Armed stalking investigations by investigator & SAG member

Accused Halle Barry Stalker Arrested!

Halle Barry was just in the news as an adult male who had been known to stalk her was caught on or near her property in the Hollywood Hills. We at SchulmanPPI are experienced in many facets of stalking investigations. First, our lead investigator has been a police officer, and is currently or license holder and Qualified Manager. He [David Schulman] also holds additional licenses and permits such as a Ca. Guard Card, a weapons permit, and one aspect that allows him to gain a better understanding from the celebrity's point; David is a part time actor [under an alias], and is a current member of (SAG) the Screen Actor's Guild.

So, celebrities, whether internationally known or famous on a local scale, may often become the target of stalkers. And some of these stalkers will turn their admiration into deadly obsession.

A Few Top Stalkers in the News:

William Lepeska, Anna Kournikova Stalker

A middle-aged homeless man swims across Biscayne Bay to unite with his smoking-hot 20-something tennis-star lover. Well, that's how William Lepeska saw it anyway. Not so much for Anna Kournikova. Lepeska had tried to swim to the tennis star's Miami Beach house, but was caught wandering nude at the home of her neighbor.

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Stalking Doesn't Just Involve Female Celebrities!

Rev. David Ajemian, Conan O'Brien Stalker

Rev. David Ajemian, the stalker priest who sent threatening letters and DVDs to Conan O'Brien of NBC's Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Ajemian pleaded guilty in 2007 to disorderly conduct and agreed to stay away from the late-night talk-show host. He was placed on leave by the Archdiocese of Boston after the scandal broke and was later stripped of his priestly duties entirely.

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Couples are also not immune to stalkers

Dawnette Knight,
Catherine Zeta-Jones/Michael Douglas Stalker

Dawnette Knight developed an obsession with actor Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones who became her natural enemy. Knight sent threatening letters to the Oscar-winning couple, which included claims that Knight would cut up Zeta-Jones and feed her to dogs. Following a much-publicized trial, Knight pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.

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And a Stalking Case That Forever Changed DMV Access in CA.

Robert John Bardo, Rebecca Schaeffer Murderer

In 1989, Rebecca Schaeffer, former star of the television series My Sister Sam and several movies. But just as her career was taking off, her life was cut short by Robert John Bardo, a man who had been stalking Schaeffer for years. In July 1989, Bardo showed up at Schaeffer's apartment and fatally shot her as she stood in her doorway.

Bardo's crime sent chills through Hollywood, especially because of the ease with which he found Schaeffer through her driving records. The incident led to new anti-stalking laws, including the 1994 Driver's Privacy Protection Act, which prevents the Department of Motor Vehicles from releasing private addresses.

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So, in closing. You have seen that no two cases are alike, and that stalking is no laughing matter such as this and other items available for sale:

Are you concerned about an individual that is becoming problematic and/or may be a stalker who is stalking you, you need not just protection, you need an investigation. And this investigation actually turns the tables on the stalker. So Instead of waiting on your property to be stalked, a great surveillance on the stalker lets us have the police on the way before the stalker actually gets too close! And remember, being an active member of SAG both as an actor, and as a consultant to productions for accurate police/investigations scenes, we know the world you work in and can easily navigate it.

Feel free to call us directly (in full confidence) for your free investigative anti-stalking campaign consultation by a licensed armed investigator. We also offer personal Taser training and rental/purchase. They are close to the police brand, however, the darts don't fire due to gun powder, they fire on compressed nitrogen.

714.743.3078
http://www.schulmanppi.com

Have You Considered Hiring a Private Investigator For Thorough & Professional Investigations?

Do you think you may have a cheating spouse? Do you have a runaway teenager? Do you want to find someone such as a birth mother? Do you own a business and want to find out who may have stolen money or property from you? Have you been the victim of fraud or other special circumstances theft? These situations and many others similar to them come up more than you would probably think. The proper manner in which to handle these situations (above and beyond the help of the police) may be through a competent investigation by a qualified and licensed private investigator. The assistance you'll get from a quality private investigation usually pays for itself in benefits many times over, and is usually faster than other resources; like consultants and the police.

If you're not sure what a private investigator is, he or she is quite often someone who undertakes investigations for an entity, using their experience and knowledge to perform difficult to seemingly impossible feats to gather hard to find information. Business owners may hire a private investigator to find out who is behind an internal theft or fraud case. Attorneys quite often use private investigators for civil and criminal law cases. During divorce cases a private investigator may be hired to gather evidence of illegal, immoral, or improper conduct on the behalf of the "other side." Such "conduct" can include evidence of child abuse or misconduct, and/or marital infidelity. Auto/health insurance companies and worker's compensation firms frequently use private investigators to protect against fraudulent losses.

Private investigators (also known as private eyes and detectives) must be licensed in order to practice in most States. For example, in the State of California, a private investigator must be licensed in order to conduct investigations. In order to become a licensed private investigator in California, one must have accumulated a minimum of 6,000 hours of paid investigative experience, pass a background investigation, and lastly he or she must pass a two hour State board examination. Once a private investigator earns his license, he has the ability to legally conduct investigations. With this responsibility, private investigators must keep detailed records of all their findings. They must obey all State and Federal laws, as well as be willing and able to appear in court as a witness regarding any case that they undertake.

A private investigator's work may vary greatly depending upon the specialty in which he chooses to work in. Most investigative work involves surveillance, conducting numerous computer records checks, physical records inspections, interviews, interrogations, questioning individuals, and spending long and irregular hours at work. Investigations quite often involve lots of driving, conducting physical audits, and visiting many locations such as work, court, etc. A general investigation could involve talking to co-workers, relatives, friends, prior boy/girl friends/spouses, neighbors, and actual suspects.

Tips on how to find the right private investigator for you

First of all, you should ONLY hire a licensed investigator who is authorized to practice in your particular State. Look up your State's website and find out if and what requirements are needed for an investigator to practice in your State. A few States don't require much for some to call themselves private investigators. You should ask to see a copy of their license, and you should check their license status on your State's website. For example, California allows you to check the status of an investigator's license on their website under the category of BSIS (Bureau of Security and Investigative Services). Here's the link to check to see if an investigator is licensed in the State of Ca.: http://www.bsis.ca.gov/online_services/verify_license.shtml

Next, the best way to hire any professional (including a private investigator) is through the use of professional recommendations. Ask your friends, your attorney, or your business associates for a recommendation. You can also look for investigative associations in your State that usually have lists of investigators that you can search through. Once you have an investigator that you are looking to hire, make sure that they are licensed as we wrote about earlier, and also make sure that you are clear about his fees, timelines, hours of work, specialties (obviously very important), and special costs such as travel, court appearances, and expenses. You should also discuss what you expect from the investigation a far as results, costs, and timeline. Do you want an open ended investigative contract? Probably not; you definitely don't want a overly large unexpected bill for something you didn't make plans for.

So when you're looking for a private investigator, whether it be for a fraud case, a subject locate, or a miscellaneous civil matter, the aforementioned information will assist you in finding the right resource!

David Schulman, PI is a licensed California Private Investigator for Schulman P.P.I. (Schulman Professional Private Investigations), a general investigations firm which focuses on workplace fraud and safety. Hire David Schulman, PI or learn more about how to hire a private investigator by contacting him at http://www.schulmanppi.com, License #25758

Creating evidence that can be used against a client - Don't do it!

If an egregious situation is uncovered during an investigation you would be tying your company's hands (if your an internal investigator) or your client's hands (if they are your client) should you document the facts in your report.

Remember, should the affected employee decide to file a lawsuit, your company would generally be liable for discrimination on behalf of supervisors and managers. If your report stated that this discrimination occurred, you would be tying your company's hands in the courtroom. The employees' attorney will tell the jury that the company's own investigator admitted that my client was discriminated against.

Instead, the better strategy would be to state that company policies were violated, and that the manager or supervisor acted inappropriately or unprofessionally, and leave things at that.

Air Traffic Control on The Hudson (ATC) & the collision between a tour helicopter and a small plane

It is a most unfortunate breaking news story that one can imagine.... BREAKING NEWS NOW: "A small plane and a tour helicopter collide over the hudson river - at a low altitude."

Now stories of blame are circling around, in order to place the blame square in peoples' laps. Laps such as both pilots, the ATC center, and most likely the manufacturers of the aircraft involved.

The one entity that I feel is going to be a scapegoat in this tragedy are the staff at the ATC (air traffic control center) center that covered the area including the Hudson river where the accident occurred. Let's take a look at the role of ATC and my educated guess of what happened.

Aircraft, both helicopters and fixed wing, fly under VFR and IFR flight rules. This means that when VFR conditions exist (Visual Flight Rules) the sky is clear and there is enough visibility to clearly see other aircraft, structures, and clouds to avoid. VFR was the condition that both aircraft were operating under - presumably. I say presumably, because the plane may have requested flight following, or it may have had a special rule to fly by while operating at the area over the Hudson where the collision took place.

If there were no special rules to follow, or there was no flight following provided by ATC, both aircraft were flying on a see and be seen basis. By the way, flight following is where an aircraft can request to be entered into the ATC system and get updates on air traffic to avoid, and clearance as they fly from one sector to another (called a handoff).

So this brings me to the fact that an ATC controller was on the phone, and a supervisor was out of the building when the accident took place. Of course this shouldn't have happened, but what could they have done; assuming that they were not under ATC control? - which is normally the case in flight operations such as these. If and ATC controller saw on radar a fast moving set of converging aircraft, what frequency would the aircraft likely be on? There are common air frequencies, but they are commonly know as advisory frequencies. This means that if a call went out from ATC on a CTAF, it is likely that none of the two aircraft would have heard the warning; especially if it required immediate evasive action.

So before scapegoating the ATC personnel, it should be noted that there is a lot to consider - which is why a thorough investigation must take place.

Dave Schulman, PI of Schulman PPI is a licensed pilot with over 800 flight hours with his initial flight training conducted at USMC MCAS El Toro.

Schulman PPI comes Back Online with a New Look

SchulmanPPI's website has gone through a major renovation, and is now open for business. We have made our site more user friendly and have added quite a bit more information.

We also are going to be accepting credit cards (Visa, MC, and Discover) in addition to Pay-Pal.

So check us out when you get a chance, we know you'll like what you see.

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