MI Private Investigator case studies
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The Michigan Private Investigator license is a state credential for individuals who conduct investigations for hire - surveillance, background checks, interviews, and evidence gathering - under the Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act. It suits professionals moving into investigative work and experienced investigators formalizing their status. The MI Private Investigator case studies are 5 cases and about 4,557 words.
1The 'Courtesy Patrol' Upgrade: Star Patches, Handcuffs, and What an Investigative Firm May Lawfully Staff
Your Grand Rapids firm holds a Michigan investigative/security business license under the Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act (MCL 338.1051 et seq.) and employs four investigators. The manager of a 240-unit apartment complex, after three forced-entry burglaries in six weeks, offers a 16-week contract at $38 per investigator-hour.
933 words, about 5 min2Three Requests in a Custody File: Drone, Tracker, and a Pretext Call
A family-law attorney retains you in a custody dispute. He sends three instructions in one email: (1) fly a drone over the ex-husband's fenced backyard in Kentwood on Saturday afternoon to film him with the children during his parenting time; (2) stick a magnetic GPS tracker under the rear bumper of his pickup, which sits in the driveway overnight; and (3) call his new girlfriend, pose as a customer-service representative from a utility company, and confirm that he lives at the address.
873 words, about 4 min3The Back-Office Interview: Two and a Half Hours Over $2,400
A regional retailer retains you over $2,400 in suspicious refunds at store #114. The assistant manager, 22 and non-union, is the only cashier on the flagged transactions.
917 words, about 5 min4The Claimant, the Gym Window, and the One-Hour Time Offset
Your subject in a workers' compensation file claims a 10-pound lifting limit and a 20-minute driving limit. You work three days in Traverse City, Michigan, which is in the Eastern time zone.
908 words, about 5 min5Eleven Finalists, One Personnel File, and a 74-Day-Old Invoice
A staffing client of three years sends a request covering 11 warehouse finalists: a seven-year criminal search, a credit report, a driving record, 'their social media passwords so we can log in and look,' and a check on whether any of them 'has ever filed a workers' comp claim.' The CEO also wants you to obtain one finalist's personnel file from her current employer, where your firm owner's brother is the HR manager, and to bill the whole job as 'management consulting' because 'we don't want to deal with the FCRA paperwork.' The client owes you $14,000 on an invoice 74 days past due, and there is no signed engagement letter, only a 2021 email saying 'standard terms.' The warehouse roles involve no driving and no handling of cash or financial records. Sort the request line by line into permissible, permissible only with additional authorization, and must refuse - and explain the basis for each.
926 words, about 5 min