3EI at it again...

Once again we are spread thin and still handling business. Jeff is in Aspen with a client on an extended EP (executive protection) gig, Reaper, Chopper and Redneck were all mobilized up north on another case we had going on. Myself (Rebel) and Rookie ran down a arrest which turned out to be pretty easy. Who says we don't do it all? People better recognize and give respect where its due.

Meanwhile back at the Honeycomb Hideout myself and Chopper have been working with Doc on his tactical reloads, speed reloads hand cuffing techniques and drawing his weapon. Mind you we have been running non stop.  This is 3EI standard.

On another note I was watching some bogus bounty hunting show with Doc. In just one episode i saw them flag each other with their weapons at least a dozen times while they were hot, enter 4 rooms on 4 seperate occasions and leave corners unchecked and ride around in their vehicles weapons hot finger on the trigger. Tac vests with no gear on them at all. Spray painted holsters and handcuffs and a Vector assault rifle. I wasn't aware this industry was about having the prettiest paintjob on your gear. Who trained these guys, and why in the world would you feel comfortable with a team when you have one guy with his Mossberg pointed right at your back??  The sloppiest display of tactics I have ever seen in my life. This is how people die, lack of training.  But hey we got yall if you want to come learn how to properly handle your weapon, use that tac vest, and clear a room without jeapordizing your team.

That is all...

New Team Medic

I'm a little slow in posting this, but we've added a new member to our team. Say hello to Doc, who came from the East Coast to be here in the unlikely event we need to be patched up. He looks like a deranged leprechaun, but we love 'im anyway.

Blow-Out Kits

This has been addressed many times on many different blogs, whether medical, military, or other high-speed-low-drag blogs such as ours. But I just this past week came across yet another entry on a gun blog and realized it's never been covered here, and many of our audience may not be familiar with even what a blow-out kit is, much less what it should contain and why.

A blow-out kit can also be called a trauma kit. It's designed to contain the items a medic or someone acting as one would need to treat the most common causes of death for people in combat situations ("combat situations" could mean actual combat in Afghanistan or simply being shot by a gangbanger in South Central). Those causes are:

• bleeding
• tension pneumothorax
• obstructed airways

We'll get back to those.
Before I even begin to cover what the kit should contain, ask yourselves of what use is a piece of gear you don't know how to use? Basic first-aid training is easy and may be available for free in your area. Beyond that, tactical medical training can be found all over, at varying prices and levels of quality, I'm sure. Here, here, and here are three examples (I'm not endorsing any of those, they're just the first three results on Google to illustrate how easy it is to find tac med training. Do the research.)

OK, so you went and got the training somewhere and you know at least the basics and want to be prepared to save your own life or someone else's. What do you need? Well, you can buy complete kits such as this one, this one, or this one. Or you can save a little money at the expense of a lot of time by assembling your own from supplies you find other places.

So (you ask with bated breath) what do I really need? Well, look a couple of paragraphs up where I mentioned the three main causes of combat deaths. I'll wait. Back? Good. Pop quiz. What are they? No, don't look again, you were supposed to be paying attention!

OK, I'll tell you again. The three principle causes of combat deaths are bleeding, tension pneumothorax, and airway obstruction. So your blow-out kit (/trauma kit/Individual First Aid Kit) needs to contain the necessary items to deal with those three things until better-trained, better equipped medical personnel arrive on scene to take over and get the victim to an emergency room.

For bleeding, obviously what you want to do is make it stop. (Remember, all bleeding stops - eventually.) OK, smart ass, you want to make it stop faster. There are three ways to do this. One is the old stand-by, gauze and a bandage. The blood soaks into the gauze and eventually enough of it builds up that it begins to clot. If the victim lives long enough the blood clots up completely and stops coming out.

The second way to make the blood stop coming out is what's called a hemostatic agent. All y'all nerds look at the word and explain to the rest of 'em what it means. "Hemo" for blood and "static" for "not coming out all over the interior of the HMMWV." Hemostatic agents basically make the blood clot a lot faster. There are two main brands available in the U.S.: Quick-Clot and Celox. Never mind what they are (Celox is made from Chitosan, which is made from shellfish shells, not the meat, and no, you aren't allergic to Celox. Really.), they both work pretty much the same way: they make the blood clot faster. The old versions were what is called thermogenic. Nerds? Yup, they created heat when exposed to water. Blood is mostly water. You do the math. The new versions don't do that. They are "non-thermogenic." I'm not providing training here, but basically what you do is sprinkle the stuff on. Yup, that's purt' near it. Or you pack the wound with gauze that has the hemostatic agent impregnated in it.

The third, and most drastic way to stop the bleeding is a tourniquet. Two main types of those, two: the CAT and the SWAT-T. I'm not going to go into the advantages and disadvantages of each, they both do the same thing. They squeeze a limb really tight until no blood gets through. This means two things: It can't leave the body and it can't get to the rest of the limb. So obviously you don't just put 'em on for every little scratch. Tourniquets are for the really REALLY bad wounds.

So, what do we have so far? One cause of death, two ways of dealing with it, 4 items.

• Gauze (preferably impregnated with a non-thermogenic hemostatic agent)
• bandages (to hold the gauze in place)
• non-thermogenic hemostatic agent
• tourniquet(s)

Now the second major cause of death, the tension pneumothorax. What's a tension pneumothorax? Well, I thought you'd never ask! See, it starts with a pneumothorax (wound). Nerds? Yup, right again! It's a wound that penetrates a lung and the thorax. A bit redundant, that. But no worries, it serves the purpose nicely. So once you have a pneumothorax, air can be drawn in from the hole rather than through the trachea. And that air can be trapped in the chest cavity and prevent the lung from expanding. That's when it's a tension pneumothorax.

So there are two items that deal with this. One is to prevent it, the other is to fix it. The first is called, imaginatively enough, a chest seal. It seals the opening of the wound on the chest (you may need another one on the exit wound) so the air won't be drawn in. Two common types of chest seals are the HALO and the Asherman. There are others, as well as a few ways to make a field-expedient (that means DIY) chest seal, although you may have a hard time making it actually seal when the chest is covered with blood. Keeping in mind that I'm not intending to actually train you here, you basically slap a chest seal on and make sure one corner of it doesn't seal. That way it seals under a vacuum (like, ya know, when the diaphragm lowers to try to draw air into the lungs) but allows air to escape (like, ya know, maybe air that escaped from the lung into the chest cavity).

The second item is a decompression needle. And I'm not even going to begin to tell you, on a blog, how to stick a needle in someone. But if you've had the proper training you insert a thick needle at a particular place and it allows any air that has already built up in the chest cavity to exit through the needle, allowing the victim to breathe again. You've probably seen this done in a movie. If you haven't had the training, you want this item anyway. Why? Well, that leads me to another subject I was gonna save for the end, but here we go:

YOUR BLOW-OUT KIT IS FOR YOU.

 Here's what I mean by that. The blow-out kit you carry is intended to save your life. That means if you have a hole in you, someone else will be treating it. And that someone else, if they know what they're doing, is going to try to use your blow-out kit to do so. Why? So they still have theirs for themselves. So even if you don't know how to use that needle, you want it to be there for someone else to use.

OK, back to stuff. What we have so far is two ways to die and six items to deal with them:

• Gauze (preferably impregnated with a non-thermogenic hemostatic agent)
• bandages (to hold the gauze in place)
• non-thermogenic hemostatic agent
• tourniquet(s)
• chest seal(s)
• decompression needle

 The third and final major cause of death is an obstructed airway. Makes sense, right, that if air can't get to the lung the body can't use it for anything? So what you have to do then is open that airway up. That generally means sticking something in there that will hold it open enough for air to get through. There are two main things you stick in there. Both of them (to no-one's great surprise, I'm sure) are called airways. One is an oropharyngeal airway and the other is a nasopharyngeal airway. Nerds? Last time I'll call on you, I promise! Yep, one goes through the mouth, the other through the nose, and into the pharnyx. I'm still not training you here, so I'm not gonna tell you how to use these either. But you want to include one of them in your blow-out kit.

Now, we've covered the three main causes of combat deaths and the 7 items you need to include in your blow-out kit to deal with them. But we're not finished, Dear Reader. Oh no we're not, because there are other things you really want to have in there. Shears, for example. Even the good ones are pretty cheap, so don't skimp. The really cheap ones bend rather than cut. You need shears to cut away clothing or gear that might be in the way.

And gloves. Nitrile (rubber), not latex, 'cause some people have an allergy to latex. But you need them to protect the victim (even if it's you) from whatever might be on the responder's hands, and the responder from whatever infectious diseases the victim might have.

And that's pretty much a barebones blow-out kit.

• Gauze (preferably impregnated with a non-thermogenic hemostatic agent)
• bandages (to hold the gauze in place)
• non-thermogenic hemostatic agent
• tourniquet(s)
• chest seal(s)
• decompression needle
• airway
• shears
• nitrile gloves

 Does that mean that's all a blow-out kit should contain? No. That's the very very basic version. If you're going to carry supplies to help other people, why not throw in some other things? Like glucose tablets to help diabetics, or quick-release aspirin to help heart-attack victims. Don't lard it up too much, though, since the more stuff you have the harder it is to find what's necessary. The blow-out kit is supposed to be pretty much just the basics.

Now, how to contain all this stuff? Well, if you're just putting it in the trunk of your car, pretty much any good, durable pouch will do. If you're going to be wearing it, you definitely want something removable. ITS Tactical has one that attaches to MOLLE vests by a pair of quickly-removable sticks. Here's another way to do it. It's held on by Velcro and you simply pull it off. Either way, a kit on someone's back or side isn't easy to access when they're lying on their back.

And that pretty much covers it. Any questions?

P.S.  In another post we'll have our team medic address in a little more detail how to use some of this stuff.

Breaking Bad News to Clients

Here's an article from a guest blogger on the site of a partner organization of ours that covers some of the ins and outs of private investigator-client relations. We can't always give them what they want, and they don't always understand why that is.

- An investigation is just that - an investigation, not an evidence-gathering expedition. Maybe the husband isn't cheating, maybe just not that week. Maybe the employee isn't stealing. Maybe the claimant really is injured.

- No plan survives first contact with the enemy. Maybe the subject exits the back door, maybe he makes a train crossing just in time, maybe any one of a thousand things beyond the investigator's control get him out of sight and you have to tell the client you lost him.

Just go read the whole thing.

3EI/3EIFRU BLAZING THE WAY AND SETTING THE STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY.

 

For the past few weeks the 3EI crew has been busy. We have had our hands full with running down fugitive files, PI cases, as well as training and bringing in new clients. Yet somehow we manage to do it all. Now when i say training I dont mean from the book training. I have a saying i got from the military. "Train like you fight, fight like you train"  Not only does our crew do this but most of us have other jobs we work as well. So, that being said anybody else that tells you they can't do this work because they dont have the time is blatently lying.  One thing I have learned from the Army and life. People when motivated properly can accomplish almost anything. However, people can accomplish anything they have a passion for. I love what I do, when we suit up and go out I;m not going to work.

Keep that in mind when you drag yourself through your daily routine. Ive worked 48 hours straight on this job and didnt even notice how long it had been until I got home.

Also I'd like to welcome the newest rookie to the team, Knucklehead. Time to put your money where your mouth is and show the crew your motivation and passion for this kind of work.

We don't set the standard, we are the standard.
That is all

-REBEL-

 

 

CAN'T PROTECT OR SERVE: HOW MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES ARE LEFT VULNERALBE

A Denver 9News report on June 4 stated that, the “Denver Police Department show a 69% increase in overall crime at medical marijuana dispensaries, most notably a 75% increase in burglaries compared to this time last year. That spike in crime could be explained by an increase in the number of places that sell medical marijuana.”

What 9News didn’t discuss was the serious gap in protection that is being denied the legal matrix of the marijuana business which has become a target for gangs and organized crime. Because of its value on the black market marijuana can easily be sold for large profits and nearly impossible to be retraced to its rightful and ‘legal’ owner. Even if found, marijuana is a product that won’t be returned to its rightful owner.

The recent surge in crimes committed against marijuana dispensaries has occurred all over Denver. Several involved murder; many have left the community in fear. Like any store or bank dispensaries are targets. “The numbers of places licensed to sell marijuana products has reached 400 in Denver and include more than the 375 Starbucks coffee shops statewide, according to the Post.” But unlike stores or banks, marijuana dispensaries cannot request any police involvement in guarding their stock.

These recent crimes aren’t just limited to the dispensaries themselves. 9NEWS partners at the Denver Post report 1 in 41 people in Denver are registered medical marijuana patients. Also left vulnerable are the growers. On the night of Saturday, May 26, just before 2 a.m., Richard Nack was shot and killed at his home where he grew medical marijuana.

Like fugitive recovery or private investigations, the use of civilian security companies can fill a gap where the police departments cannot go. On a business level there are certainly money gains to be made. But in the big picture, civil securities can provide much more in this legal quagmire—a return to safety in our communities where the local police are forced to ignore. In essence, we may be the only protection marijuana dispensaries and the local communities that surround them can ask for.

Things Investigators Need to Have Authorization for to Obtain

Here is a list of some common things that private investigators are not allowed to get without signed authorization or other official court order:

Medical Records

HIPAA, which was enacted in 1996, protects your medical history and medical records from prying eyes. There are federal and state laws against obtaining medical records without authorization.

Credit Reports

Individual credit reports are protected by the Fair Credit Report Act (“FCRA”), Driver’s Privacy Protection Act(“DPPA”) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). Private investigators can obtain credit reports, but a signed authorization or waiver from the subject of the inquiry must be obtained to get a credit report.

Bank Records

The Right to Financial Privacy Act prohibits financial institutions from disclosing bank records or account information about individual customers to governmental agencies without 1) the customer’s consent, 2) a court order, 3) a subpoena, 4) a search warrant, or 5) other formal demand, with limited exceptions.

Telephone Records / Cell Phone Records

In January 2007, President Bush signed the Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006, which makes it a felony to fraudulently acquire telephone records. If you are the owner of the phone, it’s a different story, but you cannot access someone else’s phone records without permission.

Travel Records

Obtaining travel records for someone other than yourself can be done through the U.S. Department of State, provided that you have a notarized consent, court order or other legitimate document, but there is no way to publicly or legally obtain these records without permission.

Birth Certificates

Each state government has its own set of rules about obtaining birth certificates, but in general, birth certificates can only be obtained by the person named on the certificate, immediate family members or next of kin. In many states, records more than 100 years old are part of the public domain.

Red and Chopper en route

A brief read on concealed carry

erson I talked to about his or her first time to carry was nervous and self-conscious. Before you step out, make sure you know exactly what your state’s laws are regarding where you can and cannot carry, how you carry, and if you will need a license or permit to carry. Federal law does not allow you to carry a gun into federal buildings such as post offices, courthouses, polling stations, law enforcement offices, and jails or prisons. This is a universal law and federal law restricts you from carrying your gun into these places. So don’t take it! Also, pay close attention to the laws regarding establishments that sell alcohol. It is illegal in most states to carry a gun into a place that sells only alcohol or more alcohol than food.

With his shirt down, you will not be able to see a thing.

Before heading out, you will want to make sure that your clothing choice is comfortable, allows you to access your firearm quickly, and conceals it properly. In Texas, it is illegal to have a gun showing; not even an imprint of a gun is legal. An imprint occurs when you can see the outline of the gun underneath your clothing. Make sure your clothes cover it properly and completely. A wardrobe malfunction can get you into trouble.

You might think that everyone is staring at you and that everyone knows you are carrying a gun. It is normal to feel this way, but don’t worry. No one knows! They are all too preoccupied doing their own thing to worry about what you are doing.

To help ease some of the tension you may be feeling, I have asked many concealed carry veterans for tips and tricks to make your first time to carry more comfortable.

Plenty of people told me that smaller guns in pocket holsters are what they prefer. One concealed carry old-timer says, “One thing I learned carrying a gun over the years—the longer I carried a gun, the smaller it became.” Another agrees, “I conceal carry every single day and carry my small .32 in my front pocket without any added “gun junk.”

Along those same lines, I heard quite a bit of “It’s better to have something than nothing.” If your gun is too big and cumbersome to carry, you are less likely to carry it. Therefore, it is fine to carry the smallest caliber you feel comfortable using for self-defense.

Another important factor is how comfortable your holster is. Here is my journey in finding the perfect holster. Believe me, if you are not comfortable in your holster, you will not be carrying it, “the best holster is the one you forget at times you have a gun on.”

Make sure your gun does not imprint.

In Texas, concealed means concealed. You want to make sure you keep your gun covered. This requires the right holster and the right clothing. One concealed carry veteran says, “Make sure your weapon isn’t visible.” Many who have pared down their carry weapons from large frame to small frame say they did so because it just became too hot to wear jackets to cover the large guns like a full-sized 1911. For example, one person who carries says, “I carried a J-frame .38 Airweight. This is still one of my favorite guns to carry, but not too much fun to shoot. I could throw it into a front pocket in a decent holster and no longer had to have extra clothing to cover the firearm.”

A retired police officer who carries says, “Keep your driver’s license and your permit in the exact same location.” Do not leave the permit at home!

If you have been carrying for a long time, what do you suggest for newbies?

Slicing Pie

Found this little read, enjoy

It is late at night and a noise coming from across the house rouses you from your sleep. Your wife wakes up too and whispers to you that she thinks someone is breaking in. Your heart rate increases dramatically while all the blood from your extremities rushes to your vital organs—triggering your fight or flight response. The adrenaline feels like a drug as your breathing increases and pupils dilate. You quickly regain control of your thoughts and tell your wife to run into the bathroom with the phone and lock the door. You quietly reach into your drawer and grab your .45 caliber handgun and your flashlight—time to go and see what’s what.

Burglaries in the Home Can Happen at Any Time

For most people, this scenario is one of the most dangerous things you will ever do. Slipping through your home in the middle of the night to confront an unknown threat is not only hazardous it’s potentially deadly. Some would argue that the best thing you can do in this situation is try to escape, or lock yourself away and wait for the police to eventually show up and write a report. While I have nothing but respect for the impossible job the police are burdened with, in most cases, they simply can’t get there fast enough. If you live in a rural area, it may take half an hour for a squad car to arrive in your driveway. It is my opinion that the best course of action is to clear the house yourself, and eliminate the threat. The burglar may only be there for your television, but they are going to have to get through you to take it. In most places in the United States, you have the right to protect your property without having the obligation to attempt to flee.

Unfortunately, the majority of people who buy a gun for home defense take it to the range once, and never really learn how shoot it. An even larger majority never learn how to fight with it. There is a lot more to gunfighting than just hitting a stationary target at 10 yards. When moving around a corner, deploy a basic maneuver call slicing the pie. The concept is simple, and it can save your life. The idea behind slicing the pie is that your target has minimal time to react to your presence before you get a chance to fire your weapon. To traverse a corner, simply do the following:

• Approach the corner as close to the wall as you can get without rubbing up against the wall and making noise. Giving away your position is the last thing you want in this situation.
• Put your eye on the corner and remember that the apex of the corner is your pivot point.
• Take a horizontal step away from the wall. Keep your elbows close to your body and don’t let anything poke around the corner ahead of you.
• Pause and scan the slice of the pie. Between each step taken, you should scan from the floor at the corner to the ceiling—scanning each slice in a vertical motion.
• Lean slightly toward the direction you are stepping to allow your head and eyes to be the furthest object, allowing you to see your target before he sees you.
• Shoot with either hand, if you can, using the hand closest to the direction you are moving.
• Do not cross your feet, since this is not a very stable stance for shooting. Remember that you may have to fire your weapon at any moment.
• Always point your firearm where your eyes are looking. This will allow you to react more quickly than if you have your firearm at low ready. Arms extended or high-compressed ready are both good options. With high-compressed ready, make sure that your non-firing hand is behind the plane of the muzzle.

This little maneuver is identical to the way police and military personnel traverse corners in tactical situations. Performing this act alone isn’t always the safest option, but if you have no other choice, you should at least do it correctly.

Tac-Med

Blow Out Kit information
3EIFRU members each carry a blow-out-kit. Below is a link that will teach you whats in it and what is needed

http://www.itstactical.com/medcom/medical/developing-a-blow-out-kit/

3EI has picked up a new case surveillance 24/7 for the next two weeks. This has been initiated by a celeb that can not be named. This is what we do cater to those who have specific need for our services with confidentiality and true ethic. POW!@ Proprio Sulla Bocca!!!

Password Security

One thing many of people tend to overlook is their own personal information security. Is your home computer password easy to guess? Why? Is your phone code only 4 digits? Why? (Did you know the police may search your phone without a warrant if they can crack the passcode? But it's not only them, it's the guy who "finds" the phone when you leave it sitting on the bench right beside you.)

Financial information, personal data, private photographs... Most of us now have these things in our pockets and secure them with a simple 4-digit code. Think about it.

When you get serious about securing your data, go on over here and check out this tool. Put in your passwords (or, for the really paranoid, put in something that isn't one of your passwords but follows the same type of pattern) and it'll predict how long, given modern technology, that password would take to crack. Standard type password like your dog's name? (Let's try Rover.) Less than a day to crack it.

By the way, the best way to create a strong password? Pick a phrase. Take the first letter of each word. Capitalize some and replace others with other characters that are similar (and thus easy to remember). Add something to the end to make it specific to the site where you use it.

So, for example: My name is Redneck and I hunt fugitives. First letters: MniRaIhf. A couple are already capitalized, so now just a few substitutions: Mn!RaIh4. Let's see what that tool says about that one. [inputs it] Well, the tool says it'll take 110 years to crack that one. See the difference?

Secure your information, people. It really isn't that hard.

- Redneck

3EIFRU - The Best Of The Best

Its been several months working with the crew perfecting our training regiment, the reason being for all this repetitious training is trying to create a safe "pocket" in the danger zone that we working in on a nightly basis. If anyone recalls a couple of weeks ago or a month or so two "bounty hunter bothers" working out of Bakersfield were shot and killed in the attempt of arresting a fugitive, this is what are crew is trying to prevent and being the dangerous job that we have its crucial that we train without fail to prevent that from happening to anyone else. I have several years in combat situations in different countries stretching from Somalia, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan, and I learned no matter what you know or do its a strong team unit that pulls you through and the training behind it. I believe in 3EIFRU to be the best of the best in this field because our crew has the best Vets in this company, we watch each others backs and no matter what everyone is coming back alive.

Training today...

Good training today... Trained for about 4 hrs revisiting and introducing to the newbies, Knucklehead and Blow, stacking, approach on a house, room clearing, take downs, etc. Its ALWAYS important to not get complacent in your training... I know I always say this... But, you just can't say it enough. You can never train one aspect to much... Its ALWAYS important to revisit every aspect of fugitive apprehension... It's like weight training, training 3 days per week... In a given week, you would maybe train chest, biceps, and shoulders one day... back, triceps, and abs another day... and legs and cardio another... (hypothetically speaking) Given that information, you're training each body part once per week... however, you revisit that same body part the following week... and again, and again in weeks to come in order to gain strength and size... This is similar to that of training in Fugitive Recovery... It's extremely important to continue to train all aspects on a regular basis, in order to get better and better to stay at the top of your game..!

Remember... LIVES ARE AT STAKE.!!!

Happy training,
MD

A Training Sesh With 3EIFRU

At 3:30 we were called to the Hideout (HQ) to meet a potential new crew member, This is where we met Knucklehead (call sign) a former marine and green as they come but Redneck says the kid has potential, and I keep asking myself "potential for what?," I mean we already have one jar head we're trying to get rid of (Redneck) lol! is like having 2 thumbs up your ass, I mean one is painful enough why try another up there. I'm kidding for those of you that don't know me well enough, I am an army DS.
Training consisted of showing the new kid how to manipulate his sidearm, procedures on contact and cover and handcuff protocol. All in all its always great to practice the fundamentals even though we've ran through this a millions times its always good rule of thumb to keep doing this until we can't get it wrong.

Weds Training

Ran the crew through some basic training yesterday. Mainly wanted to have them work with two newbies we're bringing into 3EI and 3EIFRU. Worked on some basic weapons drawing, speed and tac reloads and weapons malfunctions. not difficult stuff but stuff that needs to be known in the streets. Going to work on residential assaults and tac med this upcoming Sunday. Will try to post pics via our 3EI Facebook Page

Training... Training... and more Training..!

Here at 3EIFRU, we can't stress enough about the importance of TRAINING!!! This alone sets our Team apart from each and every one of our peers. 3EIFRU trains continously, honing our skills to the point where it becomes second nature. Often times in this business, FRA's become complaceant in their skills... and that becomes DEADLY.!! Lives are at stake here people.!! Take pride in what you do.!! Set time out for you, your team, etc and train the fundamentals. IT JUST MIGHT SAVE A LIFE!!! Many thanks to our families, friends, peers and most of all... our FANS for your continued support.!! Here's to making our world a better place.!! Many thank! MD

3EIFRU coming on a TV near you.!!!

Yes, people... You heard right..! We're on our way to reaching one of many goals in the 3EIFRU family. We've got word back that we have a few Major Networks interested in our talents on the screen. Our dream of sharing our talents and what we do to assist in the betterment of our world we all share, with our families, friends and most of all... our FANS!!! We wouldn't have made it this far without the love and support of you all!!! We thank each and every one of you for that!!! We can only ask that you continue to support us throughout this journey! Many thanks! Mad Dogg

This and That, just dropping facts!

I guess 3EI is blowing up like I knew we would, it took a minute but now is the time to get this started and show the world how great we really are. So far 2 networks have shown interest and the rest are right behind them eagerly rushing to show their interest as well, remember networks, the longer you wait the longer it'll take for the viewers to see how bad ass we are and your ratings will stay the same. 

The crew (Rebel, Nacho and myself Reaper) have been continuously thinking of ways to better our team, checking to see that every angle of safety is visible to us when we do our work, we are starting our med-tac training soon and I have a solid history in the medic fielding seeing as I worked as a EMT-P for several years, this is to insure that all the team members in 3EIFRU is safe and will receive the fastest prehospital attention is the situation arises. 

Make sure you guys keep your eyes open for a channel lineup of 3EI coming to a channel near you.   

Does your team do Med-Tac training? 

 

There's more to this field of work than carrying around a weapon and putting handcuffs on people. Training is the key to success. The hard part is finding out what kind of things you should be doing for training. For example we are doing Med-Tac training this coming sunday, a great thing to know not only for work but in general. Knowledge never hurt anybody did it? Imagine this scenario... You kick in a door clear a house with no incident. Your defendant is present and hes cuffed and ready for transport. A car pulls up and starts shooting at the house you're in. You have 2 guys down in the front yard. If you have no medical trainig at all, not only do you not have an outer perimiter for security anymore you now have two Agents with potentially fatal wounds unprotected in the front yard. That Med training you had the chance to do but skipped out on could have been what saved their lives. It is a proven fact in the Military that somewhere around 65% of combat related deaths could have been avoided from  Vietnam until now. I'm not an expert on this subject but from what I was told while I was taking the Army Combat Life Saver course is that most of those deaths occured because nobody knew how to treat that small wound that bled for 15 minutes. Or how to seal a wound off so it doesn't get infected. This is good stuff to know. But go ahead skip out on training your guys. Sitting on your ass is more important. Or you can always call us and well train them.

-REBEL-

Proper Trigger Control

Here's a very insightful piece from the blog Loadout Room explaining a problem many of us have never considered. Here's the Cliff's Notes version:

When a firearms instructor shows a new shooter the sight picture diagram, it is critical they explain that this is a Platonic ideal.  The shooter will never see that static image.  Frequently, the shooter feels that, as they briefly see the perfect sight picture in the diagram, they must “freeze” it.  They use the trigger like the shutter button on a camera.  This is ultimately self defeating.  You can’t pull the trigger fast enough to catch the image.  The result is a trigger jerk which moves the barrel off the target.

 Just read the whole thing.

- Redneck

iPhone Hacks

I get calls all the time from clients and potential clients asking if their phones have been bugged or hacked. It is a really difficult task of determining these types of situations. These may be a bit of helpful information for those of you who have the same questions.

iPhone Hacker Tool Steals Data from Jailbroken Phones Researchers at Mac security firm Intego have uncovered a new tool hackers can use to steal data from jailbroken Apple iPhones. The tool leverages the same default password issue as the ikee worm targeting iPhone users in Australia. Security researchers have found a new tool targeting users of jailbroken iPhones. On the heels of the discovery of a worm targeting jailbroken iPhones in Australia, security researchers at Intego now say they have detected a program known as iPhone/Privacy.A that hackers can use to swipe personaldata. The program does not get installed on the iPhone, but instead is a tool a hacker can install on any computer running Mac OS X, Windows, Linux or Unix. An attacker can use it to scan a wireless network for jailbroken iPhones and then exploit the same default SSH password issue leveraged by the ikee worm. “When connecting to a jailbroken iPhone, this tool allows a hacker to silently copy a treasure trove of user data from a compromised iPhone: e-mail, contacts, SMSs, calendars, photos, music files, videos, as well as any data recorded by any iPhone app,” according to the Intego advisory. “Unlike the ikee worm, which signals its presence by changing the iPhone's wallpaper, this hacker tool gives no indication that it has invaded an iPhone.” Unlike the ikee worm, which announced itself by changing the wallpaper once it was installed, this new tool does nothing to indicate to the iPhone user that their device has been compromised, Intego warns. “While it is not possible to protect the iPhone from this hacker tool - it does not install anything on an iPhone – VirusBarrier X5 can ensure that Macs, especially in businesses, are protected from this hacker tool being installed,” according to Intego. “We would like to stress that users who jailbreak their iPhones are exposing themselves to known vulnerabilities that are being exploited by code that is circulating in the wild.” However, the easy solution to this for those who want to jailbreak their iPhones is to change their root password. Instructions on how to do that can be found here. “The advice is loud and clear: if you jailbreak your iPhone, don't leave the default root password as "alpine" or you're asking for trouble," Graham Clulely, senior technology consultant at Sophos, told eWEEK.

Working on this week

Monday, start of a new week. Lots happening. Have a few skips in that we need to get back in the tank. Also, just picked up a few new PI cases and a meeting this week with the well-known C-Man. Have to get the crew orientated on some new projects as well.

Also, trying to build up some business in the Alabama and MS markets.

Standby for Breach

Update

As has been mentioned, Third Echelon Investigations (Protective Division) is now handling the exterior security for four of Denver's most exclusive nightclubs. Ronin and Shadow (AKA, sometimes, Bacchus) closed that deal last week, and plans are in development to take over the interior security, as well as several other clubs located in Alabama. These are not "bouncers" we're putting in these places, they're trained and equipped security officers with the knowledge and experience to handle problems with the appropriate amount of force, if any, and to act to prevent problems before they happen.


We'll be heading up to Bakersfield on Monday to track down another skip. It's been a dry spell while we concentrated on other business, but now it's time to ramp up the Fugitive Recovery Unit again. I know all the guys are looking forward to it.


The show is looking good, with a couple major networks expressing interest. Fuck you, DOG, we're coming for you! We're better than you at the business, and we'll be better on TV too!

- Redneck

Tips for PI's

Working as a private investigator is a fascinating but endlessly challenging occupation. In this article I have set out ten top tips that may make life a little easier for those new to the profession.

1. On surveillance operations, take something to fill the long hours when nothing is happening but you don't want to fall asleep. Books and newspapers provide cover, but have the drawback you might find them so interesting you forget to concentrate on the job in hand. Cassette tapes, either music or spoken word, can be the best solution.

2. Always have plenty of spare cash with you so that you don't risk waiting for change when you need to get somewhere quickly. Take plenty of banknotes, too, in case you want to buy information or bribe your way out of an awkward situation.

3. An investigator’s best ally is a good lawyer. In good times he (or she) can be a steady source of work and practical day-to-day help, and in bad times -- e.g. when you are accused of breaking the law -- he may be able to offer support and legal representation. It can make sense to initiate a straightforward barter arrangement where parties exchange advice and skills in line with a simple debit/credit running total. Obviously, before trying to set up such an arrangement, ensure you like and feel comfortable with the solicitor concerned.

4. Similarly, it pays to get on the right side of the local police. PIs who are former officers will have an advantage here, of course. Although officially to the police you are simply just another member of the public, as they get to know and (hopefully) respect you, they may sometimes be willing to pass on the benefit of their knowledge and experience. Despite the prickly relationship between the police and private investigators often depicted in TV dramas, much of the time your interests will coincide, and it's therefore in everyone’s interests to co-operate. In addition, the police themselves sometimes engage private investigators -- another reason to establish a good working relationship with them.

5. Perhaps more controversially, it can also help to have contacts on the other side of the law. One PI who specializes in security work says his best friend is a convicted housebreaker who points out weak spots in properties which burglars could benefit from, reveals the latest 'word on the street', and much more. Obviously it is wrong to fraternize with known criminals for dubious purposes, but sometimes their 'professional' expertise can be undeniably helpful.

6. While they will never entirely replace cameras, a camcorder can be a useful tool for a PI to possess. They can be used for a wide range of purposes, from gathering evidence in a divorce case to taking pictures of a child, believed to have been abducted, for the mother to identify. Modern camcorders are little larger than ordinary cameras. They can be concealed beneath a coat or in a handbag and brought out to be used without attracting undue attention. You might also consider having one fitted in your car. As well as gathering evidence, a camcorder here can provide useful information that isn't always obvious to the naked eye. It is also invaluable if you are driving but still want to keep a permanent eye on your subject.

7. Another tool well worth the modest investment required is a pocket torch or flashlight. This is obviously essential when working at night or in darkened rooms. A compact model will do, but always have plenty of back-up batteries on hand. As well as providing illumination, a flashlight can be used to dazzle an assailant or even in the last resort as a weapon. Some have built-in defence mechanisms such as sirens and sprays designed to immobilise an attacker.

8. Like private individuals, the investigator can use reasonable force in some instances, such as when threatened or to safeguard other people whose lives and property are endangered. The force must be appropriate to the degree of danger and its imminence, however. So if you are hired to watch for trespassers over a piece of land it might be acceptable to approach and warn such individuals, but it will almost certainly be wrong to threaten violence against them.

9. Libel and slander laws cover the investigator as much as any other private individual and must be considered at all times, both in verbal and written communications. Be sure of the accuracy of everything you say, do and write.

10. Remember that, while a degree of subterfuge may be necessary from time to time, you should always aim to remain on the right side of the law. One thing you should never do is impersonate a police officer, as this is always illegal and regarded as a serious offense.

California's Penal Code 1299 Repealed

As of January 1st 2010, Penal Code 1299 also known as the Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act is no longer in effect. The law that was enacted in 1990 was passed in order to set training standards and requirements for individuals who wanted to become Bounty Hunters in California. What does this all mean? Well if your already a bounty hunter and 1299 compliant this doesn't affect you at all, but if you are a person who did not have the training required by Penal Code 1299, then you no longer need the training certifications specified in 1299 . This also means that there are no longer any requirements like age or criminal history. This law was an important part of the Bail Enforcement industry, and to many already in the field it is a law that they strongly feel should be renewed because of the amount of serious problems that may arise with individuals working in bail recovery who do not have the training or knowledge to safely recover a fugitive. NOTE: 3EI will not hire nor work with anyone with less than formal training. Just because the law says you're of means nothing to 3EI............................... and 3EI does perform it's own BG checks.

3EI and 3EIFRU Hiring

We're looking for operator types, based in central Los Angeles, Baltimore, Washington DC, Birmingham and Montgomery Alabama, Jackson Mississippi and select areas of Montana. If you've got the stones and are willing to grow and be a part of this thing of ours, contact info@thirdechelonpi.com.

Back to LA From Denver and on to TV

So returned from Denver, CO. Locked down that security contract we have been working on and now it's on to the happs in LA. Meetings have been going on in NYC in regards to 3EI's upcoming TV show. Have a network already vying for it! A well known one you should know. I've got the crew making preparations for this thing as it is a big f'ing deal. Remember our Production Company is GRB out of LA. Creators of First 48, Intervention and other award winning television shows, so you know 3EI will be a hit.

Stay tuned bitches

Leaving Denver next week and headed back to Los Angeles, meetings with GRB and TV network Executives coming up. Looks like show is moving forward an we should have it all signed up and ready to go by the end of June..............POW! Proprio Sulla Bocca!!!

So we've taken over security at some of nightclubs in Downtown Denver this week and today starts our physical take over. We are also attempting to do the same in Birmingham and Montgomery Alabama with the assistance of Lonna Garewal and Terry Kemp.

Watch people...................

Signs of Cheating

46 Clues Your Partner is Having an Affair

Some may apply some may not, either way you can call us

Some of these signs of cheating are "tongue in cheek" while others are tell-tale signs that commonly appear with a cheating husband or cheating wife.

1) You find birth-control pills in her medicine cabinet, and you've had a vasectomy.

2) Mutual friends start acting strangely toward you. (They either know about the cheating or have been told stories about what a horrible wife or girlfriend you are.)

3) Your cheating husband or wife stops confiding in you and seeking advice from you.

4) Sets up a new e-mail account and doesn't tell you about it.

5) He leaves the house in the morning smelling like Irish Spring and returns in the evening smelling like Safeguard.

6) She joins the gym and begins a rigorous workout program.

7) She buys a cell phone and doesn't let you know.

8) He sets up a separate cell phone account that is billed to his office.

9) The cheating husband carries condoms, and you are on the pill.

10) Begins to delete all incoming phone calls from the caller ID.

11) Deletes all incoming e-mails when they used to accumulate.

12) He becomes "accusatory," asking if you are being true to him, usually out of guilt.

13) Raises hypothetical questions such as, "Do you think it's possible to love more than one person at a time?"

14) He buys himself new underwear.

15) He insists the child seat, toys, etc., are kept out of his car.

16) The cheating wife stops wearing her wedding ring.

17) Has a sudden desire to be helpful with the laundry.

18) Has unexplained scratches or bruises on his or her neck or back.

19) Suddenly wants to try new love techniques.

20) He/she fairly suddenly stops having sex with you.

21) He/she suddenly wants more sex, more often.

22) Supposedly works a lot of overtime, but it never shows up on the pay stub.

23) Picks fights in order to stomp out of the house.

24) You find out by accident he or she took vacation day or personal time off from work - but supposedly worked on those days.

25) Shows a sudden interest in a different type of music.

26) Spouse's co-workers are uncomfortable in your presence.

27) Has a sudden preoccupation with his or her appearance.

28) Spends an excessive amount of time on the computer, especially after you have gone to bed.

29) He throws up a lot because he just ate at his mistress's house and had to eat the dinner you prepared when he got home.

30) Your spouse is away from home, either nights or on trips, more than previously.

31) His/her clothes smell of an unfamiliar perfume or after-shave. You see lipstick on your husband's shirt.

32) The amount of money being deposited into your checking account drops off.

33) You find items of intimate apparel or other small gift-type items that you did not give your spouse.

34) Your spouse seems less comfortable around you and is "touchy" and easily moved to anger.

35) You get calls where the caller hangs up when he or she hears your voice.

36) He/she loses attention in the activities in the home.

37) Your intuition (gut feeling) tells you that something is not right.

38) He/she has a definite change in attitude towards everyone in the home.

39) She uses a low voice or whisper on the phone or hangs up quickly.

40) She has a "glow" about her.

41) Atypical erratic behavior.

42) He sneaks out of the house.

43) She sleeps with her purse by the bed

44) She goes to the store for groceries and comes home 5 hours later.

45) He tells you can get hold of him at a different telephone number.

46) The telltale signs of a cheating spouse? Having to ask that question in the first place.

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Hit in Playa Del Rey

So after many months of no recovery work I started to get a little scared that everyone in the world had stop committing felonies and were on the straight and narrow, then Ronin calls me and lets me know about a hit in Playa del rey, my eyes lit up like the 4th of July. I received all the info I needed from Ronin and the most fun about this is that it was going to be my first solo arrest. I called the local authorities and let them know I was going to be serve a bond forfeiture warrant to this person in there area and the Sergeant replied " get that scumbag out of our city and have fun" I thought it was funny since its usually custom for the police to ask for my name what vehicle I'm driving and If I'm armed but he never asked, so away I went to get this guy. I walked up to the apartment and knocked on the door and lo and behold the person I was looking for answered, now mind you I was wearing an old fraternity sweater and jeans no vest and my weapon and cuffs concealed, I asked the gentlemen his name and when he confirmed his identity I pulled out my pistol and said I was a fugitive recovery agent and to put your hands on you head. The guy nearly passed out from the gun being pointed at his face and I had him back out and not move, at this point I had him holstered my weapon and began to cuff him, assuring him that if he tried anything I would hurt him like he's never been hurt before needless to say that the arrest went smoothly and ronin showed up to cast his scariness and the guy was able to get the money he owed to the bail bondsmen and not dragged off to jail. I'm on a roll folks and this is all 3EIFRU training at its best. POW!

Semi Found

Well, less then 2 hours into the case of the missing Semi truck I hit a streak of luck. I basically called the financing company that use to own the truck and asked if they had a tracking device and luckily they did and I found the truck located at an impound lot in the city of Vernon. I'm batting a thousand right now folks. POW another case solved!

Office Invaders

So today I start off by saying happy birthday to me, I just turned a rustic 33. When I was born and growing up I always hoped that I would be a good looking 33 year old and luckily I am so kudos to me, as for the rest of the day my boss called me in and said we have a client that is owed a ton of money, so being the professional I am, gathered the troops. Redneck, Rebel, Diesel, Ronin and I headed out to the wonder hills of Woodland to a high rise office to meet the owner of a company who owed our client money. When we got there the office secretary said he was not in and to try back in a couple of weeks, so we took inventory of what they had and how many staff members worked there. I'm sure they were thinking we were from the IRS because of the suits were wearing. Needless to say we made a big impact and only God know what they were thinking at that point in time.. P.O.W. you know how we do.

New Case of the missing Semi-Truck

Well I just wrapped up the Infidelity case last week and Just got a new client with a stolen Semi-truck, I start tomorrow and head to Wilmington in our south bay area. All I can say is that it'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack, needless to say it should be interesting and lets keep the Third Echelon name flying sky high.

Working hard for the MONEY!!!!!

As we left off on the case I'm working on I feel a sense of accomplishment, Diesel and I have busted our butts trying to get as much dirt on our subject as possible. For some reason I felt like I should be doing more for 3EIFRU! So Diesel and I got the numbers and addresses of all the bail bonds companies and started cold calling to offer them the privilege of having us work for them, and so far we have meetings with a couple of companies this coming week which means more work productivity and money in our pockets, I couldn't be any prouder of our team and the efforts each one is putting in to secure an economic growth within our company structure. P.O.W. boys.

Booyah!Gotcha...

Ok, it was a great day today to do surveillance. It started a little faster than usual because the client called and let me know that today they were getting out of work early, to my surprise I was in carson (southbay area) visiting my father who recently in the hospital for a mild case of ventricular tachycardia, and spent the weekend in the ICU having one test after another worked on him. Back to the story at hand, The client called to inform me this and I was about 15 miles away from site and I had to think on my feet and called her back to stall the subject, take her out for coffee until I was close enough to get her under surveillance, I immediately called diesel and met him, and away we went. We managed to be there before the subject got dropped off by the client and we followed her, a few miles into the case the subject pulled into a parking lot and sat there waiting so Diesel and I parked out of plain view and waited with her. 10 minutes passed and a black vehicle parked next to her so I started taking pictures and it was the man himself Mr cheater  meeting up with our subject Mrs. Cheater...... we followed a little more then they stopped at a starbucks but Diesel and I didn't have a great view to film them so we waited and hoped that their next stop would be a better location, when they drove off the headed back the same way they came as if he was going to drop her off at her car but when we got there they both sat in the car making out doing other things I really don't wanna say here lol..... at this point I had diesel pull into to a little shopping outlet in front of where they were parked and I began filming, It was glorious! After getting a view from inside diesels car I needed to get a better shot because of the tint on the windows, so I got out and hid behind a car in the lot. a little later they both got out of his car and began making out in plain sight but they couldn't see me or my camera and the rest is history. This goes to show you that no matter what, 3EI gets the footage. P.O.W.

Here we go again! again.

Ok guys and gals I'm back on it again. regarding on what my girlfriend dubbed "the steamy hexagon case". So it's been pretty quiet and nothing really interesting has happened but today on surveillance nothing much was going on until the last 30 minutes of the watch when L.A.P.D. arrived at the house I was surveilling, the house I was watching if a duplex and L.A.P.D. had arrived for the people in the front my subject lucky lives in the back house but I digress, it seems that the husband in the front house somehow found out that his wife is having an affair with another man and he went crazy. Needless to say I moved my car and positioned myself for a show and 5 patrol cars later I called it a night since my subjects car was in the driveway and the patrol cars were blocking the driveway there was no way she was going out tonight, especially after the whole front house cheaters.

Here we go again!

Regarding the past couples of days working on this P.I. case It’s taken a bit of a turn. It seems that the person our clients paid us to spy on over heard a conversation on their phone when it accidently ghost dialed her! Ooops!! Now their radars are up and made my job twice as hard, which is ok with me because I’ll always find a way to catch them in compromising position. So needless to say everyone is up in arms and calling me to find out if I’m getting the footage they need to nail these bastards to the wall and with complete confidence I say YES!!!!

More updates to come.