November 9,
2015
Pro Digital: Investigative Solutions
Regular
readers of this blog know that my professional experience and expertise started
in the investigative realm. Ever since I
first got interested in law enforcement, I wanted to be an investigator and I’ve
been fortunate enough to not only see that goal to fruition, but to do so in a
way that allowed me to be recognized by other investigators and prosecutors
repeatedly for high output and excellence in work product.
Regular
readers also know that I tend to emphasize the importance of investigative
training, experience and ability when conducting digital forensic
examinations. No matter the case, people
are behind the devices we examine and analyze, so knowing people’s patterns and
how they behave can often times be the ‘X-factor’ in digital forensics. Sure, you can get certified in this or that,
but if you don’t have any experience investigating
how people behave in certain circumstances, the technical expertise can only
get you so far.
Because I’m
an investigator at heart (who happens to be a trained digital forensic
examiner), we have chosen to add to the suite of offerings by Pro Digital
Forensic Consulting a series of “Specialized Investigative Services.” These specialized services are designed to go
beyond your normal private investigative work and highlight the vast
investigative training and experience that we have been able to participate in
throughout a career in law enforcement spanning 15 years. These specialized investigative services will
include:
· Employee and/or
personal background checks
· Employee fraud,
misconduct, theft, waste and abuse
· Missing persons
· Online & social
media investigations
· Interview &
Interrogation
· Police procedure
assessments
· Criminal Defense
Investigations
· Wrongful Conviction
Investigations
·
Investigations as directed by litigators involved in civil or
criminal litigation (litigation support)
By utilizing
our training, experience, technical tools and investigative know-how, we hope
to raise the bar of private sector investigations to be a go-to resource for
litigators, companies and other parties that may have need for these
services. And while some of these
services may involve surveillance or people-tracking from time to time, it is
our goal to get you the information you need in a timely manner without running
up a large bill for surveillance time.
We will not get involved in insurance fraud or marital infidelity cases,
there are already many other private investigative resources for that. However, we will incorporate our
investigative training and suite of digital forensic services where appropriate
to help better serve clients and get even more thorough answers to your questions. Rest assured, digital forensics is our ‘bread
& butter’ and will always be our primary line of business to serve clients.
We welcome
any inquiries about these services and our ability to deliver them to meet the
needs of your case(s). This new line of
business has given rise to a new slogan at Pro Digital Forensic Consulting…
…We Find the Truth for a Living!
Author:
Patrick J.
Siewert, SCERS, BCERT, LCE
Principal
Consultant
Professional
Digital Forensic Consulting, LLC
(Virginia DCJS #11-14869)
Based in
Richmond, Virginia
Available
Globally
About the Author:
Patrick Siewert is the Principal Consultant
of Pro Digital Forensic Consulting, based in Richmond, Virginia. In 15 years of law enforcement, he
investigated hundreds of high-tech crimes, incorporating digital forensics into
the investigations, and was responsible for investigating some of the highest
jury and plea bargain child exploitation cases in Virginia court history. A graduate of both SCERS, BCERT, the Reid
School of Interview & Interrogation and various online investigation
schools (among others), Siewert continues to hone his digital forensic
expertise in the private sector while growing his consulting & investigation
business marketed toward litigators, professional investigators and
corporations.
