Investigations
Locating the witness a case depends on
How investigative fieldwork and research supported the search for a difficult-to-find witness.
Published articles and client accounts from RJ Kirschner on investigations, executive protection and workplace threats.
RJ Kirschner describes a protective assignment that began with threats against a client’s employees.
How investigative fieldwork and research supported the search for a difficult-to-find witness.
RJ explains the relationship between preventive security and protection during an active threat.
A client account shows why the detail and interpretation of a screening result matter.

Our story starts in the mid-90’s. Back then I served as a parole agent at the Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility in Whittier, California. I’d worked my way up through every unit of the massive facility housing up to 1,000 boys found guilty of serious crimes. Kids didn’t get sent to Fred C. Nelles for truancy or pranks.

Katrina is a smart professional woman who built some serious wealth. Soon after, she hired a financial advisor to help grow her money even more. He did a good job of it. That’s why when he suggested she meet with a rakish man we’ll call Glenn about a new investment opportunity, she leapt at the chance. Glenn charmed the socks (and wallet) off Katrina. He gave a slick presentation on a property investment that seemed like a true winner.

Our economy may have gone digital but many aspects of the legal system have not. Does the outcome of your legal case depend on finding/bringing a key person to trial? Please read on to learn how leveraging decades of boots on the ground law enforcement experience—with online sleuthing acumen—allowed my organization to serve a very flighty and very important witness.

Workplace violence is on the rise. Having a plan to deal with such incidents is crucial. Yet even with such planning in place, there are threats so severe, so disturbing no corporate professional is ready to handle them. That’s the crisis our client faced. My company, Threat Management and Protection, Inc. (TMAP) does work for a security agency we will call Axis International. Axis offers protective services to large organizations throughout the U.S.

Two sides of the security world exist for high-net-worth individuals and corporate execs. One is about building a security mindset: Creating preventative measures. The other is active protection in crises. Think: The Bodyguard. When security shifts from general protection to stopping clear and present dangers, my company TMAP

As one business learned the hard way, botched pre-employment background screenings can create a full-blown crisis when they’re the weak link in the hiring process. Our company in question operates in a unique industry: Providing specialized makeup to Hollywood for use in everything from monster movies and sci-fi extravaganzas to teen romance flicks.
Tell us the concern, the location and the timing. We’ll discuss the scope of support and the next step.