By: JMBA

Counsellor-at-Law

What Is A Private Investigator?

Bitterroot Investigations- Missoula Montana- Private Investigator. Perhaps you may have already heard the words “private investigator” once in your life, maybe during a casual conversation between people, over the radio, or possibly through a shady character in a movie. But, did you really understand what a private investigator is and how he can make a drastic change in your life? My personal characterization of a private investigator is “someone who has a professional and academic background in fact-finding and who’s equipped with a highly efficient investigative skills, tools and techniques in order to get his investigative job done.” Sounds like a scholastically personalized definition, right? Otherwise known as a “private detective”, “P’I in short or “undercover”, a private investigator is somebody whose services can be hired for probe and other exploratory endeavors. Private investigators also work with process servers to track down subjects for the purpose of process service.

What Are The Services For Which A Private Investigator Is Hired?

 Gather pieces of evidence to strengthen an accused’ criminal defense- Private investigators in good standing and who already earned expertise and good repute in their field or industry usually work with legal counsels to strengthen the defense of a person accused of a crime. A litigation attorney who really gets really busy as a bee turns his hand to a private investigator for help especially when it comes to gathering and collecting pieces of evidence which may certainly exculpate the client from criminal liability, as long as it is within the bounds of law and subject to rules on admissibility of evidence.

The matters that I have discussed above are just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. But there are more complex cases where a private investigator can lend a helping hand to effectively uncover the hidden truths, whether in civil and criminal cases or even in personal and business matters which can have a long-term impact in your life if not taken seriously. So, when your life, liberty, relationships or property are at stake, would you hire a private investigator?

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