Who Investigates?

What are the qualities of a good private investigator?

• curiosity
• desire for the truth
• detail oriented
• research savvy (both online and off)
• logical thinking
• analysis of data
• puzzle solving

These are the same qualities that make a good investigative detective. Is it any wonder that retired detectives often become private investigators?

Facebook Security

Professionally, we Private Investigators love that a great many people choose to participate in social media platforms like Facebook and to put all sorts of information up that is readily available to the public, like their photos, whereabouts, and relationships. It is very helpful information when we want to find someone, figure out if they are legitimately injured for their workman's compensation case, or figure out why they haven't been paying their bills.

Personally, we hope that you take a moment to review your settings and secure your information so that strangers cannot find out little details about you that could compromise your safety. So please, log into your Facebook account and do the following:

Secure your profile

• In the upper right corner of the page, click the down arrow
• Privacy Settings
• Change "public" to "friends" or "custom"
• You can modify your custom settings as you like

Review your "friends"

• At the top of the page, click your name to see your Profile
• Click the Friends photo box under your cover picture
• Delete anyone you do not know personally
• Delete anyone you no longer choose to keep contact with
• Delete anyone who may pose a threat to your safety 
• Note: Anyone you "unfriend" will NOT receive notification, and you can still phone them if you choose.

Secure your photos

• At the top of the page, click your name to see your Profile
• Click the Photos photo box under your cover picture
• Delete anything that no longer needs to be there
• If you organize your photos into Albums, you can change those security settings all in one click instead
  of individually for each photo.

Stough International is a full service protection and investigation firm offering services of the highest caliber to our clients in both the private and public sectors.

Ask an Expert

What's it like to be a PI?
How much does it pay?
What kind of cases have you handled?

Lifehacker answers questions about private investigation. Check out the candid question and answer session HERE.

Not a Runaway?

There may be times when a child (or even an adult) disappears and everyone, including the police, insist that he/she simply left of their own accord. Those that know the missing person best know in their hearts that running away isn't in the person's nature. What can an individual do?

Hire a private investigator! We have resources the police force may be stretched too thin to use. We can interview family, friends, classmates, and resolve the case for you, often reuniting families, or reopening a "cold case" that the police have given up on solving.

Read about a current case of missing teenagers some investigators are working on in Colorado HERE.

HERE is another case of missing teenagers in Colorado under investigation.

Finding your Birth Parents

More than just a longing for a sense of further identity, finding one's birth parents may be a matter of life and death. Many adopted people experience medical problems as adults and want to find their birth parents to learn more about their condition, the family history, and sometimes a familial match for organs.

If you want to find your birth parents, Stough International can help.

About Us

Mr. Stough, President and CEO of Stough International, has served in the protection and investigation field for over 12 years, specializing in customized complex investigative and security needs. Each of the highly trained investigators at Stough International takes pride in his or her career and is hand selected based on training and expertise in different fields. Mr. Stough, along with his team, has been credited and recognized nationwide for their service and skill.

Investigations through Stough International are meticulously conducted in a fashion where documentation and communication with the client is paramount, providing a thorough investigation that is tailor-made to meet your specific needs. Anonymity is key to any successful case. All investigations through Stough International are, and remain, strictly confidential.

We have assisted companies every step of the way from incident assessment and prevention all the way through litigation. We offer armed and unarmed security personnel as well as secure delivery options for staff and equipment. We also offer secure pick-up and drop-off from any airport in the world, and our teams are ready to move at a moment's notice. We also perform comprehensive background checks on people as well as businesses. If the information is out there, Stough International will find it.

Often today's busy business man or woman finds that it’s hard keeping their eyes on everything at once; that's where we come in. Specializing in custom security solutions and global tracking devices for planes, watercraft, vehicles, and anything else that could find itself lost or stolen. We offer a full line of security camera systems plus remote monitoring solutions that allow our customers to monitor their assets no matter where they are at any time.

We are confident that you will find everyone at Stough International to be prompt, professional, discreet, and capable of handling any situation that may arise. Our team of highly-trained investigators, and their expertise, add directly to the bottom line with efficiency and accuracy.

Whatever your investigative needs, whether in Florida, nationwide, or throughout the world, Stough International will provide the services you need, when you need them.

Security Consultation

Keep your business safe. We will find out the answers to these questions and improve your practices for the best protection of your company, its employees, and its trade secrets.

• How can the alarms and camera be overridden? 
• Where is the monitoring room, if any, and who is monitoring?
• Where is your monitoring and surveillance equipment stored?
• How often is your equipment maintained? What is the right schedule?
• Who has access to the money? The information? 
• How secure is your intranet?
• Are there any hidden items like cameras or software that could be a breach?