Private investigators are often viewed by the wider public as people who make a living purely from following husbands or wives suspected of cheating on their partner. In reality, it’s a hugely varied profession with work carried out for individuals and large organisations, including councils. One of the many jobs a private investigator can assist a council with is looking into businesses who may be violating health and safety regulations.
The range of skills a private investigator has to offer can be very useful to councils checking on health and safety standards in any licensed business. It may be something as simple as professional statement-taking, something that all quality PIs are well versed in. Or it may require more advanced support, such as the need to carry out surveillance or even going undercover.
The problem that councils face is resource, and being able to carry out full investigations on their own. A licensed business may be suspected of being in violation of health and safety regulations, but a council may not be able to do much beyond spot checks, and these can’t uncover everything.
That’s when a council may be required to turn to a private investigator, who can spend more time watching a premises to see what’s really going on, and even in extreme circumstances going undercover to see the practices a business is carrying out behind closed doors.
Where councils aren’t experienced in dealing with serious health and safety issues, reliable private investigators can even oversee a whole investigation, handling it professionally and efficiently while the council deal with other issues.
If you’re a council, or even a private franchise owner who wants to check on your businesses beyond your own resources, then get in touch with EJM investigations to see how we can help with health and safety breaches or indeed any number of licence issues. Call today on 01772 334700.