David P. Roberts, President,
Fellow of the Institute of Professional Investigators -
Certified Security Consultant
Licensed in New Jersey & New York
COMPETENCIES:
Formerly responsible for provision of executive and personal protective services to members of the Royal Families of Britain, Saudi Arabia and other middle-eastern countries, as well as diplomats, heads of commerce at Fortune 500 corporate level and various high profile personalities of and from the entertainment industry.
Licensed, Bonded and Insured as an International Investigative & Security Management Consultant.
Former owner of the Churchill Consultancy Group, PLC, developing the organization into one of the top three
investigative and security companies in the U.K. in 1988/89.
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS: (Past & Present) Fellow of the Institute of Professional Investigators
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Fellow of the International Security Association
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Fellow of the Institute of Directors
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Member of the International Police Association
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National Association of Legal Investigators
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Founder Member of the Association of Legal, Medical and Investigative Experts
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Society of Professional Investigators. (New York)
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Special Forces Group Association
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World Association of Detectives
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American Society for Industrial Security - New York City Chapter. (Since 1989)
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Member of the New Jersey Association of Licensed Professional Investigators
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INTELNET
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Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
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Member & Graduate of 'The Reid Institute'
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Member of the International Institute of Security & Safety Management
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Certified Security Consultant
PUBLICATIONS:
The Personal Protection Officer - The Total Art of Personal Protection (Training Manuals)
- Travel Security - Residential & Office Security - Personal Security Measures
- Security Principles - Threat Assessment Techniques - Planning an Operation
- Crime Prevention - High/Low Risk Targets
- I.E.D. Search & Identification
Contributing Author
- 'Corporate Investigations' - Lawyers & Judges Publishing - 2002:
Corporate Executive Protection
SPECIALIST COURSES:
- John E. Reid & Associates
Advanced Course on Interviewing & Interrogation Techniques
EXPERT WITNESS:
Robinson -v- Good Life Properties, et al. Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division
Essex County. Docket no: ESX-L-4152-01
Brief: Expert witness for the Plaintiff in case of abduction and rape facilitated by absence of adequate
security considerations on construction site under development.
Miller -v- Smith Management,
Stein, Mitchell & Mezines - Christopher H. Mitchell, Esq. - Washington, D.C.
Brief: Consulted with regards to incidence of death by shooting of a young female, by car-jacking team,
in a high-rise apartment complex car park, suffering from inadequate security and lighting conditions, and
minimalist security personnel coverage.
COURT EXPERIENCE:
UK/Europe (25 years experience):
- Courts Martial
- Magistrates Court
- Crown Court
- Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
- High Court
- Appeals Court
- Queen's Bench Division - Civil
US (10 years - ongoing experience):
- Civil & Criminal - New Jersey
Efrat K. Cohen, L.P.I. CITRMS
Efrat Cohen, Executive Vice President, is a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist and a State Licensed Private Investigator (L.P.I) in Florida, as well as in New Jersey and New York.
She is certified in the Reid Technique of Interview and Interrogation and manages and oversees all services provided to her clients.
Specializing in corporate investigations, background intelligence gathering, Social Networking research and asset investigations; Efrat provides fraud investigative expertise to Special Investigation Units (SIU) within and throughout the insurance industry.
Efrat is a litigation support specialist and consultant, providing such services to assist the legal community in criminal defense and civil litigation causes in preparation of their cases.
An Israeli citizen, Efrat was born with a fine tuning of intuitive investigative skills, supplemented by bi-lingual capabilities, which is a recognized asset to all international investigative fields of endeavor.
In commencing her career as a Court Appointed Investigator – which is the only association that empowers everyday citizens to act as officers of the U.S. court system – and when coupled with her education at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Efrat provides a unique insight to the legal profession from a refreshingly innovative perspective.
Efrat is responsible for managing, controlling and directing surveillance operations, in which discipline she is especially well schooled, both in the disciplines of covert and under-cover operations, where her attributes as a female investigator has proved an essential ingredient to achieving astounding success - she treads where her male counterparts fear to do so!
Efrat has acknowledged expertise in conducting precision in-depth computer-related research, examining and exploiting all manner of public access database and an ever-expanding list of social networking facilities, to include direct interaction with international experts with like and forensic capabilities.
Efrat evolves a unique understanding and developmental strategy for every case dedicated to her care, and utilizes her specialist skills to achieve the best results.
Efrat is a Board Member of:
- Society of Investigators of Greater Newark – Vice President
- Association of Legal Medical and Investigative Experts – Treasurer
- Society of Professional Investigators – Ethics Committee
Efrat is very active in the professional community and is a member of the following organizations:
- SPI – Society of Professional Investigators
- SIGN - Society of Investigators of Greater Newark
- ALMIE – Association of Legal Medical Investigative Experts
- INFRAGARD
- Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
- Florida Association of Legal Investigators
- New Jersey Claims Association
- New Jersey Notary Public Commission
- American Association of Notaries
- United Nations Association of the United States of America
EDUCATION, COURSES & SEMINARS:
- John Jay College of Criminal Studies – Legal Studies – Political Science & Law
- The Institute of Fraud Risk Management
- Identity Theft Investigations
- Digital Forensic Evidence Collation
- Internet for Investigators
- Advanced Internet Search Techniques for Investigators
- The Reid Technique: Interviewing and Interrogation
- The Reid Technique: Advanced Interviewing and Interrogation
- Insurance Fraud Awareness
- Essex County Police Academy: Verbal Judo
- Essex County Police Academy: Fingerprint Classification
- FBI Seminar: The Art of the Steal
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