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Internet Safety Tips for Parents from a Private Investigator

At Kinsey Investigations, we’re not only the California private investigations firm with a heart, we’re also parents, ourselves. We know raising children in this day and age is no walk in the park, and we work on many cases, both heartwarming and heartbreaking, involving children including locating missing persons in Los Angeles, child custody and child support investigations, and many other types of family law cases. While it’s never been easy to keep kids safe through the vulnerable years of childhood, the rise of the Internet, social media, live server gaming and so many other aspects of our hyper-connected world have magnified parents’ challenges exponentially. From cyber bullying and online predators, to email scams and catfishing, ask any L.A. private detective, and they’ll easily name a long list of cyber crimes carried out online targeting kids and adults as well. It’s exactly these phenomena that have given rise to private investigations services such as digital forensics, social media background checks, and online fraud investigations. It’s bad enough that hackers and scammers take advantage of vulnerable adults online. It’s positively insidious that there are people who turn their nefarious intentions toward children, but all we, as parents, can do is arm our kids with knowledge and do our very best to keep them safe. With Kinsey Investigations being the go-to California private detective agency for all things family law, we wanted to offer the following advice to all parents struggling to raise children in our modern, highly-connected world.

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Surveillance Services as Part of California Private Investigations

Surveillance operations involve observation of a subject, sometimes only in a specific setting, and sometimes following them to document their movements and interactions with others. California private investigators use surveillance in all sorts of cases from Los Angeles infidelity investigations to cohabitation and alimony, or child support/custody investigations. Surveillance operations and stakeouts have applications beyond the realm of family law as well, such as locating missing persons in Los Angeles, disability and worker’s compensation cases, other types of fraud investigations and more. Kinsey Investigations has a team of skilled and experienced female private investigators licensed and insured throughout California. We have experience conducting surveillance in places like Malibu, Brentwood, Westwood and Beverly Hills. We don’t shy away from time and resource-heavy methods like setting up a stakeout when necessary. It’s one of the many ways we live up to our reputation as one of the best private investigators in Los Angeles.

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Best Los Angeles Female Private Investigators

Choosing the right California private investigations firm may seem daunting. Even narrowing it down to Los Angeles private detective agencies, in particular, the listings run long. No doubt, you want to work with the best – an L.A. private investigator licensed and insured throughout the state. You could check online reviews or look up Expertise.com’s list of Best Private Investigators in Los Angeles, but another factor to consider is whether you’ll be working with a male or female private investigator. You may wonder, “Are there even any female private investigators near me?” The answer is yes, and the answer you’ll find in every search recommended above is Kinsey Investigations.

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Social Media Private Investigations in California

As one of the best private investigators in Los Angeles, Kinsey Investigations knows how to conduct social media investigations for our clients. Like most California private detective services, we offer social media background checks as a stand-alone service, but also take advantage of social media for many other kinds of private investigations, such as locating missing persons in Los Angeles, infidelity investigations, and corporate security investigations, just to name a few. The public face of a person’s or organization’s online presence says a lot about them, but here at Kinsey Investigations, we know how to look beyond the surface as well. Our expert female private investigators have uncovered important leads and evidence through this type of online sleuthing for clients from Malibu to Long Beach and all over Los Angeles and Orange counties. At Kinsey Investigations, we’ve always been experts at pounding the pavement for our clients, and these days, we’re just a savvy about surfing the web for them too.

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California Private Investigators Notice a Rising Number of Elder Abuse Cases

California private investigators handle cases involving potential elder abuse all too often. Whether it takes the form of a family member or other caregiver taking financial advantage of a vulnerable older adult or a residential facility neglecting or abusing them, elder abuse is, unfortunately, on the rise in California and across the country. Los Angeles detective agencies are handling more and more of these private investigations from Malibu and the heart of Los Angeles all the way down to Long Beach. If you suspect your loved one is being exploited or mistreated, contacting a private investigator is an important first step. Kinsey Investigations is a California private investigations firm licensed and insured throughout the state. Our female private investigators have the training and experience to identify and gather the necessary evidence in cases of financial, psychological or physical elder abuse. We also understand the emotional intelligence it takes to serve our clients and their loved ones in these highly sensitive cases. No matter the circumstances, your loved one’s safety is our number one priority, and we will even call you immediately if the case warrants.

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Intimate Partner Private Investigations Including Los Angeles Infidelity Investigations

Ask any L.A. private investigator, and they’ll tell you, infidelity Investigations in Los Angeles are almost as iconic to southern California as sunshine, sandy beaches, and movie stars. And it’s not only cheating spouse investigations where we find one partner lying to another. Unfortunately, Los Angeles private detective agencies have exposed dishonesty and fraud in every sort of romantic relationship, from catfishing on dating apps to adultery among married couples. Sometimes we get to deliver good news, such as when a pre-marital background check confirms a partner’s honesty, but it’s always sad when an investigation into any kind of romantic relationship reveals the opposite. In our line of work, California private investigators witness the aftermath of some of the darkest human behavior. Kinsey Investigations’ female private investigators understand how deep it cuts when that behavior comes through our clients’ most intimate relationships.

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Hidden Assets Private Investigations in California

Many types of California private investigations may include the possibility of hidden assets. From civil litigation and debtor location to family law cases, corporate investigations and more, the reasons someone might try to hide money or property from another person or company are broad and varied. Professional Los Angeles private detective agencies can help both individual and corporate clients who need to know the truth about potentially hidden assets. Kinsey Investigations has decades of experience and many creative strategies for uncovering hidden finances and property, no matter why or how someone is trying to conceal them. While less experienced California private investigators may not know how to look beyond public databases, Kinsey Investigations is a licensed and insured Los Angeles private investigation firm with the training and expertise to find the truth in cases of concealed assets and hidden finances.

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Best California Private Investigations Firm for Corporate Clients

Private investigators in California know that business owners and H.R. departments here already have more than enough on their plates. Just staying up-to-date on California employment law and all the corporate restrictions imposed on just about every kind of company is a full-time job. Corporate security investigations in Los Angeles routinely turn up liabilities including safety hazards, corporate misconduct, employee theft and more. In response, smart business owners and corporate management teams are turning to Los Angeles private detective agencies, not only to determine liabilities that may already exist, but to help prevent creating new ones such as hiring the wrong employee, making the wrong business deal, or sticking with policies or staff that could ultimately cost them their business. Kinsey Investigations is a California private investigations firm with decades of experience working for corporate clients. Through pre-employment background screenings, business background checks and mystery shopper private investigations, Kinsey Investigations helps our business clients avoid introducing unnecessary business liabilities in the first place. We know California law and can even testify in court if necessary. From small retail operations to large corporate entities, Kinsey Investigations is the partner every organization needs to keep the everyday risks of doing business as low as possible.

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Los Angeles Private Detective Agency Serving All of California

When it comes to Los Angeles private detective agencies, Kinsey Investigations stands among the top California private investigation firms. Not only have we twice made the list of Expertise.com’s “Best Private Investigators in Los Angeles, we’re licensed and insured to conduct investigations throughout the entire state of California. We are more than just another L.A. private investigator firm. As an office of predominantly female private investigators, we prioritize compassion and dignity with all of our clients, and we make sure that every case from Beverly Hills to Long Beach is given the care and expertise it deserves. With decades of knowledge of California law and the specific challenges clients face in the greater Los Angeles area, Kinsey Investigations is the detective agency that even our competitors recommend!

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Locating a Missing Person Turns Into Emotionally-Charged Roller Coaster Case

Kinsey Investigations is known as the California private investigations firm with a heart. We love it when our cases have happy endings, but unfortunately, the truth is not always what our clients are hoping to hear. Too often, in Los Angeles infidelity investigations, child custody investigations, and other highly emotional kinds of cases, our efforts uncover some of our clients’ worst fears. So, when we were first contacted about locating a missing person in Los Angeles, we deeply hoped (as we always do) that this case would end happily.

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