Powers Detective Agency, in business since 1975, is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded by a former Greensboro Police Department Detective, Frank Powers, the business has steadily grown and is known for its professionalism and integrity. Our investigators are retired Greensboro Police Department Investigators with expertise in Homicide, Fraud, Theft, Burglary, Robbery and Drug Investigations.

We conduct private investigations in all of North Carolina. We can also conduct investigations in other states if the case originates in North Carolina, or involves a party from North Carolina traveling to another sate. We provide thoroughly documented investigations and present professional court testimony.

We have state-of-the-art surveillance equipment, enabling us to successfully complete any kind of investigation. We specialize in, but are not limited to:

• Worker's Compensation
• Divorce
• Child Custody
• Criminal Investigations
• Employment Backgrounds
• Employee Theft
• Handwriting Analysis
• Process Service

Our primary investigators are:

• Jim Hightower -- 30-year retired Lieutenant, Criminal Investigations Division, Greensboro Police Department
• Ernest Cherry -- 30-year retired Greensboro Police Department Fraud Investigator and Handwriting Analysis expert.

Guilford Security Agency began the on-site security division in 1989, and currently has security guard locations reaching from the Triad area to the North Carolina coast. We provide security guard services for a variety of clients, meeting the needs of small companies, as well as large corporations. We still maintain accounts that were contracted when our business began.

Security Officers receive four hours of training mandated by North Carolina, as well as Guilford Security Agency's training program, and on-the-job training.

Guilford Security Agency provides supervisors that can be reached by telephone day or night. Our clients never talk to answering services or are required to page a supervisor.

Area Supervisors are scheduled 24 hours a day to oversee security guards, assuring duties are sufficiently performed and the guards are in proper uniform. Area supervisors are also responsible for taking over any position where the guard has had to leave unexpectedly.

We provide armed, uniformed officers trained to meet requirements of North Carolina and Guilford Security standards to carry firearms.

Our patrol vehicles are marked with Guilford Security Agency emblems and light bars. Each patrol vehicle is equipped with a 2-way radio which enables communication with the radio dispatcher 24 hours per day. Communication between the patrol officer and dispatcher ensures safety and immediate response if an emergency arises.

We install bar-code strips at designated points around the perimeter of the site patrolled. As the property is patrolled, the officer swipes the bar-code strip with a data collector that verifies the times the officer was at each check point on the property. These reports are submitted to the client twice per week. The bar-code guarantees the client all information submitted is true and accurate.