I believe the distinction relates to whether they work in the
private or public sector not whether they work for an
organization or are independent. Thus a P.I. is anyone who
doesn't work for the government and is a professional
investigator. The Continental Op for example is a company man
and a P.I.
-- Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
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-----Original Message----- From: Mark Sullivan Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:16 PM
Well, he was an investigator, fulfilling the I, but technically, he wasn't private, so no P. He was a company man, on the staff of the insurance company, unlike Joseph Hansen's Daid Brandstetter, say, who did most of his insurance work on a freelance basis.
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