The Hawkins Group is a Professional Investigations firm staffed by former State and Federal Law Enforcement Officers and other Professionals. Licensed by the State of Washington (WA License Number 1361) to conduct legal investigative activities statewide, we operate primarily in the Seattle, Tacoma, Everett area and cover all of the state west of the Cascade Mountains from Vancouver to Bellingham. The Hawkins Group conducts a wide range of investigations including Criminal Defense, Insurance, Fraud, Corporate and Business, and Internal Affairs including sexual harrassment, Stalking and workplace violence. The Hawkins Group handles insurance and family law surveillance operations providing visual proof for use by our clients. In addtion The Hawkins Group can provide armed executive and personal protection agents to individuals and corporations. All of our investigators are prior law enforcement officers at either the Federal, State or Local level and sometimes having worked at multiple agencies. The Hawkins Group is a member of several select professional Private Investigator groups that provide us with contacts in every state and many different countries around the world. This wide spread network of professional investigators allows us to provide our clients with a global scope of investigative services. In additon to our investigative expertise, our extensive training backgrounds permits us to offer valuable and specialized training in such topics as Interviewing Techniques, Firearms, Surveillance, Court Testimony, and other law enforcement type related topics. Such training can be very beneficial to in-house loss prevention officers and detectives as well as in-house corporate security personnel. Mike Hawkins has collaberated with a fellow professional, Mike Jaquish and produced a security training manual with PowerPoint presentations that exceed the mandated Washington training requirements for security officers.