Chapter 1. The successful investigator. The basics --
Investigators --
If you have the pig, you have it made --
Investigation --
Success --
Chapter 2. Case initiation. Juristiction, venue, and purview --
Believable, reliable, or credible source of information --
Dollar loss --
Seriousness/harm --
Caseload --
Resources --
Funding/finances --
Investigators' desire --
Investigative priorities --
Projected remedy --
Prosecutor's perogative --
Media or public interest --
Political interests --
Chapter 3. Conducting thorough investigations. Questions to answer --
Seven questions : five Ws and two Hs --
Before, during, and after --
Chapter 4. Expanding investigative efforts. Comparisons --
NCIC --
Resources --
Seven questions: five Ws and two Hs plus "else" --
Currently, previously, or in the future --
Thinking like others --
Three investigative exploration approaches --
Follow the same blueprint --
Chapter 5. Fraud, waste, abuse, and systemic weaknesses. Fraud --
Waste --
Abuse --
Systemic weaknesses --
Ten simultanous investigations --
Suggestions for improvement --
Chapter 6. Summary reports. Types of investigative reports --
Official files and working files --
Other reports --
Preparing To write --
Length of reports --
Attachments and exhibits to reports --
Reports should stand alone --
Report formats --
Common report-writing mistakes --
Chapter 7. The investigator's toolbox: resources, tools, and techniques --
Investigative resources --
Investigative tools and techniques --
Search warrants --
Subpoenas --
Interceptions and tracking devices --
NCIC --
Mail covers --
Trash covers --
Undercover Assignments --
Photogrpahy and video, and audio recordings --
Laboratory analysis --
Informants --
Polygraphs and deception detectors --
Analysis and audits --
Other case files and police reports --
Ask --
Chapter 8. Interviewing. Interviews and interrogation --
Rapport --
Listen and then talk --
Note taking --
Corroboration --
Word choice --
Planning --
Body language --
Props --
Finish the job --
Empathy --
Statement analysis --
Think plural --
Interview notes --
Interview room sketches and photographs --
Case planning. Plans change --
Murphy's law --
Private investigations --
Administrative responsibilties --
Case files --
Electronic case folder --
Working file --
Official file --
Investigative plan --
Summary --
Juggling a caseload and time management --
Chapter 10. Large scale investigations. Communication --
Planning --
Interview log --
Re: strategy --
Final summary report --
Attachments and exhibits --
Post draft report --
Report distribution --
Investigative notes and evidence --
Chapter 11. Making presentations. Grahics, charts, visual aids, photos and videos --
Investigator's appearance and voice --
A copy for the prosecutor --
Presentations to supervisors --
Indictments, convictions, and dollar recoveries --
Chapter 12 Providing testimony. Dealing with opposing counsel --
Visual aids in court --
Make sure you wnderstand the question --
Chapter 13. Closing the case. Old case files --
Evidence --
Recommendations for improvement --
Suspensions, debarment, and improvement plans --
Chapter 14. Personal and professional growth --
Training --
Networking --
Physical fitness --
Morale --
Insurance and representation --
Preparing for the future --
Teddy Roosevelt.
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