Hiring an Atlanta Private Investigator

How to hire a Private Investigator:

The first thing that you should know about, what a Georgia Private Investigations firm does. Many times they will handle the cases that need individual attention that the law enforcement agencies cannot provide. A few examples are:

  • You know that your wife has been cheating on you but you have no proof. Before you start the divorce preceding you want to make sure that you can proof your case. A Georgia PI can gather the evidence you need to take to court.
  • You are a store owner and either your employees or customers are stealing you blind but you can’t afford to hire security personnel full time. You can hire a Atlanta PI to watch over your merchandise and the cost of hiring them will be offset by the amount your save from a decrease in theft.
  • Some one has managed to steal funds from your corporation but the thief was computer savvy and covered his tracks by deleting files and crashing hard drives. An Alpharetta PI trained in computer forensics can still recover data from a crashed hard drive in most cases and once that it done they can trace file usage and network access back to the perpetrator.
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There are many other situations that you may need the help of an experienced PI but the above should give you a broad idea of how to apply their skills.

When looking for an experienced Georgia PI, try to find retired police or military police officers. They will have the training needed to testify in court, take clear notes and are usually fully licensed for the job at hand, including carrying a firearm when needed. Atlanta PI specialize in a specific service so you will want to find out what that is in the beginning.

When you interview the private investigator, there are a few questions that you should always ask:

  • How many cases like mine have you done and what was the outcome?
  • How long have you been a PI and what were you before?
  • Do you have a license for the state in which we will be working in?
  • Are you fully insured and bonded?
  • Will you be handling my case or will it be handed off to another investigator?
  • Will you be able to insure my confidentiality and how will you do that?
  • How much will this cost me?

 

Once you have found a Georgia Private Investigator  that you can trust be prepared to tell the PI everything about the situation. Do not hold anything back or it can make it impossible for them to do their jobs. If you are straight up with them then they will most likely bring you back the results that you are looking for.

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Atlanta Private Detectives

Crime goes high tech

Criminals have made the leap to cyber crime years ago and thefts have been getting more complex ever since. It is not as easy as looking for fingerprints on a pedestal to see who stole a vase any more. Now you have to track data streams and network access to find who has been shifting around the little ones and zeros. Computer forensics is a difficult field and not many Georgia Private Investigations firms are adept in its use. Silent Partner PI is the exception.

They are trained to discover which files have been used in a computer crime and track changes in documents to see who may be the suspect. They are able to work with web pages, word processing files, spread sheets, email messages, software applications,  Databases, meta data, IM’s, PDA, and a myriad of other documents that can be used in criminal activity. A detailed network investigation or internet use investigation will often uncover the perpetrator fairly quickly.

In a cyber crime you need an Atlanta Private Detective that can deal with hard disk recovery as well. When done properly data recovery may take days to accomplish but it can recover files from a hard drive after it has been erased and reformatted repeatedly. To cover their tracks criminals will try to destroy files and they think quickest way to do that is crash a hard rive or erase it in some way. Hard drives are like having a person write really hard on a writing tablet and then tearing off the top piece. Often times the message can be retrieved from the underlying layer. So a good Alpharetta Private Detective can retrieve data that was thought to be lost entirely. If some important company documents were destroyed along with any evidence of criminal activity, it may be worth having an Alpharetta PI do the recovery just to regain your files for day to day operations.

PI firms are also great to have around before a crime has been committed. A well trained Atlanta PI can go over your computer systems and check for lax security. Some companies allow employees to use weak passwords, leave their work stations unlocked and unattended or even use common passwords that will allow entrance to sensitive files and servers. Some programs and hardware may be left at its default settings which can be looked up at the manufactures website at any time. These security practices are why even amateur thieves can sometimes get away with sensitive files and information.

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