Seventy-five ways a private eye goes to work in Tennessee
General casework is where most people start. These are the specific situations Pinnacle's private eyes handle every week, each with its own method, its own legal boundaries and its own page.
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Surveillance
Covert observation, documented to a courtroom standard. Surveillance overview →
Workplace Surveillance
When something is going wrong on the floor, in the warehouse or on the route, a Pinnacle private eye…
01.02Mobile Surveillance
When the question is where someone goes and who they meet, a mobile surveillance team stays with the subject…
01.03Drone Surveillance
Some places simply cannot be watched from a parked car. Drone surveillance gives a Pinnacle private eye the…
01.04Stationary Surveillance
Sometimes the answer comes from watching one door for twelve hours. Stationary surveillance is a private eye…
01.05Covert Video Surveillance
Video ends arguments. Covert video surveillance places a Pinnacle private eye's cameras where the activity…
01.06Counter-Surveillance Sweeps
If you suspect you are the one being watched, a counter-surveillance sweep by a Pinnacle private eye finds…
01.07Nightlife Surveillance
Bars and clubs are where stories fall apart. A Pinnacle private eye inside the venue documents who a subject…
01.08Rural Property Surveillance
Tennessee is mostly rural, and rural surveillance is its own craft. Pinnacle's private eyes document activity…
01.09Multi-Subject Surveillance
Some questions involve more than one person: whether two people are meeting, whether a group is acting…
01.10Activity Checks
Before you pay for days of surveillance, a Pinnacle private eye can spend a few hours confirming the basics:…
Infidelity & Domestic
Discreet answers for the questions closest to home. Infidelity & Domestic overview →
Cheating Husband
You do not need to keep checking his phone. A Pinnacle private eye finds out where he really goes, who he is…
02.02Cheating Wife
Husbands rarely call a private eye on a whim. By the time you reach us, you have already spent months…
02.03Cohabitation (Alimony)
Tennessee law lets a court reduce or end alimony when the recipient is living with a new partner. Proving it…
02.04Dating Profile Verification
Meeting someone online should not require faith. A Pinnacle private eye confirms the person behind the…
02.05Catfish Cases
When the person you have been talking to for months turns out not to exist, you deserve to know who was on…
02.06Pre-Engagement Vetting
Marriage merges your life, your assets and your children's future with someone else's history. Pre-engagement…
02.07Secret Life Cases
Some deceptions are bigger than an affair. A second family, a gambling habit draining the accounts, an…
Criminal Defense
Independent fact-finding for Tennessee defense counsel. Criminal Defense overview →
Witness Locating
The witness who can change a case is usually the one nobody can find. Pinnacle's private eyes locate them,…
03.02Witness Interviews
A witness statement is only as good as the way it was taken. Pinnacle's private eyes conduct defense…
03.03Alibi Verification
An alibi the jury believes is built from things that cannot be argued with: a receipt, a camera, a phone…
03.04Crime Scene Documentation
The state photographed the scene for its theory. A Pinnacle private eye documents it for yours: what a…
03.05DUI Defense
A DUI case is a story about a few minutes on the side of the road. Pinnacle's private eyes document those…
03.06Felony Defense
Felony cases are won on facts the state did not find or did not want. Pinnacle gives Tennessee defense…
03.07Misdemeanor Defense
A misdemeanor can cost a job, a license or a custody case. Pinnacle gives defense attorneys the same private…
03.08Post-Conviction Review
A conviction is not the end of the facts. Pinnacle's private eyes find the witnesses who have changed their…
Skip Tracing & Locates
Finding the people who have moved, hidden or gone quiet. Skip Tracing & Locates overview →
Debtor Locates
A judgment is worth nothing until you know where the debtor lives, works and banks. Pinnacle's private eyes…
04.02Witness Locates
Personal injury, contract and insurance cases live and die on witnesses who saw it happen. Pinnacle's private…
04.03Heir Locates
An estate cannot close while an heir is missing. Pinnacle's private eyes find the cousin nobody has heard…
04.04Tenant Skip Tracing
The tenant left in the night owing three months and a ruined unit. Pinnacle's private eyes find where they…
04.05Bail Skip Locates
When a defendant misses court, the clock starts on the bond. Pinnacle's private eyes locate skips fast so the…
04.06Birth Parent Search
Some searches are about a name on a form. This one is about a person. Pinnacle's private eyes handle birth…
04.07Lost Relative Search
A brother who left after the funeral. A father who moved and stopped calling. A best friend from Fort…
Fraud
Insurance, financial, elder and consumer fraud uncovered and documented. Fraud overview →
Insurance Fraud
Questionable claims cost Tennessee insurers and employers millions every year. Pinnacle's private eyes give…
05.02Workers' Comp Fraud
Tennessee employers and carriers pay for injuries that heal faster than the claim. Pinnacle's private eyes…
05.03Disability Claim Fraud
Disability policies pay for years. Pinnacle's private eyes document whether a claimant's daily life matches…
05.04Financial Fraud
Money does not disappear; it moves. Pinnacle's private eyes follow it through accounts, entities and…
05.05Elder Financial Abuse
Exploiting an older adult is a crime in Tennessee, and it is usually committed by someone the family trusted.…
05.06Crypto Scam Tracing
Crypto scams are engineered to make victims feel foolish and hopeless. Pinnacle's private eyes trace where…
05.07Romance Scams
Romance scams work because the victim is in love. Pinnacle's private eyes verify the person on the other end…
05.08Contractor Fraud
A contractor who takes the deposit and disappears is counting on you giving up. Pinnacle's private eyes find…
Child Custody & Family
Facts for Tennessee family courts, gathered lawfully. Child Custody & Family overview →
Custody Surveillance
Tennessee family courts decide custody on the child's best interest, and the best interest depends on facts.…
06.02Parental Fitness Documentation
Fitness is a pattern, not a moment. Pinnacle's private eyes document the pattern of a parent's life, in the…
06.03Child Endangerment
When you believe a child is in danger, waiting is not an option and acting on suspicion alone can backfire.…
06.04Custody Order Violations
A parenting plan is only as strong as the proof that it was broken. Pinnacle's private eyes document…
06.05Nanny & Caregiver Monitoring
You hired someone to care for the people you love most. Pinnacle's private eyes verify that what happens when…
06.06Parental Abduction Locates
When a parent disappears with the children, every hour matters. Pinnacle's private eyes locate them fast and…
Asset Searches
Property, vehicles, entities and interests mapped for counsel. Asset Searches overview →
Hidden Asset Search
People who hide money leave tracks in the records they cannot control. Pinnacle's private eyes read those…
07.02Divorce Asset Search
Tennessee divides marital property equitably, but only the property the court knows about. Pinnacle's private…
07.03Judgment Recovery Assets
Winning was the easy part. A judgment recovery asset search finds what the debtor owns and where they work so…
07.04Real Property Ownership
Tennessee property records live in 95 separate register offices and behind layers of LLCs. Pinnacle's private…
07.05Business Ownership Search
A company's website says what it wants you to hear. Pinnacle's private eyes find who really owns it, what…
07.06Financial Asset Discovery
Federal law puts bank records behind a subpoena. Pinnacle's private eyes do the lawful groundwork that tells…
Corporate
Protecting Tennessee businesses from the inside and the outside. Corporate overview →
Employee Theft
Internal theft is quiet, gradual and usually committed by someone trusted. Pinnacle's private eyes document…
08.02Embezzlement
Embezzlement is committed by the person who signs the checks and reconciles the accounts. Pinnacle's private…
08.03Corporate Due Diligence
A deal is only as good as what the other side did not tell you. Pinnacle's private eyes find the litigation,…
08.04Trade Secret Theft
Trade secrets walk out the door on a thumb drive or in a personal email. Pinnacle's private eyes document who…
08.05Vendor Fraud
Vendor fraud hides in the accounts payable ledger and the relationships nobody questions. Pinnacle's private…
08.06Executive Vetting
A standard background check confirms an executive is not a felon. Pinnacle's executive vetting confirms they…
08.07Workplace Misconduct
When a complaint lands, the employer's response is what gets judged. Pinnacle provides independent,…
08.08Non-Compete Violations
A non-compete is enforced with evidence of what the former employee is actually doing. Pinnacle's private…
08.09Intellectual Property Theft
Someone is selling your product, your design or your brand without you. Pinnacle's private eyes identify the…
Background & Vetting
Verification that goes to the source, not just the database. Background & Vetting overview →
Pre-Employment Screening
Instant online background checks miss the county courthouse, the license board and the employer who would…
09.02Tenant Screening
A bad tenant costs months of rent and a court date. Pinnacle's tenant screening finds the eviction in the…
09.03Business Partner Vetting
A partnership is a marriage with money. Pinnacle's private eyes vet the person you are about to tie your…
09.04Caregiver Screening
The person you hire to care for a child or a parent will be alone with them for hours. Pinnacle's caregiver…
09.05Criminal Record Search
Online criminal searches are only as good as the databases behind them, and Tennessee's county records do not…
09.06Social Media Casework
People tell the internet what they hide from the court. Pinnacle's private eyes find it, preserve it properly…
09.07Reputation Casework
A fake review campaign or an anonymous smear can cost a Tennessee business or professional years of goodwill.…
Missing Persons
Urgent, patient and coordinated searches for the missing. Missing Persons overview →
Missing Adults
Adults are allowed to disappear, which is why police often cannot help. Pinnacle's private eyes can, and we…
10.02Missing Teens & Runaways
A missing teenager is a police matter first, and every family should report immediately. Pinnacle adds…
10.03Missing Elderly
An older adult can go missing by wandering, by being isolated by a caretaker, or by being moved by a relative…
10.04Cold Case Missing Persons
A cold case is not a closed case. Pinnacle's private eyes bring fresh eyes, new databases and the patience to…
Other Casework
Stalking, wrongful death and injury cases handled with care. Other Casework overview →
Stalking & Harassment
Stalking is a pattern, and Tennessee courts need to see the pattern. Pinnacle's private eyes document it,…
11.02Wrongful Death
A wrongful death case needs facts the official reports did not gather. Pinnacle's private eyes find the…
11.03Personal Injury
Injury cases turn on evidence that disappears fast: the video, the witness, the condition of the scene.…
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Questions about specialized private eye services
Core services are the broad categories, such as surveillance or fraud. Specialized services are the specific situations inside them, such as drone surveillance or workers' comp fraud, each with its own page, method and answers. You can start from either; a call sorts it out.
Yes. Every specialty is casework Pinnacle's private eyes perform in Tennessee. Some are common daily work and some are rare, but each is staffed and each is documented to the same standard.
All 95 Tennessee counties, with Nashville as the home base and Delator Group's field network extending across Middle, East and West Tennessee.
You do not need to know. Describe the situation and we tell you which page, or which combination of services, fits. Every page here has a scope planner and a phone number.
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