KY Private Investigator study materials
KY Private Investigator study resources

KY Private Investigator case studies

KY Private Investigator · Put your knowledge to work in context.

A Kentucky private investigator license is a credential issued by the state that authorizes the holder to conduct investigations for hire - background checks, surveillance, locating witnesses, interviewing, and gathering information for attorneys, insurers, employers, and private clients. It is not a police credential and carries no arrest authority. The KY Private Investigator case studies are 5 cases and about 4,010 words.

1

The Ohio Firm's Kentucky Job

A Louisville personal-injury firm retains Buckeye Investigative Group, an Ohio-licensed agency in Columbus, to surveil a claimant in Jefferson County. Buckeye's owner assigns the file to Marcus, a Kentucky resident who has done investigative work for years but holds no Kentucky credential; he is paid $45 an hour as a 1099 contractor.

869 words, about 4 min
2

The HR Director Who Hired You

Redmond Logistics, a 400-employee warehouse operator in Bowling Green, reports $38,000 of copper fittings missing over six months. Carla, the VP of Human Resources, signs your engagement letter and tells you to "keep it quiet and bring me names." In interviews, a forklift operator says a night-shift lead has been selling "clean" copper to a scrap yard owned by Carla's brother-in-law, and that Carla personally approved the write-off adjustments.

793 words, about 4 min
3

The Custody Case and the Backyard Camera

Fayette County custody case. The father's attorney hires you to document whether the mother's boyfriend - a convicted felon on supervised release - is living in her home, which she denies in an affidavit.

811 words, about 4 min
4

The USB Drive in the Locker

A Northern Kentucky hospital system retains your firm on a narcotics-diversion matter. On Tuesday at 6:40 a.m., the nurse manager uses a master key to open an absent nurse's locker and hands you a USB drive, a handwritten note, a partially used vial of hydromorphone, and two loose pills in a sandwich bag.

784 words, about 4 min
5

Skiptrace Calls and the Pre-Employment Report

Two unrelated matters land on your desk in one week. (A) A Lexington law firm needs a debtor served.

753 words, about 4 min