twitter stream to preserve the information in case the information was deleted or changed at a later date. The simple solution was to create a PDF of the Twitter stream, but when I tried that, it
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