Magnum – P.I., Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes, Simon Templar, Crocket, Vincent.
Of the fictional PI’s that I’ve watched in my (sometimes) misspent youth, the character that has had the greatest impact on me was Rick Deckard from the Hollywood movie BladeRunner. Especially the part where he is looking in a newspaper for a job and the voice-over says, “They don’t advertise for killers in the newspaper. That was my profession. Ex-cop. Ex-blade runner. Ex-killer.“
The impression that most people have of PI’s is very much what they see in the American movies. As we all know, the reality is a lot different. For starters, I don’t drive around in a white Ferrari and I don’t carry a gun or any other weapon.
The investigations are, mostly, routine and comprise lots of process serving, tracking down people who are lost and spying on people’s partners.
For me, the most exciting types of investigations are the commercial and retail frauds where I get to gather evidence about employees and once gathered I get to interview them. It is satisfying to get a confession as a culmination of several months of work.
So remember the next time you meet me, don’t expect me to show up to the meeting in a white Ferrari wearing a mac.
Dear Sirs,
I am Mr. Richard Michael Managing director of Tanzania Private
Investigation Agency.
We are in Dar es Salaam Tanzania East Africa.
I am officially requesting an Association on our works, exchange
information and much more, we are ready to provide you with any
information you may require from Tanzania.
I do hope you will accept my request as Private investigators work
together around the world.
With warm regards
Richard Michael
Managing Director
Salgado Investigations is a partnership of Agencies who use sub-contractors through an internal approval scheme.
Another useful tool is E-legal gathering where Pi’s can discuss business situations and marketing in a less formal way .
It’s a group that I help moderate and is as much a social forum as it is PI Business forum and contains many PI resources and templates that will assist you with your start-up. Again membership is free and access to the closed areas are for PI’s only who are DPA registered. This is validated by the administrators.
You may also wish to join one (or more) of the industry associations which will also assist you with networking. These are WAPI, ABI and the IPI.