| The movies would have you believe for a few | | | | case. The police were not going to do this service |
| thousand dollars, a private investigator is going to | | | | for people because in most cases, laws were not |
| risk sure death for you. Ah, not exactly. So what | | | | being broken and they did not want to get |
| can you really expect? | | | | involved in domestic disputes. Today, no fault |
| The scope of service rendered by the private | | | | divorces are so common that this has ceased to |
| investigator has always been to handle the type | | | | be a major source of work for them. At the |
| of investigative work that falls out of the scope | | | | same time, child custody cases are becoming |
| of the official police and government organizations. | | | | more common. The need changes but the role |
| The laws of the land limit what a police officer | | | | remains the same. |
| can do. The overworked and understaffed police | | | | The area of fraud has become a more important |
| forces of the world can barely handle the cases | | | | problem in recent years. The need for private |
| that are their priorities and much work must take | | | | investigators in this area has grown. Again, it is |
| a back seat. This is where the private investigator | | | | the need that changes, but the essential role does |
| comes into the picture. Just because a job is not | | | | not. In the case of fraud, once it is proven, the |
| covered by the law or is a priority to the police | | | | police will act, but they are generally to busy to |
| does not mean that it is not important to | | | | provide the proof or take preventive measures. |
| someone. | | | | This is why the private investigator is needed. |
| This has been the driving force behind the private | | | | They can do the tedious legwork necessary to |
| investigation industry from the start. The private | | | | establish that fraud has taken place and keep the |
| investigator is a citizen, too, and must abide by | | | | records or compile the evidence to get law |
| the laws like any other citizen. As long as they | | | | enforcement involved. |
| operate within the scope of this restriction, they | | | | The service rendered by the private investigator |
| are free to solve crimes, gather information, | | | | is essentially to operate on the fringe of the law |
| perform surveillance, and provide security. The | | | | enforcement arena. They are the gap fillers in the |
| history of private investigation has shown a | | | | system that protects us and secures our rights. |
| changing scope of the needs to the public, but as | | | | This has been a thankless role in the past, and the |
| the needs changing, the role of the investigator | | | | reputation of the private investigator has not |
| was still to meet them. | | | | always been the best. Today, the need for |
| Just a few decades ago, it was very common for | | | | professionals to fill this gap and perform these |
| private investigators to do surveillance and gather | | | | vital roles has caused the pi to be more skilled, |
| information to be used to prove adultery or some | | | | better educated, and even more diligent than |
| other sort of misbehavior to be used in a divorce | | | | ever before. |