READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following text and answer the questions that follow.
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INTERVIEW WITH A DETECTIVE
His appearance was clean, cool and deliberately ambiguous. Under the sanctuary of his aviators, his eyes silently scanned the room. He is a Manhattan-based, third-generation private detective who’s been in the business for more than three decades — specialising in surveillance and being an overall mystery-tinged badass. We asked him everything we’ve ever wanted to know about the profession.
Interviewer : So, what exactly do you do? NOTES
Detective : I do a lot of surveillance. Basically, someone who wonders, “What is this other person up to?” If it’s insurance company (surveying someone on workers’ compensation), they’ll ask, “Is he back working?” Things like that. Another very common request is locating people, and it could be for a lot of reasons. I had a case recently, a man hadn’t been in touch with his mother for 20 years and I helped him find her.
Interviewer : What kind of skills make for a good PI (Private Investigator)?
Detective : Patience — Number one. You have to pay attention. You have to be the kind of person, if you sit in front of a door watching it for six hours, and you haven’t seen your guy.
You have to plan accordingly, and be willing to make sacrifices in order to stay out there. It’s not a job for people who want to slack off.
Interviewer : If you needed to locate someone, what’s the ideal information you need to start?
Detective : Usually, this is what I tell people, “If you want to find someone, I need the name with the exact spelling, the DOB if you know it, the social security number, and a last known, official address where they’ve lived within the past 15 years.”
Because that means they’ll be in our database.
Interviewer : Do most private investigators have a relationship with local police?
Detective : I would say that’s kind of a myth. Most cops wouldn’t even do it in the first place, because they know how serious a violation it is.
Interviewer : Do most private eyes carry guns?
Detective : I don’t think so. We don’t kill people but help them.
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