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I know this has nothing to do with the evolution of products used in the industry but felt it may be of some insight and worthy of discuss from those in the industry / profession of Private Investigation and Process Serving.

I, myself, am a license Private Investigator in British Columbia, Canada. I have been so licensed for the past 31 years.

During the course of my work, I also serve Process. ( legal papers- civil). This blog entry is about how we must be ever vigilant when effecting service on a person. It could save your life.

For several months, I had been tracking down this Female person ( being female has nothing to do with it- just a fact of the matter). Finally, I found her. I had enough in my hands as FACT to prove that even if she denied being the person named on the papers, I could prove otherwise and effect service.

I attended the residence. It was an ill kept single family dwelling that appeared to have more than a single family living in it. Found her vehicle in the driveway. Attended the front door-Stood to the side (always a smart thing to do- especially at night) and knocked. A male voice answered from the other side of the door. I asked for the person named- said I had a delivery for her. The male replied- no person here by that name. At that same time, I heard a female voice inside asking "WHO WANTS TO DELIVERY TO HER- WHO ARE YOU?"

This first stage of interaction had me watching windows on a" just in case" basis.

Hearing a female voice, I asked again for the person named. Again, I was told that there was nobody  living there by that name. My simple reply was- YES THERE IS AND I CAN PROVE IT- IF THAT IS YOU (leave out her name), you may as well open the door and speak to me.

As many well know, the world is full of WANNA BE lawyers. The next response was right out of the hand book- "WHO ARE YOU- A COP? S DO YOU HAVE A WARRANT?

I denied being a police officer ( which is the truth- I am not) and decided to take the high road and be truthful when they were not.

No- I am not a cop- I don't need a warrant as nobody is being searched or arrested- I am  prvate investigator and I need to speak to (leave her name out).

"We told you- She does not live here" was the response.

Yes she does and I suspect that the lady (almost bit my tongue on that word) I hear is most likely the owner of the ( named vehicle in the driveway). It is in her name and regostered to this address.

How  do you know that- they asked.

Because I did my homework.

Well.. the long and short of the above was- they were not opening the door and not about to admit to being the person named. This meant that I had more work ahead of me. The only way of getting her served would be to catch her outside the house. That is where this blog gets into the SAFTEY portion.

Quite a few days later, while in the area of the house, I had a GUT feeling and pulled the papers out of my case and put them on the seat beside me. A few blocks away, as is normal practice anyways, I looked in my rear view and what should I see behind me? The vehicle that belongs to her. She was heading home.

I pulled over and left her pass. As she pulled into her driveway, I pulled up and put my vehicle across the driveway and got out.

First rule of thumb- Get out quickly- as I did

Second rule- approach from the side- Glad I did. She saw me and put her vehicle in reverse spinning her rear wheels.

Next rule- step aside out of her side mirror line of site.

She turned her wheel and found me in her side view- took another run at me- Step aside again and take a wide berth of the vehicle approaching the drivers door. ( this always shockes them when you show up standing beside their drivers door)

Well, the profanities started and she tried to pull ahead to get another run at me but being that close gives you another option- Put the papers under the front windshield wiper and step back- SERVED. Now get out of there and leave QUICKLY.

Next post- Client messed up and I had to serve her again with more papers