Cana Garrison has handled guns since age 12, when she and her dad shot targets in the woods behind their Charlotte home.

But the Air National Guardswoman, who has rifle and pistol training, would rather carry a Taser than a gun.
read more »

In bright orange letters, the sign in the window says “Yes We’re Open.”

But take a look at the black gate and lock that stretches across the front of Shoes N More at 2903 W. Western Ave., and you’ll see a different story.
read more »

David Rosen is only in his mid-30s, but already he has racked up careers as an advertising creative director, a novelist, and a TV writer. Now he’s packed the equivalent of a lifetime’s worth of informational interviews into a book called What’s That Job and How the Hell Do I Get It?

read more »

The California Association of Licensed Investigators is holding its 41st Annual Conference June 29-July 1 at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA.
read more »

PI Gear Price: $459.95 | Buy Now!

This GPS tracking system operates up to 120 days on internal AA batteries and is easy to deploy since there are no external cables.

read more »

L&W Investigations, the foremost private investigations franchise specializing in insurance fraud, will be exhibiting for the first time at the 17th International Franchise Expo (IFE), sponsored by the International Franchise Association (IFA), at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC April 11-13, 2008.
read more »

Aptina Imaging, a division of Micron Technology, Inc., introduced its latest high-performance wide-VGA image sensor (product number MT9V033) for surveillance camera applications. The new sensor, available in both color and monochrome versions, features extremely high dynamic range (HDR), which is important for capturing clear images and video in high-contrast lighting conditions.

read more »

A United States private investigation company that specializes in catching insurance fraudsters has been bought out by G4S in a deal worth $16.2 million.
read more »

The cliché private eye is a hard, gumshoe snoop with noir-regulation cigarette, trench coat and shifty sleuthing.

Sorry, Raymond Chandler. That’s sooo last century.

read more »