Tham khảo tài liệu 'the complete idiot's guide to private investigating 2nd edition_11', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, quản trị kinh doanh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Professional Private Investigators in the CivilJustice System 197 Your investigative plan should also indicate your effort to detect any cameras in the area such as store security highway department or police department traffic cameras and ATMs and to conduct a canvass for witnesses. You should already be aware of when the incident occurred or was reported the when but there is another when that needs to be addressed in the investigative plan by when is the information needed Although this initial meeting may be your first involvement in the case it does not mean that the incident is recent. You may be called in very near the end of the statute of limitations the time that a person can legally wait to start a lawsuit or you may be retained on the eve of trial. You must know your own deadlines in every case. Once you and the client have discussed and agreed upon the investigative plan your estimated hours for the completion of this assignment and your fees it is time to put the plan into effect. Your first item upon returning to your office should be to document your investigative plan by writing your first report to the client. This report should include the following Acknowledgment of your retention and receipt of any retainer from the client. If you have not obtained a signed retainer agreement you should restate your fees billing and terms of payment and reimbursement of expenses policy at this time. A complete summary of the facts as you now know them. A list of all persons involved and your investigative obligation toward them including background investigations interviews and surveillances. Include any specific instructions from the client regarding persons not to be interviewed or any investigative recommendation that he does not wish you to do. A listing of your investigative assignments in other words processing the scene and canvassing for additional unknown witnesses obtaining records searching for media coverage and other accidents at the same location
