PI’s Declassified!

What are your core values, the guiding principles that dictate your behavior or actions? Are you displaying negative core values to those who work with you? Identifying and applying clear fundamental principles to the work we do provides an unwavering and unchanging guide. Harnessing strong core values to our investigative businesses can help us to determine if we are on the correct path to fulfill our business goals and get us back on track if we are off course. Tune in to hear Latin American security and investigative expert Christopher Macolini will discuss this topic vital to the work of private investigators. Working from an international and cross-cultural perspective, Macolini address the many workplace challenges that investigators may face in the course of their work.

Surveillance is both an art and a skill. It requires planning, flexibility, quick decision-making, and most of all patience, patience, and more patience. It is definitely not a task for sissies! Are you a surveillance investigator who wants to learn more tricks of the trade? Or…are you someone who wants to hire a competent surveillance investigator and you don’t know where to start. Pennsylvania Private Investigator Matt Grotkowski says, “Surveillance is able to cut through the layers of fraud and trickery and provide you with clear-cut answers. When it’s done properly, surveillance is able to counter someone’s false claims with their factual actions and behavior.” Tune in to hear Matt Grotkowski discuss this vital investigative tool.

It is estimated approximately six million Americans are adoptees according to genealogy expert Kimberly Powell, around 2% of the population. Also, if siblings, biological, and adoptive parents are included, one in every eight Americans are touched by adoption. This is the time of year when we turn our thoughts to friends and family. This is particularly true of adoptees or birth parents. Have you or a family member placed a child for adoption and you want to reconnect with that child? Are you adopted and want to find your birth parents? Tune in to hear Tamara Thompson, both an adoption expert and private investigator, address the details surrounding adoption investigations.

For several years, Private Investigator Kitty Hailey’s focus on the ideals and standards for private investigators has given her a voice to address professional ethics for legal specialists. Kitty believes in doing her best and has set a high benchmark for all private investigation practitioners. She is well-versed on topics such as consumer privacy, conflicts of interest, and how to interact with both clients and other investigators. The rules for what is deemed lawful and what is against the law is a changing landscape due to technological advances and legal challenges. Tune in to hear Kitty Hailey discuss these changes to determine when a violation of accepted etiquette crosses the line to become a breach of ethics?

French private investigator and former police officer from the United Kingdom, Graham Dooley, has had considerable success in locating people all over the world with the barest of information. How are people traced outside the United States? What are the obstacles and what are the challenges he faces in locating an individual’s whereabouts or his or her assets? Is one country more difficult than another? How are the differences in culture and language addressed? Tune in to hear Graham Dooley discuss his work and how he operates from his offices in both France and the United Kingdom?

An alarming statistic from The Journal of American Medical Association (Jama)…medical negligence is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States right behind cancer and heart disease. What do you do if you believe you have a medical malpractice claim? How is a claim investigated? What are the components of a valid claim against a medical practitioner? What is necessary to be shown for a claimant to prevail? How has tort reform impacted this area of law? Tune in to hear Paul Freidman, one of the premier personal injury attorneys in the United States, discuss the ins and outs of medical malpractice.

Former FBI Agent Charles Williams is an interviewing and interrogation expert. He developed the C.A.R.E. Interviewing system, a process to gain cooperation, control, and to detect deception. C.A.R.E is an acronym for Control, Assessment, Reciprocal Relationship, and Exit. Hear Charles Williams discuss the investigative skills, steps and secrets he believes are essential to take an investigation to a successful conclusion.

Private investigators frequently come in contact with forensic psychologists when it concerns a psychological testing and evaluation for either a civil or criminal case. Did you know that forensic psychologists also develop terrorist profiles and evaluate candidates for political asylum? Dr. Reuben Vaisman-Tzaschor developed the counter-terrorism strategy for the Bush administration, subsequently adopted by the FBI.

The world of a private investigator has expanded dramatically over the last twenty years. It is not unusual to see a request for assistance in a foreign country. What used to be a luxury, networking with investigators across the globe is now a necessity. Employees of multi-national corporations are often transferred to foreign shores; therefore people are highly mobile. Where it is a background investigation for employment, genealogical research, a fraud case, or a parental abduction, it is essential today to have contacts around the world. Asian private investigator and security professional, Pawanjit Ahluwalia with offices in India, the Middle East, and Dubai will discuss the importance of developing your global contact list.

Former FBI Agent Charles Williams is an interviewing and interrogation expert. He developed the C.A.R.E. Interviewing system, a process to gain cooperation, control, and to detect deception. C.A.R.E is an acronym for Control, Assessment, Reciprocal Relationship, and Exit. Hear Charles Williams discuss the investigative skills, steps and secrets he believes are essential to take an investigation to a successful conclusion.