Archive for July, 2010
Losing it at Work: Preventing Violence in the Workplace
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Have you ever been a target of violence in the workplace or know someone who has? Do you believe that “actions speak louder than words” or is it the words that made you feel bullied or threatened? What came first, the threatening words or the actions of the individual? Is there escalating agitation or aggression? Is there physical violence or a restraining order involved? What about weapons? What is going on in the background?
What are you to do when you perceive a threat? Do you report it? What is your employer’s responsibility? What are the legal issues? Is intervention necessary?
Did you know that there are actually experts who specialize in identifying and addressing violence risk prediction? Violence assessment experts’ psychologist Dr. Michael Corcoran, private investigator James Cawood and attorney Sue Van Dermyden will discuss this stressful societal dilemma and focus on recommendations for addressing and reducing threats in the workplace. Listen to show
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Hiding in Plain Sight
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How does a killer on parole just disappear? And how do investigators go about tracking him down years later? PI’s Declassified presents an unusual case of locating a man 38 years after him vanished, fleeing his parole officer and leaving no traces.
The entire case had nearly been forgotten. But one day when Dr. Clem Pellett of Bellevue, Washington was cleaning out his mother’s home, he found newspaper clippings and learned about the murder of his grandfather, Clarence Pellett. Clarence was shot to death by a hitchhiker named Frank Dryman in 1951. Dryman was convicted and served time, but when he was released to parole, he vanished. More than thirty years had passed, but Dr. Pellett decided to try to find his grandfather’s killer.
Tune in to hear the three resourceful private investigators who worked in concert to locate Frank Dryman and return him to the authorities. It’s an incredible story of hiding in plain sight. Listen to show





