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Blue Heron Investigations is owned and operated by Thomas M. Goodpaster – the state issued license holder for the company. Mr. Goodpaster has been a private detective / protective agent for over twenty years. Throughout this time, he has worked cases involving child custody, infidelity, runaways, missing persons, theft, trade secret misappropriation, competitive intelligence, work place harassment, accident scene investigations, criminal defense, product liability, background investigations, worker’s compensation and personal injury insurance defense, as well as a wide variety of other assignments ranging from the investigation of crimes (including murder), to providing investigative services to agencies of the county, state and federal government. He has received several years of formal training in photography, law enforcement, surveillance and a multitude of other subjects directly related to investigations. He’s earned two post-secondary degrees. Thomas Goodpaster has been directly or indirectly involved in the training of over one hundred private investigators and bail enforcement agents (bounty hunters). He has authored a “how to” manual for conducting investigations and surveillance, and has developed a certified pre- assignment training program that was approved for training purposes by the Private Detective and Protective Agent Services Board of the State of Minnesota. Mr. Goodpaster has been a member of the Minnesota Association of Private Investigators (MAPI), National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS), World Association of Professional Investigators (WAPI), Evidence Photographers International Council (EPIC), Fraud Defense Network (FDN), National Association of Bail Enforcement Agents (NABEA), The PI Group, and Professional Photographers of America (PPA). In addition to being a state licensed Private Detective / Protective Agent, he has been a state licensed bail bondsman and an NRA certified firearms and personal protection instructor. He’s a nationally published author of an article on forensic photography, lectured on numerous occasions to students of a bail enforcement academy, and co-founded an online investigative supplies store. ©2006 Blue Heron Investigations, MN. All rights reserved. |
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