Private Investigators: 
Max & Christine Caulfield
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Caulfield Investigations an “A” licensed full service nationwide Detective Agency and U.S. Security Contractor with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Owned and operated by the husband/wife investigative team Max & Christine Caulfield Licensed in the State of Florida. Max is a special process server appointed by the Sheriff of Broward County. Max is a former Police K-9 instructor with over 25 years of law enforcement, witness protection & investigative experience and training. Max has trained Police K-9 teams for over 50 police departments. Max also has specialized training and "real world" experience in developing and maintaining confidential informants. Max & Christine have provided close protection teams to high profile clients in a wide range of high risk and hostile environments. Christine has over 20 years of investigative experience and training in corporate security, executive protection, undercover investigation and loss prevention apprehensions, investigations & management. Max & Christine have been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles, as well as several books. They have appeared on Court TV, MSNBC, NBC news and others as expert commentators and provided technical assistance to HBO original films, the Discovery Channel, America's Most Wanted, Un-Solved Mysteries, Inside Edition, Hard Copy, the Los Angeles Times, the Arizona Republic and many others. They have testified in many court proceedings and Max has been declared an "expert witness" in surveillance and investigative procedures. Max's court testimony in State court has been upheld by the Washington State Supreme Court in a case and conviction involving aggravated stalking & arson in the first degree. Max's Federal Grand Jury and Federal court testimony has also been upheld by the Federal Appellate Court in the Northern District of Illinois in numerous cases and convictions involving organized crime figures and corrupt public officials.
They have received training from Executive Security International (E.S.I.), The Lethal Force Institute (Massad Ayoob, L.F.I.), The Tony Scotti School of Defensive Driving, The Smith & Wesson Academy, The Reid Technique of Basic & Advanced Interview & Interrogation, Northwestern University Police Officer Survival Training (P.O.S.T.), Calibre Press Street Survival & W.I.N., The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, Thunder Ranch, Gunsite Academy, John Farnham, Monadnock, Kelly McCann, MagPul Dynamics, John Lawson, Pacific Pistol Craft, Landheim Police K-9 Training Center, The Rudy Drexler School for Police Dogs, F.A.T.S., Special Agent Dave Nicholson (INS/FLETC Ret.) and the National Rifle Association/Law Enforcement Division just to name a few.
The Caulfield's and their associates have also received extensive training and operational experience in computer security and computer forensic data recovery, explosive & IED identification, electronic surveillance and signal interception counter-measures, communication device security, nightclub, concert and major event security planning & management, counter terrorism tactics & techniques in various disciplines, RF & GPS tracking systems, seismic intrusion detection systems, telephonic & cellular signal interception detection and avoidance, tactical NVD deployment and counter-measures, crime scene processing and forensic documentation procedures, homicide, equivocal and wrongful death investigations, ransom motivated kidnap, extortion & blackmail investigations, non-custodial parental abduction and legal recovery, law enforcement liaison & consultation services, armed robbery stakeout operations, narcotics & currency trafficking investigations, burglary & major theft investigations, vehicle & heavy equipment theft, retail loss prevention and investigations of professional theft rings , organized crime, RICO & on-going criminal enterprise investigative procedures, complicated conspiracy, fraud, counterfeit currency, negotiable financial instrument & designer brand fraud investigations, counterfeit and fraudulent document identification and investigations, money laundering, concealed & converted asset location investigations, organized prostitution, child exploitation/abuse investigations and intervention/legal recovery of victims, rape & sexual assault investigations, sexual predator tracking & investigations, surety/bail bond fugitive investigation & apprehension, high speed film & digital photography, high definition video including night vision device (NVD) and thermal imaging assisted data collection, site security survey, analysis & hardening, CCTV systems design & installation, controlled entry & egress systems design, computer system security, select security consultations and awareness development, observational psychology, at risk children & street gang membership intervention, witness interview & sworn witness statements, incarcerated offender interview and process service of criminal offenders, crime pattern analysis, stalker investigations, stalker abatement and deterrence, ritual & occult crimes, rural property crimes, pet animal & livestock theft, discrimination & hate crime investigations and intervention, threat assessment, management & abatement, witness protection, consultation and short-term emergency relocation, crisis intervention, critical incident management, hostage and kidnap negotiation, major case development & management, unarmed defensive tactics, defensive tactics with electronic, chemical, impact, edged and improvised weapons, wilderness survival, tracking, grid search and land navigation, first respondent emergency medical procedures, executive and dignitary protocol.
Max is also an NRA/L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Activities Division) nationally certified police firearms instructor in Handgun, Combat Shotgun, Tactical Patrol Rifle and Tactical Shooting Techniques. Max conducts one on one private & group classes and is authorized by the National Rifle Association Law Enforcement Division to train & certify police officers, armed security contractors, dignitary protection personnel and vetted, legally armed civilian clients. Christine is a certified Chief Shooting Range Safety Officer (C-RSO) hot & cold range. Max and Christine Caulfield devote a minimum of ten to twelve hours per month to on-going training & practice to maintain their tactical skills and team tactics. They strive to develop and build new and individual tactics & procedures using "Force on Force" training with Simunition FX and paintball, reality based scenario drills with emphasis on decision making & problem solving with induced stress, martial arts/defensive tactics training, escalation & de-escalation of force including tactical withdrawal , evolving legal issues & current/updated case law, new/updated equipment evaluation, foreign and captured weapons & equipment familiarization, manipulation and safe handling, "shoot house" live fire drills stressing team & individual movement, communication and marksmanship with various weapons systems, secondary weapons transitions & malfunction clearing drills, continuing study of habitual criminal, gang and incarcerated violent offender behavior as related to counter law enforcement, suspect interview/interrogation resistance & deception techniques, suspect control resistance/escape, disarming tactics, improvised weapons manufacturing, deployment and concealment techniques and evolving counter-terror tactics & procedures of a classified nature as well as other updated/new tactical & legal training restricted to law enforcement, active military and vetted private sector security of a sensitive nature that cannot be disclosed or published on a public web site such as this. Max & Christine understand the value of constant training & practice as well as the "perishable" nature of firearms manipulation & shooting skills which can only be countered with regular diligent and realistic practice which is why they each spend weekly range time firing a minimum of 4000 to 5000 rounds of ammunition per month through their primary, secondary and back-up weapons systems and less familiar team member owned weapons as well as captured weapons. They also devote an average of 40-80 hours annually attending various in-service training classes, seminars, competitive K-9 & shooting events and trade shows related to law enforcement and the professional security contracting and private investigation industry. They are both active in licensed detective agency & professional security industry associations and the community.
Max Caulfield is a highly trained professional emergency driver, trained in vehicular concepts, deployment and driving as they relate to executive protection, counter-terrorism, counter-surveillance, defensive & offensive driving techniques, high speed evasion while under fire, exiting "kill zones", exiting & entering vehicles while shielding the principal, vehicle & road block ramming tactics, "P.I.T." maneuver, pursuit & anti-pursuit tactics, anti-carjacking techniques, shooting from and at moving vehicles with various weapons, armored vehicle driving tactics, vehicle weight transfer, precision driving at high speeds, motorcade procedures, explosive & I.E.D. detection & avoidance, vehicle selection, tire selection, vehicle armoring, vehicle armor limitations and vehicle disabling/destruction and vehicle maintenance. Max has graduated from the top emergency vehicle operations and counter-terrorism driving schools in our nation. He has received one on one driver training and counter-terrorism instruction from Anthony J. Scotti; Mr. Scotti is the author of numerous textbooks on EVOC driving & counter-terrorism and designed the courses of instruction used by Federal, State and Municipal police academies. He has trained the instructors for law enforcement agencies and fortune 500 company corporate security personnel worldwide including but not limited to FLETC, United States Secret Service, U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, Department of Defense, U.S. Marshal's Service, Coca-Cola (South & Central America) and Gulf Oil just to name a few. Max is one of the highest scoring students in the history of the Scotti School. Max has also trained extensively including extensive one on one training at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, Bob Bondurant also the author of numerous textbooks is internationally recognized as the leading authority on advanced driver training, Bob Bondurant has been at the forefront of professional driving instruction since 1968. Utilizing the Bondurant Method, over 250,000 students, ranging from professional racers and celebrities, to police officers, have learned from Bondurant's expertise. The Bondurant School maintains over 200 race-prepared vehicles, sedans, police cars, specially equipped "skid cars" and open wheel "Indy" cars. The school is the largest facility of its kind in North America.
The main focus of Caulfield Investigations is to provide civil & criminal investigations, legal support for attorney's, select criminal defense & pre-trial support and investigations, select post trial, appellate and death penalty investigations, corporate investigations, loss prevention/employee/organized theft interview & investigations, work place violence investigations/avoidance and threat management, pre-trial investigations & trial preparation and support services for the legal community, family law, spousal infidelity, pre-nuptial and on-line dating background investigations, child custody, missing, "at risk" & runaway children/ minor age young adult investigations/legal recovery, child & elderly abuse investigations and intervention, background investigations, K&R Kidnap & Ransom investigations, non-custodial parental abduction & legal recovery of abducted children, missing persons, undercover (UC) and reverse sting operations, surveillance/counter-surveillance/T.S.C.M. and firearms instruction & certification. Caulfield Investigations also provides executive & dignitary protection, providing personal protection details to dignitaries, witnesses, corporate officers, entertainers, models, musicians, dancers, special event and nightclub security. We have a great deal of experience in dealing with stalkers, “over zealous" fans and unwanted or inappropriate pursuit or correspondence. We also provide complicated or difficult process service in cases involving on-going intentional avoidance of lawful service of process.
We have a full time K-9 unit featuring a German Import Dog trained in Europe and the United States in police patrol, close protection team tactics, estate & marine security, tactical building search and urban & wilderness tracking. Our K-9 is social, outgoing and loves to work with children, the elderly and routinely works with disabled & special needs individuals. Our K-9 team can operate in any environment...our K-9 is unaffected by wildlife & family pets, loud noisy environments, aircraft engines, manufacturing machinery, civil disturbance, event crowds, gunfire, etc. Our K-9 is trained to operate in challenging, hazardous or uncomfortable situations in all climates and environments ranging from tropical, desert and sub-zero snow areas at altitude in mountain regions. Our K-9 is trained to be deployed from or operate on marine vessels and aircraft of all types. We maintain a dedicated low-profile specially equipped K-9 vehicle in our fleet of cars. While on this page please take a tour of some of our surveillance & protective fleet vehicles including K-9 units in the slide shows below. Of course we can't show all of the vehicles we use for surveillace duties, but there are enough pictured below to give you a glimpse into our fleet of vehicles.
Our associate investigators and consultants are former federal agents, police officers (including SWAT/SRT) and former members of the U.S. Military Special Operations community representing a wide range of operational and combat experience. Our associate investigators bring a wealth of real world expertise from a wide range of public service agencies including the United States Secret Service (the White House Presidential Protective Detail P.P.D.), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs/I.C.E., Federal Bureau of Prisons, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Scotland Yard, Florida Highway Patrol, Washington State Patrol, L.A.P.D. and the N.Y.P.D. Several members are cross trained as tactical/combat medics; we also have a Physician and a Forensic Psychiatrist on staff to provide consultation during investigations, trial preparation and critical incidence response. Our associate investigators and protection personnel have operated in Canada, Mexico, Central & South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East and maintain extensive current law enforcement, military and private sector contacts worldwide.
Max and Christine Caulfield have an extensive and current network of contacts in the International, Federal, State, County and Municipal law enforcement community many of whom go back 20 plus years to the early part of their careers. They maintain these contacts zealously and often provide and receive information that is mutually beneficial to law enforcement and the client’s of Caulfield Investigations. Both Max & Christine have worked extensively with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the United States Secret Service, the United States Attorney's Office, the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Strike Force, the U.S. Department of State-Diplomatic Security Service, the United States Office of the Inspector General-OIG, the King County, Washington Sheriff's Office, the King County, Washington State Prosecutors Office, the Pierce County, Washington Sheriff's Office, the City of Tacoma, Washington Police Department, the Broward County, Florida Sheriff's Office, the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida Police Department, the Miami-Dade County, Florida Police Department, the Dade County, Florida Prosecutors Office, the City of Bay Harbor Islands, Florida Police Department, the City of Plantation, Florida Police Department, the Florida Statewide Prosecutors Office, the Laporte County, Indiana Sheriff's Office, the Cook County, Illinois Sheriff's Police, the City of Chicago, Illinois Police Department, the Honolulu, Hawaii Police Department and law enforcement agencies in many other smaller jurisdictions. The Caulfield's have also worked as private investigators for public utility companies, network media & television news organizations, multiple newspapers & magazines, entertainers, recording studios, NFL & MLB players, fortune 500 corporations, most major insurance carriers and many nationwide & large law firms throughout the United States and the Province's of Alberta & British Columbia, Canada.
However, both Max & Christine know that an investigator is really “only as good as their contacts and sources” this elaborate network of contacts took many years to develop and do not end with law enforcement personnel…they begin there and run the gamut from correctional officers, investigative peers, defense contractors, corporate security professionals, attorneys, Judges, prosecutors, victims advocates, doctors, CEO’s, business owners and former clients from all walks of life, They extend to people that are often in a unique position to provide helpful…sometimes critical information like members of the media, hotel staff members from managers, to concierge, to bartender, cocktail waitress, to house keepers and valet parkers, to travel agents, airline and other public transportation personnel to telephone operators and other public utility workers.
And since Max and Christine both know that you don’t always get information about unsavory people or things that fall into that vast “gray area” from “choir boys” their network even extends to shall we say “the other side of the tracks” for lack of a better description. So yes…they know and maintain contacts within the criminal underworld from the mean streets all the way to the penal institutions. Career criminals, gang leaders, organized crime figures, prostitutes, pimps, smugglers, drug traffickers, counterfeiter’s, burglar’s, auto & heavy equipment thieves and various other “stellar citizens” that somehow ended up owing Max or Christine a favor or wants a favor from them. And at the end of the day…our first priority is to help our clients and if that boils down to obtaining one crucial piece of information, then we may have to go to extraordinary lengths to accomplish that task following the evidence or “the story” wherever it leads…period. We always work within the parameters of the law…but if need be we’re not shy about interviewing someone who did not, especially if it can help our client from ending up in the cell next to them!
Please visit our main website and http://www.caulfieldinvestigations.com for more information including letters of reference from clients, law enforcement, peers and colleagues. In most cases we can arrange deployment of a fully equipped team of investigators or protection detail on site anywhere in the United States within 24 hours and in cases near our offices in as little as 4 hours. Many detective agencies operate on "banker's hours" we don't...24/7/365...We never close, we are open 24 hours a day...every day of the year. Your confidential call or e-mail will be answered or returned personally by Max or Christine Caulfield 24 hours a day. We provide results...not excuses.
Caulfield Investigations is and has been a top tier corporate sponsor of “Code Amber” since the inception of this critically important organization devoted to missing and at-risk children http://codeamber.org/friends.html
Both Max & Christine volunteer their time as well as the investigative & protective resources of Caulfield Investigations to charitable organizations such as “Women in Distress” in Broward, County Florida…a full service shelter and safe haven for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence and abuse http://www.womenindistress.org
Caulfield Investigations also provides protective services, investigative resources, threat assessments and emergency temporary relocation to individual victims of abuse, domestic violence and sexual exploitation on a pro bono basis or at discounted rates in some extreme cases when victims cannot afford regular fees or do not have access to funds which may be controlled by an abusive spouse or exploitive employer (this is done on a case by case basis).
Caulfield Investigations has also worked with and been recommended by The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and makes regular donations to organizations that support the surviving family members of law enforcement officers who have made “The Ultimate Sacrifice” having been killed in the line of duty. We ask that you visit their web sites and support those organizations in their vital work as well, since even the smallest donation can make a big difference to a family affected by sudden and overwhelming tragedy. They are C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors) http://www.nationalcops.org and NLEOMF (National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund) http://www.nleomf.org
Caulfield Investigations supports the NRA (National Rifle Association) and Max is an NRA certified Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor, therefore we also invite an encourage you to join the NRA to not only continue to protect all of our Constitutional Rights to Keep & Bear Arms but because the NRA also provides a check for $25,000.00 to the spouse & children of NRA law enforcement officer members who have been killed in the line of duty. On many occasions these desperately needed funds are the first to arrive into the hands of the surviving spouse coming even before any other benefits can be delivered…in many cases in as little as 1-2 days after the tragedy has occurred. The NRA maintains a team that is tasked with making this happen as soon as they are notified of a line of duty death and in many cases this can be critical to a surviving family who for whatever reason happened to be caught financially off-guard at the time of the officers death. The NRA also provides special funding to make sure the victim officer’s children can afford to attend college as well as several other very dynamic programs to civilian members of the NRA…So please, click here to JOIN THE NRA TODAY!
Stay Safe!