California Protective Services is often retained to perform third party independent investigations of
the malfeasance of police procedure or wrongful death cases as it
relates to officer involved violence. It is always in the best interest
of the public that officers who commit deadly or injurious crimes while
in pursuit of justice, be held accountable for their actions and
choices. It is in this arena that California Protective Services draws on the experience of our
investigators with former positions with the Inspector General. Training
in internal investigations and review of professional conduct is a
specialized field. Thoroughly educated in police procedures, our
investigators help attorneys and judicial officers discover the truth
that may be protected by unwritten codes of silence.
The areas we specialize in are the following:
The
types of crimes committed that refer to "Blue Collar" are those
employed in relatively unskilled environments and living in inner-city
areas have fewer "situations" to exploit than those who work in
"situations" where large financial transactions occur and live in areas
where there is relative prosperity. Blue-collar crime tends to be more
obvious and thus attracts more active police attention such as vandalism
or shoplifting. In contrast, white-collar employees can incorporate
legitimate and criminal behavior, thus making themselves less obvious
when committing the crime. Therefore, blue-collar crime will more often
use physical force, and it's the investigation of bribery, threats and
risk management that bring our services into full light.
Corporate
crime deals with the company as a whole. The crime benefits the
investors or the individuals who are in high positions in the company or
corporation. The relationship white-collar crime has with corporate
crime is that they are similar because they both are involved within the
business world. Their difference is that white-collar crime benefits
the individual involved, and corporate crime benefits the company or the
corporation.
The
negotiation of agreements between a state and a corporation will be at a
relatively senior level on both sides, this is almost exclusively a
white-collar "situation" which offers the opportunity for crime.
Although law enforcement claims to have prioritized white-collar crime,
evidence shows that it continues to be a low priority.
Organized
Transnational Crime is organized criminal activity that takes place
across national jurisdictions, and with advances in transportation and
information technology, law enforcement officials and policymakers have
needed to respond to this form of crime on a global scale. Some examples
include human trafficking, money laundering, drug smuggling, illegal
arms dealing, terrorism, and cyber-crime.
Individuals
may commit crime during employment or unemployment. The two most common
forms are theft and fraud. Theft can be of varying degrees, from a
pencil to furnishings to a car. Most employees do steal and the expense
is high. Insider trading, the trading of stock by someone with access to
publicly unavailable information, is a type of fraud.
A
death that occurs while a person is at work or performing work is
considered occupational death. An example of occupational death is the
death of three workers at a pharmaceutical plant. The three workers died
after inhaling fatal doses of toxic fumes in September 2005. Two other
workers were left with brain damage in 2007. Three operators were fined
$350,000 after pleading guilty to charges linked to the death of the
three workers for not disclosing the potential of toxic fume contact due
to an internal coverup of substandard seals that are supposed to
contain the toxic fumes.
Wrongful
death is a claim in common law against a person who can be held liable
for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close
relatives, as enumerated by statute. Under common law, a dead person
cannot bring a suit, and this created a loophole in which activities
that resulted in a person's injury would result in civil sanction but
activities that resulted in a person's death would not.
Wrongful death is an area of expertise we take great pride in. Our
investigative team that deals with these types of cases are former
Homicide Detectives and former Insurance Investigators who have decades
of experience working cases where a death has occurred. Whether it was a
pedestrian fatality, auto-accident, on the job death, treatment death,
health care related death, accidental circumstances or murder, our
investigators are highly skilled in this area.
