How the stake out went!

I went to the PI's house and he let me listen to some calls he had to make and see how difficult people who work for police departments can be. He has been trying to get public records for 3 weeks now and they are still not being very helpful.

Then we drove to the house of a main witness that he needs to talk with about some testimony he made in a trial. The witness was not home and his neighbor (who is also his brother in law) was not home either.
The witness works part time at a rental car company so we drove over there to see if he was working. He was not at work.

We had lunch and did some errands and then returned to the witness's home. He was still not at home. He is know to spend time at the local hospital so we headed there to see if we could find him. He was not at the hospital. While we were at the hospital, the PI also had another witness from the same case that works there and we tried to find her. We couldn't find her either.

We walked to the courthouse and checked out all the record departments to see if our witness had any charges filled against him. He did not have any. The records were all paper that we had to look through.

We left the hospital and went to the rental company one more time. The witness was not there but we found out from one of the employees that he works tomorrow from 9-3.

We left and found out where the other witness's house is located and drove to her house and checked it out. We drove home.
Alot of time spent and we didn't get to talk with anyone.

Deb PI

Thursday, 10/8/09 Going on my first stake out

I am actually meeting the PI and we are headed to  a stake out this morning.

Deb PI

Anticipating my first day with a real PI

I was contacted last night by a private investigator who asked me if I would be interested in going with him today to interview a man who was convicted of "keying a car". Not such a bad crime, but the guy is actually appealing the case in RI and the PI has been hired by an attorney to follow up.

I will keep you appraised of my first time out with a PI.

Deb PI

New job tactic

I don't feel like I have the experience to apply for a "real" investigator job. I have little experience in this field but I want to make it my chosen career.

My new approach to getting some experience is to ask Investigator Firms if they would let me do a free internship. In our economy there is very little work for anyone and I actually have friends that are paying for internships.

I met an investigator (Charlie) through my neighbor and he has been helpful in answering questions for me and giving me an insite into what I want to do in investigation. I got together with him once and we keep in touch via email. He is out of town right now but when he returns I am going to see if I can do some sort of internship with him. Charlie also knows other investigators and perhaps he can set me up with another investigator to intern with also.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Deb PI

Looking for a job!

I spent yesterday on the internet checking on investigation jobs in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. I specifically was looking for a job that was NOT sitting in an office all day long and one that had many aspects of "sleuthing" involved.

I applied for 5 jobs that I found and that looked interesting. One job (that was not a posted job but just one that would want to do)was working for the RI Department of Environmental Management investigating poachers, corporations that dump toxic waste, etc. I emailed the head investigator to ask about working there. He responded and told me that with the fiscal cutbacks he was down to just two investigators but told me to keep looking at the website for updates on job availabilities.
One company just said I was not qualified for their job and they would keep my resume on file.
I am waiting to hear back from the other possible jobs.

One job inquiry was from an actural PI company in Massachusetts looking for someone to do investigative work on an hourly basis. He actually said in the job description that he expected to get lots of inquiries. I am sure he will but he will get my resume too!


I have emailed a PI new friend of mine, Charlie, that I want to talk with him when he gets back from a trip next week. I want to propose to Charlie that I would like to do an internship (unpaid) with him. He is a criminal investigator who works alone, so I don't know what his response will be. I know his did an internship in Washington DC so maybe he will at least think about it. Charlie also knows other private investigators and perhaps if he doesn't want to do it, he can talk to some of his PI friends?


I will keep looking.


Deb PI