Owned and operated by Walter Bishop, a retired supervisor from the Atlanta Police Department with 20 years with the Atlanta PD and nearly 30 years total working law enforcement. Our primary investigative team has over 100 years of military, police, private detective and investigation experience; and when combined with our supporting personnel and agents for personal investigations Bishop & Associates has over 200 years of experience.
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All of our security personal and private investigators are fully licensed, accredited, and vetted by the Georgia Board of Private Detectives & Security Agencies http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing/plb/42
Retired from the Atlanta Police Department, worked patrol, detective, and supervisor in both uniform and non-uniform divisions. Certified Polygraph examiner and Private Investigator for over 15 years, including working for Pinkerton Detective Agency and performing disaster security following Hurricane Florence in North Carolina (2018).
Patrick Coffey is an experienced Polygraph and Forensic service provider who serves a large number of Police Departments and individuals in the Metro Atlanta Area. Mr. Coffey's credentials and experience include serving as an Accredited Special Agent with the US Army Criminal Investigation Command where he worked as a general crimes investigator conducting felony investigations. As a Support Agent for protective service missions, he provided executive protection for the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense, the Army's Chief of Staff and many other dignitaries
Mr. Coffey has been a Blood Spatter Expert for over 24 years and has testified in criminal cases involving Blood Spatter Interpretation in over 25 cases. He has testified and qualified as an expert in Federal Court in the Western District of Kentucky; Superior Courts in Georgia; Alabama; Tennessee; and Indiana; and he has testified in Courts Martial's for the US Army. Mr. Coffey has developed a blood spatter interpretation course for the US Army Military Police School and the US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory.
Josiah Pierce is a graduate of Executive Security International (ESI) in 2017 and has been working full time since then as a EP agent. He has performed close protection for executives in an office environment and talent on set escorting them to and from location; as well as advancing locations and venues prior to principles arrival, monitored ingress and egress while principle is performing at a venue. Since 2017 Josiah has deployed to disaster areas to provide close protection and site security, in addition to being part of multiple work place violence details maintaining a safe and productive environment for management and employees.