Investigative Services

INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES

PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES

Individuals and families of high net worth find themselves in need of similar services as those of corporations, law firms and financial institutions. Bentley Associates prides itself in its ability to customize its services to the individual needs of these special clients.

SECURITY AND THREAT ASSESSMENT

We can analyze your current security systems, assess potential threats, and work with you in designing and installing a comprehensive and non-intrusive security system that suits your individual needs.

PERSONAL PROTECTION

We can assist you in planning travel itineraries both domestic and international, do threat assessments on countries visiting and arrange security details where applicable.

Bentley Associates prides itself in the ability to work with our special clients efficiently and with the utmost of confidentiality.

LITIGATION SUPPORT SERVICES

Bentley Associates provides a wide range of assistance to Law Firms and Corporate Counsel. Our professionals completed life time careers in Law Enforcement and are experts in interviewing, retaining evidence, report writing, and analysis of information. We will work with you as a team, and provide you with cost-effective and expeditious assistance in addressing your needs.

PRETRIAL AND DISCOVERY SERVICES

Our team will assist you in developing profiles and conducting background investigations on litigants; interviewing of witnesses; taking of statements; examination of records; identify personal assets and surveillance.

ASSET INVESTIGATIONS

The firm does a full field investigation to identify personal assets, cash, securities, real estate, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, art and artifacts as well as corporate and partnership holdings.

DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL AND PROCESS SERVING

Through our affiliates Bentley Associates offers both domestic and foreign document retrieval, and process serving. Our network of professionals can serve you and your needs.

ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS

Courts and regulatory authorities pursue prevention and cleanup of environmental contamination at business expense, often leaving companies stunned by the cost of compliance. Through our affiliates and our staff, we can assist you in identifying culpable parties concerning EPA violations.

POLYGRAPHS

This service is available through our affiliates.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Covert video systems, and Counter Measure Sweeps are services we offer. See more details in this area in the High Tech section of this web site.

CORPORATE APPLICATIONS

Bentley Associates, an industry leader in Investigative Management, specializes in high-level, confidential corporate investigations. Our seasoned professionals will offer you a timely response and comprehensive solutions to a variety of workplace issues.

RISK FROM WITHIN Human weakness, greed and substance abuse can lead to fraud, malfeasance and theft. In such an environment, where can a senior executive or Board of Directors turn for assistance when police can no longer assign priority to non-violent crimes? The best results in identifying and managing risk will come from an external source. We conduct objective, impartial, and impersonal investigations on personnel engaging in:
	• KICKBACKS • EMBEZZLEMENTS • SALE OF CORPORATE OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION • SUBSTANCE ABUSE • PRODUCT TAMPERING AND COUNTERFEITING • FRAUD internal and external • THEFT • SABOTAGE
Where necessary we can:
	• TRACE MISSING INVENTORY • ASSET AND CASH TRACING a full field investigation to identify personal assets, cash, securities, real estate, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, art and artifacts as well as corporate and partnership holdings. • CONDUCT DISCREET SURVEILLANCES
VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE Violence in the workplace is a grave concern to the corporate sector and to our social and governmental institutions. The application of investigative behavioral and forensic science analysis to corporate personnel problems, criminal activity and those actions of human behavior in the workplace which results in civil actions, is the central theme of this service. The basis of these services is the ability to understand and analyze human behavior to determine why or how someone did something or how someone will react to a given situation. Our services include:
	• CONSULTING • EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR HISTORY OF VIOLENCE • EMPLOYEE AWARENESS SEMINARS • CRISIS RESPONSE PLAN
PHYSICAL SECURITY and THREAT ASSESSMENTS Bentley Associates will conduct a comprehensive analysis and assessment of existing security operations at your facility. Our professionals will work with you to address your particular needs. A security audit can identify weaknesses in your system and address them before they become a serious threat to your company. We can:
	• IDENTIFY RISK AND POTENTIAL THREATS • REVIEW CURRENT ASSET PROTECTION ENVIRONMENT • IDENTIFY RELATED ISSUES AND CONCERNS • MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS • ASSIST IN IMPLEMENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS • FURNISH A CORPORATE SECURITY PLAN • CONDUCT EMPLOYEE APPLICANT SCREENING INVESTIGATION
"Spying has become part of high-tech" This caption appeared as an Associated Press Article, Santa Clara, California. "Transmeta chief executive David Ditzel chuckles at the memory of the sudden interest in the company's trash weeks before taking the wraps off it's top secret new Crusoe computer chip. But with hundreds of millions of dollars of research on the line, keeping the microprocessor's specifications secret was no laughing matter." "Even Oracle Corp.'s hiring of detectives to dig up information on archrival Microsoft Corp. didn't shock executives in Silicon Valley, where "security" companies hired by many firms say it is standard procedure to get down in the dirt to muddy the image of competitors or profit off their work". "Fortune 1,000 companies lost more than $45 billion last year from trade theft, according to a survey by the American Society for Industrial Security and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Other estimates put the figure closer to $100 billion." We encourage our clients to take security seriously. We recommend a threat assessment be done to determine what level of threat, exist.
DUE DILIGENCE INQUIRIES Clients rely on us to help prevent impediments, take advantage of opportunities and minimize surprises down the road. We conduct full field background investigations and financial profiles on companies, and their principals for situations involving Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions. We are specialists in revealing information that can affect clients' decision making, risk assessment and asset recovery. We are experienced in acquiring and analyzing information on individuals, companies, industries and countries. KNOW ALL THE FACTS when doing business in unfamiliar territories. Go in prepared. Know all you can about the people and companies you do business with. Don't be surprised!
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS Courts and regulatory authorities pursue prevention and cleanup of environmental contamination at business expense, often leaving companies stunned by the cost of compliance. We help clients contain their exposure to environmental liability. Effectiveness in this area requires multifaceted approaches, including investigation to identify potentially responsible parties. Our team of professionals, include, Tom Papineau who served as an Inspector General for Investigations with the Environmental Protection Agency.
EXECUTIVE PROTECTION The most valuable asset in any company is it's people. We can help you prepare travel itineraries to foreign and domestic locations. We have the experience to afford your people security in crisis situations. Executives traveling or posted abroad can be targets for groups intent on kidnapping or hostage taking. Bentley Associates provides liaison with foreign government officials, the private sector and international financial community. We arrange security details, develop intelligence summaries on travel destinations and provide risk assessment for business ventures. Other areas where protection details may be needed are:
	• CORPORATE DISMISSALS OR LAY OFFS • DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TRAVEL BY EXECUTIVES, TO INSURE PRIVACY AND EXPEDIENCY • DIRECTORS MEETINGS AT OFF PREMISE LOCATIONS • SPECIAL EVENTS OR GATHERINGS OF VIP'S We have the experience and people to meet these needs.