Do Retired Law Enforcement Personnel Make Better Private Investigators? You Might Be Surprised At The Answer…

There is a common belief among the general public that because someone is a retired police officer, a retired sheriff’s officer or a former FBI agent that they will immediately be a great licensed private investigator. Because most people perceive this to be true, it is a very good marketing tool used by many retired law enforcement personnel who decide to hang up their shingle as a private investigator upon retirement. However, it is a myth and while some former law enforcement personnel do become very good private investigators, it has very little to do with their law enforcement experience.


What the general public does not realize is that many of the resources available to law enforcement personnel are no longer available to them upon retirement. They have to abide by and follow the same laws, regulations, rules and guidelines that licensed private investigators must abide by and follow. They do not have any special privileges and can NOT do any more than any other licensed private investigator can do. Because they can NOT obtain information that is only available to law enforcement personnel or use law enforcement institutions for information gathering, information sources that they have always had at their fingertips are suddenly no longer accessible to them. On the other hand, an experienced private investigator, unable to rely on the same sources that are available to law enforcement, has had years to hone his skills in such a way that he is able to find the information he needs and legally obtain evidence to assist his clients. Advantage here definitely goes to the experienced licensed private investigator.

Law enforcement personnel are able to rely on their uniform, their badge and their authority, to help them obtain information from individuals. Not so after retirement. Because they now have to approach people in a manner they are unfamiliar with, they need to learn “people skills” that they didn’t need before in order to get people to talk to them. Whereas an experienced private investigator that has always had to rely on his “people skills” to get people to talk to him, has likely perfected the art of it. Advantage – experienced licensed private investigator.

Consider conducting a mobile surveillance and obtaining video documentation of the subject’s activity without the subject knowing about it. With all the uncontrollable variables involved, it is challenging to say the least. There is an art to mobile surveillance and only through consistent experience does one become really good at it. Experienced private investigators routinely conduct mobile surveillance and are used to having to blend in with their environment. On the other hand, many law enforcement personnel did not routinely conduct mobile surveillances during their career; following people usually consisted of chasing them down the road while in their marked police cruiser with their lights on and their siren going! Advantage here – the experienced licensed private investigator.

So while there are licensed private investigators with a law enforcement background that are good private investigators, a law enforcement background is NOT a prerequisite to being a great one.

A Great Adoption Reunion Story

The Long Journey: A Women Meets San Antonio Family For First Time

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What Ever Happened To …..?

Family and friends are at the forefront of our thoughts, especially so at this time of the year. Nostalgia plays a part in the conversations we have as we gather around the dining room table and talk about the past. Inevitably someone will bring up someone they have not seen or heard from for some time.

People’s lives take different directions and unfortunately, over the years and through life’s circumstances, people lose touch with one another. As we get older, we tend to think more about people from our past, especially those that we wish we had kept in touch with.

Luckily, with the availability of the internet, tracking someone down that you would like to reconnect with is not that difficult. Sometimes it’s as easy as doing a search on Facebook or “googling” their name. Sometimes it’s more difficult, especially if many years have passed and the person you are looking for has a very common name or it is likely they have had a name change. This is when you might want to hire an experienced professional, such as a licensed private investigator, to assist you. Not only are they very adept at conducting the searches that are more difficult and know what to search, where to search, and how to search - they generally have more information resources available to them.

If you are presently searching for someone and you have any questions feel free to post those questions here. We are happy to answer any questions that might help you in your search.  Or, if you have a search story that you would like to share, we would love to hear about it. Just post it in our comments section.

Solving Problems

I spoke to a potential client yesterday, a private individual, and by that I mean someone who is not an attorney, a business owner, an insurance claims adjuster, or a corporate rep. Our conversation started much the same as most of my conversations do with private clients, in that her first words were, “I’m a little nervous. I feel so funny calling you. I’ve never called a private investigator before.”

I always try to reassure people that I understand how they feel and make them feel more comfortable speaking with me. After all, I realize what it took for them to actually call me. The truth is that the vast majority of people, at some point in their lives, could really use the services of a private investigator, but not everyone picks up the telephone to call one.

Maybe it would help to think of a private investigator as a professional problem solver. After all, that is what we really do; we help people solve their problems. We locate what they can’t or don’t know how to find. We help them to find the answers to questions they have that need answering. We obtain the facts they need to make good decisions for themselves, their families, their businesses and their lives. And we gather the evidence they need to assist them with litigation they are involved in or may become involved in.

Our clients are real people with real problems who have come to us for help. And we truly care about helping them.

By the way, that potential client who was nervous and felt funny about calling a private investigator – it took her less than a minute to get real comfortable talking to me about her problem. She is no longer a potential client. She is now my client and I am really looking forward to solving her problem for her.

Florida Licensed Private Investigator Mark Feegle exemplifies the true integrity and professionalism that exists in our industry today.

Private Investigator Saves Two Children From Abuse and Neglect

http://pursuitmag.com/private-investigator-saves-two-children-from-abuse-and-neglect/

Was an innocent man executed in the state of Texas and a cover up attempted by it's governor, a man who is attempting to become the Republican nominee for President??

Governor Perry's Cover Up of the Willingham Execution

http://davisvanguard.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4647%3Agovernor-perrys-cover-up-of-the-willingham-execution&catid=74%3Ajudicial-watch&Itemid=100

Stop Federal Records Destruction

     As reported by ISPLA (Investigative and Security Professionals for Legislative Action), the Administrative Office (AO) of the United States Courts has announced that on April 1, 2011, it will begin destroying archived records of federal district court cases which were filed after 1969 and which were archived during the period 1970 to 1995.
     According to a post on ISPLA's website (http://www.ispla.org/) "When a case filed in the district court has been closed, the file is maintained by the District Court for a period of time, but it is ultimately transferred to the National Archives. To reduce the cost of preserving these records, the AO has decided to discard approximately 80% of them. The AO has no plans to preserve these records electronically. Only the Judgments and the docket sheets of the discarded cases will be kept."  The post goes on to say that "the wanton destruction of an entire generation of public records is utterly unacceptable and action must be taken to prohibit this from occurring."

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