What we do
Services
Background Checks & Due Diligence
A background check is only as good as the sources behind it. We go past instant-database results to the underlying court, business filing, and public records, and verify what we find before it goes in your report.
What's included
- Criminal and civil court records in the jurisdictions that matter
- Name and address history, including aliases
- Business affiliations, corporate filings, liens, and judgments
- Verification of stated education and employment history
- A written report with sources cited
Skip Tracing & Locates
When someone has moved on, the trail usually still exists in address histories, employers, relatives, and associates. We work those leads to a current, verified location, whether you need to serve papers, interview a witness, or reach someone who’s gone quiet.
What's included
- A current address, verified before it’s reported
- Witness and claimant locates
- Locating parties for service of process
Process Serving
We serve papers personally in Minnesota and Wisconsin. For service anywhere else in the country, we work with trusted process-serving partners, so one point of contact handles your matter wherever the party is. When someone can’t be found, our skip tracing picks up where the address runs out.
What's included
- Personal service in Minnesota and Wisconsin
- Service in any US state through trusted partners
- Skip tracing when the party can’t be found at the address you have
- Affidavit of service
iPOL™
iPOL™ (Internet Pattern of Life) maps a person’s online presence: accounts, activity, connections, and what they reveal about routines and associations. The report is scoped to what you’re trying to establish, not a dump of everything online.
What's included
- Identification of social media and online accounts, including unlisted handles
- Public posts, photos, and activity relevant to your matter
- Online connections and associations
- Dated captures of relevant content, with sources
- Drawn from publicly available online sources
Premium Surveillance
Every surveillance operation begins with a preliminary skip trace to confirm that surveillance is viable and to give the operation the best chance of capturing activity. Premium surveillance is available locally in the Twin Cities area and greater Minnesota, with more locations to come.
What's included
- A preliminary skip trace on every operation, to confirm surveillance is viable
- Field surveillance in the Twin Cities area and greater Minnesota
- Video documentation of the surveillance
- A written report detailing the skip trace and surveillance efforts
Surveillance Prep
Surveillance hours are expensive, and much of what makes them productive happens before anyone is in the field. Surveillance Prep pairs skip tracing with an iPOL™ report to confirm where the subject is and what their patterns look like. The team starts with a plan instead of a guess.
What's included
- A verified current location
- An iPOL™ report focused on routines, places, and associations
- A written prep summary a surveillance team can work from
Surveillance Referrals
Our premium surveillance covers the Twin Cities area and greater Minnesota. For a matter elsewhere, we refer you to a firm we trust, chosen for its integrity, determination, and results. With your approval, we pass along our Surveillance Prep work so they start informed.
What's included
- A referral matched to your matter and location
- Hand-off of our prep findings, only with your approval
- Continued availability to the surveillance firm for questions
Surveillance Firm Consultation
Much of what makes surveillance succeed happens before the first hour in the field, and in how a firm runs. We consult with surveillance firms on individual matters: pre-surveillance research, subject locates, and case planning. We also consult on the business itself, from case management systems to automated social media monitoring and reputation work.
What's included
- Pre-surveillance research and subject locates
- iPOL™ pattern-of-life analysis for field planning
- Review of surveillance objectives and case plans
- Case management system design and enablement
- Automated monitoring of public social media
- Reputation research and repair
- Support on a single matter or across a caseload
Medical Canvassing
When a claimant’s treatment history is incomplete, we canvass the area for the providers who treated them: clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, and therapists. We then handle the authorizations and the requests needed to retrieve the records.
What's included
- A canvass of the geographic area and date range you specify
- Identification of treating providers not already known
- Authorization handling and records requests
- Delivery of the records received
Drone Inspections
A drone puts eyes on roofs, large properties, accident scenes, and sites that are unsafe or slow to inspect on foot. Flights document conditions in photos and video, flown under an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. For matters in Minnesota, we can respond within 24 hours for most requests.
What's included
- Aerial inspection of property, roofs, and job sites
- Aerial footage of accident scenes: road layout, sightlines, and site conditions
- Documentation of damage for insurance claims and disputes
- Dated, organized photos and video delivered to you
- Response within 24 hours for most Minnesota matters
Notarization
A commissioned Minnesota notary public who travels to you. Affidavits, declarations, and other documents that need a witnessed signature are notarized in person, at your office, your home, or wherever the signer is.
What's included
- In-person notarization, traveling to the signer
- Acknowledgments and jurats (sworn statements)
- Affidavits and declarations
- Notarization of your affidavit of service
Investigative Training
The methods behind our own casework, taught to the people who need them: investigators, claims and special investigations teams, legal staff, and security personnel. Training covers OSINT (open-source intelligence) methods and good practices, finding people, and documenting findings so they stand up to scrutiny. Every session is scoped to your team’s experience and caseload.
What's included
- OSINT methods and good practices
- Skip tracing and locate fundamentals
- Documenting findings and writing reports that stand up to review
- In person or virtual, tailored to your team