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Introduction

Toolboxes of the Trade

Sources of Information

  • Directory Assistance
  • Current and Outdated Telephone Books
  • Current and Outdated City Directories
  • Directories Listing Other Directories
  • Numerical and Street Address Directories
  • Police and P.I. Agencies
  • City Utilities Department
  • Department of Motor Vehicles
  • Department of Vital Statistics
  • The Credit Bureau
  • Courthouse
  • Civil Litigation Search- Civil Lawsuits
  • Divorce Records Search
  • Bankruptcy Search
  • Criminal Search
  • Land Titles Search
  • Personal Property Registry
  • Corporate Registry
  • Employment Applications
  • Banks and Financial Institutions
  • Clubs and Associations
  • Libraries
  • Personal Sources of Information
  • Informants
  • Garbage
  • Internet Database Searches

Investigative Methods & Strategies

  • The Successful Investigator
  • Guide-lines
  • Attributes of the Successful Investigator
  • Modus Operandi
  • Observation and Memory
  • Develop your Memory

Personal Matters

  • Suspicious Relationships
  • A Hypothetical Case
  • Initiating A Domestic Relations Case
  • Set A Schedule
  • Preparations
  • Closing the Case
  • A Case Example

Finding A Missing Person

  • Short-cuts to Finding People
  • Motive Profile of A Missing Person
  • Sample Skip Tracer's Checklist
  • Last Known Address
  • Deposits
  • Other Sources To Check
  • Search For A Natural Parent or Child

Background Investigations

  • Introduction
  • Types of Background Investigations
  • Potential Dates and Spouses
  • Spouses or Ex-Spouses Who Owe, But Say Their Broke
  • Pre-Employment Screening
  • Potential Business Partners
  • Extending Credit
  • Jury Selection
  • How to Start a Background Check
  • Identify Whom You're Investigating
  • Obtain Other Identifying Information
  • Put the Pieces Together
  • Credit Background Investigation
  • Asset Checks
  • Criminal Court Records of Convictions
  • Data Bases on The Internet

Protect Your Privacy

  • Credit Bureaus
  • Workplace Surveillance
  • Cordless and Cellular Phones
  • Reverse Investigative Procedure Will Protect Your Privacy
  • Identity Theft

Business Matters

  • Pre-Employment Screening
  • Pre-Employment Investigations
  • The Basic Check
  • The In-Depth Pre-Employment Investigation

Business Intelligence Gathering

  • Method #1 Commercial Data Bases
  • Method #2 Specialty Trade Publications
  • Method #3 News Clippings
  • Method #4 Help-Wanted Advertisements
  • Method #5 Published Studies
  • Method #6 Financial Reports
  • Method #7 Trade Shows and Product Literature
  • Method #8 Public Filings
  • Method #9 Advertisements
  • Method #10 Personal Contacts

Business Security Measures

  • Outsmarting Bad Check Passers
  • Preventing Burglary and Robbery
  • Handling Credit and Collections
  • The Embezzler
  • Preventing Pilferage
  • Stop The Shoplifter
  • The Threat of Theft

Corporate Countermeasures

  • Industrial Espionage
  • Electronic Sweep and Security Evaluation
  • Partial Report
  • Radio Frequency Detection
  • Wire Link Check
  • Communications Check
  • Physical Inspection
  • Security Hazards Found
  • Recommendations
  • Additional Security Procedures To Always Consider
  • Locations Where Devices Can Be Concealed

Undercover Investigations

  • Preparing to Go Under
  • Entrapment
  • Maintaining The Cover
  • Concluding The Case

Asking Questions

  • Personal Interviews
  • Interrogation
  • Interrogation Objectives
  • Approaches to Interrogation
  • Logical Approach
  • Emotional Approach
  • Taking Written Statements
  • Pretext Conversations
  • Neighborhood Surveys

Surveillance

  • Foot Surveillance
  • Team Surveillance
  • Vehicle Surveillance
  • Initiating the Surveillance
  • Surveillance in Progress
  • Changing Appearances
  • Strategies
  • Night Surveillance
  • Stakeout Surveillance
  • Semi-Fixed Stakeouts
  • Fixed Stakeouts
  • Rural Observation Posts
  • Surveillance Conclusions
  • Investigative Equipment
  • Surveillance Vehicle
  • Buying Used Equipment
  • Surveillance Photography
  • Clandestine Photographic Positions
  • Surveillance Cameras
  • Surveillance Video

Evidence Gathering

  • Types of Evidence
  • Direct Evidence
  • Circumstantial Evidence
  • Physical Evidence
  • Existing Laws of Evidence

Court Appearance & Testimony

  • A Case Study
  • Appearing in Court
  • Truthfulness and Confidence
  • Demeanor
  • Speech
  • Honesty
  • Difficulties
  • Cross Examination

Forensic Sciences

  • Scientific Means of Criminal Detection & Investigation
  • Finger Prints & Palm Prints
  • Molded Impressions
  • Proper Handling of Exhibits
  • Surfaces Receptive to Finger Impressions
  • Glove Clothing & Fiber Traces
  • Footprint & Shoe Traces
  • Vehicle Traces
  • Tool Marks & Traces
  • Restoring Impressions
  • Soil, Plant, Debris and Grease Traces
  • Glass Traces
  • Hair Traces
  • Blood Traces
  • Ballistics & Firearms
  • Arson & Fire Traces
  • Handwriting and Document Traces
  • Forensic Pathology

Lie Detection

  • Types of Lie Detectors
  • The Polygraph
  • The Voice Stress Analyzer
  • Lie Detection Test Structure
  • Lie Detection Without Equipment
  • Physical Sets
  • Gesterial Sets
  • Facial Expression
  • Verbal Sets

Notes & Reports

  • Object of Keeping Notes
  • Rules for Note Taking
  • Neighborhood Descriptions
  • Vehicle Descriptions
  • Subject Descriptions
  • Report Writing
  • Purpose Of the Investigators Report
  • Qualities of a Good Report
  • The Enemies of Accuracy
  • Fact vs Hearsay
  • Fact vs Opinion
  • Vague Language
  • Inaccurate Data
  • Spelling Grammar & Punctuation
  • Preparing The Report
  • Outlining
  • Purpose of the Report
  • Narrative
  • Problems and Solution
  • Conclusion and Recommendations
  • Writing the Report
  • Editing the Draft
  • Preparing The Final Report

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