Private detective Vs. real detective.

[Silver Fox]

After retiring from the state and hanging around the house a few months I was getting bored so when offered a job with a private detective Agency I accepted the offer. A retired FBI agent had started his own criminal investigation company hiring other retired agents and a few active and retired LEO's who specialized in the investigation of a specific crime.
After getting a private detective's license through the secretary of state's office I started working part of the SE district along with 3 other guys.
The pay was exceptionally good at that time, as when actively working an investigation and doing paper work it paid $45.00 an hour, driving your own vehicle at $.50 per mile and paying all meals and lodging when staying out of town over night.
It was a lot simpler than working a case as a real detective/investigator as after doing an investigation and determining it was of criminal origin I would turn my findings over to the local authorities and let them take it from there swearing out the warrant, discussing it with the DA and if a case developed I would testify as to my findings before a grand jury and if they returned a true bill then appear before a petit jury.
The company folded after a few years as the owner bit off more than he could chew, taking on too much territory by having agents in every state except Hawaii and Alaska.

[retdetsgt]

Several of my peers worked as P.I.'s after retirement. A couple went to work for (cough, choke) defense attorneys, another started his own agency.

A couple of friends of mine started a security (temp bodyguard) service. I worked a few times for them on a contract basis. All of mine were guarding local company execs after they got threats stemming from layoffs. All were different cases and over about a year time. I found it boring even though the money was good.....

I had done a little moonlighting doing that with visiting celebs when I was working. Since Hollywood is coming up here to make a lot of movies, there's more and more of a call for that.