by Rob Holmes | Sep 5, 2020 | Investigations
I was running an errand the other day in Downtown Los Angeles. As a big fan of classic Hollywood and detective fiction, I relish in the landmarks and mainstays, from the outdoor urban paradise of MacArthur Park to the crowds of bustling travelers at Union Station;...
by Rob Holmes | Oct 29, 2019 | Investigations
Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, then anything built by man can be overcome. ~ George S. Patton Let's face it. Unless you are trying to fix a busted drainpipe or something similar, your...
by Rob Holmes | May 31, 2018 | Investigations
There are very few things more important to a company than reputation management and Roseanne Barr has inadvertently helped rewrite the handbook. I was in my early adulthood when Roseanne's ground-breaking television show was in its prime. In its original nine year...
by Rob Holmes | Apr 13, 2018 | Investigations
With all of the news stories being published in recent days about social media data and privacy, I cannot help but be reminded of a not-so-great, yet brilliantly prophetic, film of the 1990's. Let me first set the table. I was twenty-four years old and had just moved...
by Rob Holmes | Jan 9, 2018 | Investigations
I saw the classic Hollywood disaster film The Towering Inferno in my twenties, two decades after it was released. I watched it after I read Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel by author Marshall Terrill. In fact, after reading TerriIl's book, I watched just...
by Rob Holmes | Nov 23, 2015 | Investigations
It should go without saying that, in every situation where a crime is taking place, it is most desirable to catch the perpetrator. Doing anything else, including merely disrupting their operation, is simply a consolation. With this in mind, I find that best practices...
