6 Qualities of Highly Effective Private Investigators:

Experience The path to becoming a private investigator is a rigorous one. Many private investigators have decades of prior experience, including careers in law enforcement. In order to even establish a Class “CC” Private Investigator Intern license in Florida, for example, the applicant must submit proof of successful completion of a minimum of 40 hours […]

Reasons for Hiring a Private Investigator

Unfortunately, the world is full of people who commit dishonest, corrupt, and fraudulent acts. If you feel threatened by such a person, contacting a private investigator is smart. By gathering crucial evidence, this expert can often prevent a bad situation from becoming worse. Private Investigators are frequently hired for the following reasons. Spouse Infidelity People […]

The Huffy and the Whatchamacallit

Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, an author, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life.   She was beautiful. I could hardly believe it. Was I dreaming? I wiped the sleep from my eyes and stared in wonder. […]

A Time to Die

Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life. Typhoon Omar hit the island of Guam in August of 1992. Winds reaching speeds of up to one-hundred-fifty miles per hour blew the roofs off […]

The Devil at the Crossroads

Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life.   The Devil at the Crossroads It was all about a girl. I was in love. Young love. The kind of love only a teenage […]

The Girl in the Red Polyester Pants

“Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life.”   I don’t remember her name. I see her in my mind’s eye. She’s maybe twelve years old, the same age I was at the […]

The Mad hatter

Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life. My first experience with Doctor Teitelbaum was at the Hub in the Correctional Treatment Center of the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, […]

Congressman for a Day

Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life.   I sat in relative darkness in a compartment located within the sides of the hovercraft, surrounded by marines, some in olive drab green uniforms, […]

When The Clerk Came to Work

Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life. “It really happened, Taylor,” Kellogg said. He sat behind his desk in the Facility Three Yard program office of the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. […]

The Girl Scouts of America Saved My Life

Before becoming a San Diego private investigator, Ricky Taylor was a combat corpsman, a correctional officer and a published author. This is a story from a day in his life. “Would you like to buy some cookies, Mister?” I turned to see the girl scout. She was about eleven years old, her auburn hair pulled […]