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Why You Should Hire a Los Angeles Private Investigator

So why should you hire a California private investigator? If you’ve never worked with a Los Angeles private detective, you may not realize the full scope of private investigations services offered in California. L.A. private investigators spend their days working for all sorts of clients and cases. Sometimes, it’s something as routine as serving court papers (also referred to as process service) to individuals named in legal proceedings. Or, a California private investigator may be hired for a Los Angeles infidelity investigation, child custody or child support case, or to help locate a missing person. Even businesses and other organizations hire Los Angeles private detective agencies for corporate services such as secret shopper investigations, sometimes called integrity checks, or for comprehensive corporate security investigations that can reveal weaknesses and liabilities in campus and data security, employee and management personnel, as well as workplace and operational safety. Disability and workers compensation fraud cases are additional corporate investigations services for which savvy business owners and management teams hire California private investigation firms. While it’s not illegal for private citizens or human resources personnel to address many of these cases, there can be quite a few pitfalls to attempting to do a job that would be better left to a licensed private investigator.

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Cell Phone Forensics Private Investigations in California

Los Angeles private detective agencies use cell phone forensics for many types of private investigations services in California. From child support and child custody investigations in L.A. to infidelity investigations and locating missing persons, the information stored in a cell phone may prove vital for cracking a case or helping a client win in court. Using cell phone forensic techniques, a California private investigator can extract data from a digital device which may include location history, private messaging, photos and videos, financial transactions, and more. While some information may even be gathered without direct access to the device, safe and legal confiscation of a cell phone and proper data extraction by an L.A. private investigator ensure that the evidence gathered will be admissible in court. Whether a client simply needs the answer to a specific question or is counting on comprehensive evidence to prevail in legal proceedings, turning to a licensed California private investigation firm for cell phone forensics services is the best bet. Kinsey Investigations has over 20 years’ experience including cell phone forensics. Over the decades, cell phone design and security have improved dramatically, and so have the state-of-the art techniques we use whenever we need to incorporate cell phone forensics into a case.

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Surveillance Private Investigations in Los Angeles

Many California private investigations involve surveillance. Los Angeles private detectives often use surveillance to answer a client’s question(s) or gather information or evidence for many types of cases. While some surveillance operations require an L.A. private detective to follow one or more persons from place to place, others involve visiting or even staking out a single location to get answers to specific questions. Everything from quick and easy activity checks and secret shopper private investigations to multi-day stakeouts fall under this definition. Surveillance may make up the entirety of a job or be one of many tools that a California private investigator employs to serve their clients. Female private detectives have the edge when carrying out surveillance investigations, because we naturally put most people at ease and can easily blend into many environments. Kinsey Investigations’ team of female private investigators use surveillance as part of quite a few of our private investigations services.

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