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Article #273: The Modern Day Private Investigator

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A PI is trained to be very savvy with background searches. Investigators use
their research methods. Despite film noir some diverse and available search sites.
movie depictions of a PI as a man From Social Networking sites like MySpace
sporting a fedora and a 5 o' clock shadow to city records posted online, there is
in smoky office with a bucksome blonde little running around as a gumshoe
wanting their husband spied on, they are anymore when the info is at the tip of
in actuality men and women who spend a the fingers.
good deal of their time doing the legwork Searching Locally: An Orange County
from a computer. Example
The Bureau of Security and Investigative There is quite a good deal of revealing
Services give five points to what a PI information that is posted on local state
does: or federal government sites. For
- Someone who investigates crimes instance, an Orange County private
- Investigates identity, whether it is a investigator can visit the county's
finding the person, finding the true California Criminal index online to view
character of the person, their occupation any citations or criminal court
or business proceedings that have been logged and
- Investigates the location of property, documented as far back as 1988. This
lost or stolen gives great material for background
- Finds the causes of fires, losses, checks or finding patterns in habits or
accidents, damage or injury criminal recidivism. Sites like these are
- Secures evidence for use in court often available to anyone online for
Investigators work in various sectors so free.
the work can be very specific according They are not specific to government
to who they do work for. For instance, workers or licensed private investigators
detectives who work for insurance in Orange County by example. There are
agencies will often look into personal layers of search levels the investigator
claims and the legitimacy therein. If can peruse through: federal, state to
someone is trying to defraud the agency county records; a private investigator in
then the detective may do some Newport Beach (within Orange County) can
surveillance on foot with a camera, or do find information specific to that city
a background check to see if there was within a city records search.
any past record of fraud. Also, with the advent of web 2.0 and
There is a great deal of office work that social networking sites and blogs, the
goes into investigation. Aside from false sense of privacy is often exhibited
making frequent phone calls, an by the public at large who daily leave a
investigator uses a great deal of cyber trail wake that makes
internet searching, especially for investigations less intensive.






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