Professional Investigative Services
Professional investigative and fact-finding services for attorneys, employers, public agencies, and other professional clients.
Workplace Investigations
The Rhodes Agency conducts independent fact-finding investigations involving workplace complaints and allegations of employee misconduct.
Investigative services may include:
- Complainant, respondent, and witness interviews
- Harassment and discrimination allegations
- Retaliation complaints
- Workplace misconduct
- Policy-related allegations
- Review and analysis of relevant documents and evidence
- Credibility assessment
- Findings based on the evidence developed during the investigation
- Written investigative reports
Each investigation is approached as a neutral fact-finding process, with attention to fairness, thorough documentation, and clear analysis of the available evidence.
Field, Scene & Collision Investigations
The Rhodes Agency provides on-site investigative services for attorneys and other clients requiring independent documentation of locations, physical conditions, or events.
Services may include:
- Collision investigations
- Scene and site inspections
- Digital photography and video documentation
- Measurements and physical documentation
- Identification and documentation of relevant scene features
- Area canvasses
- Identification of potential witnesses
- Follow-up witness interviews
- Documentation of surrounding conditions and comparable locations
- Other field investigative services tailored to the assignment
Eric Rhodes has extensive law-enforcement experience investigating traffic collisions and has completed basic, intermediate, and advanced collision-investigation training.
Collision-related assignments are accepted based on the scope and needs of the matter. Services may include scene investigation, documentation, measurements, photographs, witness interviews, and other investigative fact gathering.
Witness Interviews & Investigative Support
The Rhodes Agency provides investigative support for attorneys, agencies, and other professional clients who need additional fact gathering or follow-up investigation.
Services may include:
- Witness identification and interviews
- Recorded interviews when appropriate
- Follow-up investigation
- Timeline development
- Records and document review
- Fact verification
- Area canvasses
- Identification of additional investigative leads
- Organization and documentation of investigative findings
- Litigation and case-related investigative support
Assignments can range from a single witness interview or targeted follow-up inquiry to broader investigative support involving multiple witnesses, locations, or sources of information.
Background Investigations
The Rhodes Agency conducts comprehensive background investigations, including investigations involving law-enforcement and public-safety applicants.
Services may include:
- Personal history investigation
- Employment verification and inquiry
- Reference interviews
- Education verification
- Records research
- Residence and relationship history
- Review and follow-up regarding information disclosed during the background process
- Identification and resolution of discrepancies or areas requiring additional investigation
- Written documentation of investigative findings
Background investigations are conducted with an emphasis on thoroughness, documentation, and fair evaluation of the information developed during the investigative process.
Other Investigative Assignments
Not every investigative need fits neatly into a specific category.
The Rhodes Agency accepts other fact-finding and investigative assignments on a case-by-case basis when the requested work falls within the agency's experience, capabilities, and professional scope.
Clients are encouraged to contact The Rhodes Agency to discuss the specific needs of a matter.
Sonoma County and the North Bay
The Rhodes Agency is based in Sonoma County, California, and primarily serves Sonoma County and the surrounding North Bay, including Marin, Napa, Lake, and Mendocino Counties.
Assignments outside the immediate area may also be accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Some investigations, including matters involving primarily remote interviews or document review, may be conducted outside the immediate geographic service area.
Contact The Rhodes Agency
To discuss an investigation or request additional information regarding available services, contact The Rhodes Agency.
Contact The Rhodes Agency