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HELP! Someone stole my house!
After retiring from law enforcement, I became a private investigator and physical security consultant here in my hometown of...
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Body Cameras for Private Security Officers: Why it’s not happening
About three year ago I wrote an article predicting that some private security officers would soon start using body...
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Legal Responsibilities of Dog Owners
To dog lovers, their pet is a member of the family. But to the law, a dog can sometimes...
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Is Your Company Security Policy Worse than Worthless?
One of my earliest cases as a private investigator involved a chain of auto repair shops where managers at...
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Confession and Statements Obtained by Private Security upon Promise of Leniency Ruled INVALID
Over three decades in law enforcement I investigated many crimes and as an Internal Affairs investigator and police manager,...
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INVESTIGATIVE HYPNOSIS: Is it effective or completely bogus?
Way back in the 1970’s when I was a college student studying criminal justice I participated in a student...
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Body Cameras for Private Security Officers? It is coming.
Camera technology has advanced to the point that high quality video and audio can now be captured from tiny...
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Private Employer Held Liable for the Acts of Off – Duty Police Officer Employed as Private Security Guard
In a previous article “When Private Companies Hire Off-Duty Police Officers as Security, Who is liable when things go...
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When Private Companies Hire Off Duty Police Officers as Security; Who is Liable When Things Go Wrong?
The practice of private businesses hiring off duty police officers as security officers is nothing new. All across the...