Tools

Tools of the investigations trade, from surveillance gear to proprietary databases

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Matt Gale’s Top 3 Tools

An East Tennessee operative's tech needs are simple and sleek.

Matt Gale

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drowsygeek’s Top 3 Tools

What this Texas PI needs most are tools for solving flat tires, backaches, and organizational office madness.

drowsygeek

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August Theme: PI Tools & Toys

A roundup of everyone's favorite investigative tools, the gear that helps PIs in the field and in the office, from drones & dashcams to databases.

Kim Green

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How We (Sometimes) Roll: Low-Tech Investigative Tools in a High-Tech Practice

Good investigators mix classic gumshoe technique with crazy-modern tech wizardry. Here are a few old-school investigative tools you should re-learn to use (in case you've forgotten).

Eli Rosenblatt

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5 Free Research Tools Under the Radar

Quick and dirty search resources for investigators...so easy, a cat could use them.

Hal Humphreys

Locating Mobile Phones through Pinging and Triangulation

Is cell phone pinging really possible (and legal) for private investigators? We asked reporter Sean Cole to find out. HAL: I became PursuitMag‘s executive editor in the autumn of 2012, but the magazine’s been around a lot longer than that. And back in the summer of 2008, the original editor posted an article with the following

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