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Our Services

Under the direct supervision of our company President, Mike Thornton, Genesis Professional Surveillance specializes in a comprehensive group of services including: 


Insurance

Arising out of Employment (AOE) | Course of Employment (COE) | Background and Location Searches Experience Modification Calculations | Risk Management Consultation | Video Surveillance | Witness Statements

Litigation Support

Database Research | Due Diligence | Intellectual Property | Patents and Trademarks | Witness Locates

Loss Prevention

CCTV installation | Due Diligence | Employee Screening | Interviews and Interrogations | Undercover Operations | Video Surveillance

Specialty Services

Polygraph Examinations | Process Service

 


Insurance:

Arising out of Employment (AOE) / Course of Employment (COE) Investigations
Employee medical-related fraud represents a significant financial challenge to companies across the nation.  At GPS, we are experienced in conducting detailed, solidly researched investigations that help unearth employee medical fraud in "on the job" and "course of job" scenarios.  We help stem the tide of fraudulent worker's compensation claims ...guaranteed!

Background and Location Searches
When an organization or insurance carrier needs a background check conducted on an individual, GPS can help.  We have many years of experience providing precisely the type of comprehensive background reports required by individuals, state insurance departments, and corporations.
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Experience Modification Calculations
Calculating a company's experience modification factor can be a complex undertaking.  GPS specializes in generating clear, easy-to-understand mods which conform to both the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) and California's own government-run Advisory Organization, the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.

Risk Management Consultation
As experts in risk management, GPS can provide insurance industry-specific advice on protecting organizations from potential losses to property, assets, and individuals.  We examine all of the  many threats facing an organization and provide a qualified opinion on the best overall approach to prevent further damage or overall risk to the company as a whole.
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Video Surveillance
With insurance fraud on the rise, Worker’s Compensation Fraud is costing companies millions of dollars in fraudulent lost salary payments, long-term disability claims, and medical bills.  Stop the cheaters in their tracks—with high-tech video surveillance from GPS.  The most important tool in your arsenal against fraudulent claims!

Witness Statements
Finding witness and obtaining reliable statements which will  withstand scrutiny in a court of law can be difficult at best.  GPS has developed cutting-edge techniques for interviewing witnesses and documenting statements, both on video and in writing, to ensure the maximum chances of success when used in legal proceedings.  Take no chances...call GPS and let one of our experienced investigators go to work for you today.
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Litigation Support:

Database Research
Because individuals and corporations have increasingly become associated with both organized and white collar criminal activities, GPS has developed a proven, strategic approach to researching and collecting information to assist our legal and corporate clients.  GPS delivers the detailed information our clients need to make informed and legally prudent decisions.
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Due Diligence
When considering a legal partnership or simply vetting any association related to pending or ongoing litigation, GPS can help.  We utilize the latest technological innovations in data collection to verify all information about individuals and corporations provided to a law firm or corporate legal department during litigation proceedings.

Intellectual Property
At GPS, our team of litigation support specialists has the experience necessary to undertake virtually any type of intellectual property investigation, from copyright protection and other forms of creative infringement, to corporate secrets, intellectual property ownership issues, and much more.
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Patents and Trademarks
As experts in risk management, GPS can provide insurance industry-specific advice on protecting organizations from potential losses to property, assets, and individuals.  We examine all of the  many threats facing an organization and provide a qualified opinion on the best overall approach to prevent further damage or overall risk to the company as a whole.

Witness Locates
Finding and securing the best and most relevant witness, both prior to and during the course of legal proceedings, can be a significant obstacle in successful litigation. Utilizing our extensive experience in both field operations and database mining, GPS has perfected the techniques necessary to find and secure the testimony of expert and case witnesses in both civil and criminal actions.
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Loss Prevention:

CCTV Installation
The loss prevention team at GPS has the expertise to select and install intelligent CCTV video systems in corporate, retail, and even home environments--always customized with the client's specific needs in mind.  CCTV systems from GPS are designed to reduce shrinkage, manage operations, and monitor suspicious activity in virtually any private, retail, or corporate environment.
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Due Diligence
For a company to free itself from the costly, ongoing threat of unmitigated employee and partner losses, due diligence is the only approach that works.  GPS works to reduce or eliminate business and organizational risk by helping our clients create a system of fact and information gathering that levels the playing field by forcing open disclosure in all areas of corporate security—providing the edge a company needs to protect itself in today’s cut-throat business environment.

Employee Screening
GPS and its team of licensed private investigators have developed recognized techniques for effectively and positively identifying the best—and worst—in prospective employees for our many clients.  From educational qualification and criminal risk assessment to simple and advanced background checks, GPS can help reduce your employee risk before, during, and after the employee is hired.
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Interviews and Interrogations
As experts in the sophisticated techniques required for successful interviews and interrogations, GPS has the knowledge need to help solve employee theft issues and resolve intellectual property loss scenarios for companies of all sizes.  Best of all, we can help solve not only a present issue or issues, we can also ferret out other criminal activities or internal issues in your organization.

Undercover Operations
It can be difficult to successfully track and apprehend suspects in retail and corporate environments.  With detainee litigation a real and serious concern for corporations, it is imperative that they choose a firm experienced in both internal (employee) and external (customer) shrinkage, and the undercover operations necessary to resolve these issues.  At GPS, we are experts in those surveillance techniques and possess the necessary qualifications to deploy and enforce highly-effective security measures in organizations of virtually any size.
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Video Surveillance
All video surveillance is not created equal.  GPS has the experience companies need to build cutting-edge video surveillance systems and deploy solid, effective procedures into their daily operations, reducing employee theft and minimizing customer shrinkage.

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Specialty Services:

Polygraph Examinations
One of the most powerful and effective tools in the investigative arsenal is polygraph examinations.  The trained examiners at GPS have the knowledge and first-hand experience to conduct careful, measured, accurate polygraph examinations for insurance companies, law firms, and private clients in California and nationwide.
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Process Service
Why take the risk of having a legal proceeding interrupted or dismissed due to faulty service?  The process servers at GPS know what is required to properly serve any kind of important legal document according to your specific requirements, allowing the legal process to proceed smoothly and accurately toward a resolution.

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Management Misconceptions:

Most theft is caused by non-employees.

Well-paid and/or senior employees are trustworthy/loyal and don’t steal.

Honest employees can be counted on to report employee theft.

Employee theft is conspicuous and can be detected in its early stages.

You don’t need to formally inform employees that theft will not be tolerated.

"Insurance Fraud is an $80-billion crime annually. It has grown more violent, invasive and costly in recent years."

~ Coalition Against Insurance Fraud

"Nearly one of 10 Americans would commit insurance fraud if they knew they could get away with it. Nearly three of 10 Americans (29 percent) wouldn't report insurance scams committed by someone they know."

~ Progressive Insurance (2001)

"One of four Americans says it's ok to pad a claim to make up for premiums they've already paid."

~ Insurance Research Council (2000)

Lawsuits against businesses affect the cost of insurance and the products and services of the industries sued. According to Tillinghast, an actuarial consulting firm, the American civil liability (tort) system cost $260.8 billion in 2005, up slightly from $259.7 billion the previous year. Most lawsuits are settled out of court...

"Thieves stole the identities of 700,000 Americans last year."

The Privacy Clearinghouse (2000)

"Identity theft in general cost $745 million in 1997, up from $450 million in 1996."

~ U.S. Secret Service (1998)

Some other common examples of employee rationale for theft include:

I am underpaid and I only taking what I deserve.

Everybody does it, besides, they can write it off.

The company makes a large profit and I deserve some of it.

The company angered me and I got back at it.

"The amount of fraud their company has experienced has increased over the last three years, more than one of three insurers say. Nearly half say fraud has stayed the same."

Insurance Research Council Insurance Services Office (2002)