Rick Raymond, P.I. has served in Federal & Municipal Law Enforcement and Private Investigations for over thirty years. Rick has conducted complex, advanced investigations for insurance companies, corporations, attorneys, and the general public. His experience includes VSA truth verification examinations, expert surveillance, marital infidelity cases, international investigations, missing persons, homicide investigations, child custody investigations, international shipping theft, civil & criminal investigations, executive VIP bodyguard protection, background check investigations and a host of other complex investigative matters. Rick has been a licensed private investigator since 1998 and was previously the Chief Intelligence Officer & Director of Security for a large nationwide medical services company. He is a Court Approved Expert Witness in the area of Locate Investigations & Missing Persons. During his career, he has conducted over 1,000 missing person investigations and is routinely called as an expert witness in locate investigation methodology, missing persons and parental kidnapping locates.

 

Rick has previously provided dignitary protection for several high ranking U.S. Government officials while serving as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer. His private client list also includes numerous celebrities, high-profile corporate executives and the Grammy Music Awards. He is a Florida licensed Private Investigator and a former certified Florida Law Enforcement Instructor through the FDLE CJSTC. Rick has been featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine, National Public Radio (NPR), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and interviewed on MSNBC television news regarding his investigations. 

 

Rick is a proud member of the following professional organizations:

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IAVSA - International Association of Voice Stress Analysts

VIPRE VSA Certified Voice Stress Examiner

United States Association of Professional Investigators (USAPI)

International Assn. of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP) 

National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS Lifetime Member)