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2. Private investigator - Wikipedia

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   Private detectives can perform surveillance work on behalf of individuals Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous fictional private investigator. A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services.

3. Pinkerton (detective agency) - Wikipedia

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   Pinkerton is an American private investigation and security company established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

4. Allied Universal - Wikipedia

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   Allied Universal patrol vehicle. Allied Universal is an American private security and staffing company, based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and Irvine, California.Formed in 2016 by the merger of AlliedBarton and Universal Services of America, [5] Allied Universal is the world's largest provider of private security guards.

5. Private policing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   By the late 1960s, the private security industry was growing at a recession-resistant rate of 10-15% annually. Estimates of the number of private guards, investigators, and so on ranged from 350,000 to 800,000. [42] From 1976 to 1981, there was a 20% increase in calls for police service.

6. Detective - Wikipedia

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   In Vietnam, private detective work is not yet officially recognized by law but is developing due to the demands of modern society. [14] Detective service companies primarily offer investigation and surveillance services for individuals and businesses in matters such as marriage, business fraud, information retrieval, or tracking subjects. [15]

7. List of fictional private investigators - Wikipedia

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   He was the first fictional private investigator [18] Nameless Detective: Bill Pronzini: The Snatch [19] (1971) Harry Orwell: Howard Rodman: Harry O (TV) (1974) Hercule Poirot: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Ellery Queen: Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee: The Roman Hat Mystery (1929) Agatha Raisin: M.C. Beaton