Why a Private Investigator?

Here I am once again trying to explain things to people.surveillance equipment along with strategic thinking and
But I have to tell you don't expect excellent writingmany years of experience are but a few disciplines
since that's not what I do. I am a Private Investigator.one will master throughout their career.
Answering questions and putting pen to paper, for aIn order to understand what why and how we do
writer is easy if one is familiar with the topic or wantsthings one must consider what type of personality
to learn about a certain topic. Or so I am told. Somewould want to do this for a living. Consider your sense
may even have resources and methods they aloneof adventure and your sharp Sherlock Holmes thinking
have access to of how they can gather information.throw in a little bit of espionage and charm shake it
However writing about Private Investigations and whataround with some criminal background and an
exactly does a private investigator do becomes aunderstanding of how criminals and law breakers think
daunting task if this is your field of expertise andand you have a successful Private Detective.
industry.A normal day for a private investigator or as most like
Let me first engage you in a small history class ofto call them a PI can verge on the extraordinary,
Private Investigations. The first known privatefascinating, mind blowing, and yes even boring. We are
investigations firm was founded in 1833 by a Frenchhired to locate people, to serve people to protect them,
crook, soldier, and criminal privateer by the name ofsometimes to just watch them. That in itself can be
Eugène François Vidocq. It was called Lefascinating or absolutely boring, but it's a job that has
Bureau Des Renseignments (Office of Intelligence).allowed me to travel the country and the globe that I
Needless to say most who worked there were alsoenjoy.
criminals. Vidocq is known for making the first plasterIn conclusion my expertise and 30 years of working in
casts as well as introduced record keeping, ballistics,this industry has given me some happy memories and
and criminology. It was not until 1850 that Allensome not so happy ones. I get involved with each
Pinkerton established the first detective/security guardcase personally, from small details to finding new ways
agency in the US that this form of discipline was bornof using the resources available to me. The
then slowly perfected around the world.breakdowns for specializations are best described in 4
In the United States this is a thriving industry. There arecategories. From Criminal Investigations to Corporate
more Private Detective agencies here than anywhereInvestigations, Insurance Investigations, and last but not
else in the world. Sadly enough it's due to lack of goodleast Civil Investigations.
police work, the desire to have answers if you are aIf you were interested in Criminal Investigations, then
suspicious spouse or partner and the demand in highyou would be dealing with Homicide Robbery Sex
profile cases where there services are required. InCrimes Racketeering. If you want to get into
most cases Private investigators specialize withinCorporate Investigations, then you would deal with
certain industries. Whether they are working in criminalSecurity issues to Consulting on Sexual Discrimination,
cases or civil cases. This is where specializationAcquisition, Profiling, and White Collar Crimes. For years
comes into play. I personally have been working onI worked as an Insurance Investigator and had to work
high profile cases which I am not at liberty to discuss,on cases that involved Workers Compensation, Liability
however suffice it to say computer forensics and dueAccident - Auto/Fire. The last is the bread and butter
diligence have played a major role in my success rate.of this industry Civil Investigations, this involved Divorce,
In today's market technology is key. Access to topChild Custody/Recovery Statements to name a few.