HISS

Providing Salt Lake City with cutting edge PI work and security solutions

Paladin LC, DBA Hargraves Investigative & Security Solutions (HISS) was founded in 1997. Initially, the Agency’s primary focus was to locate, recover and transport runaways and lost or abducted children. Over the next decade, hundreds of locations and transports were successfully completed all over the U.S.

Today, we have expanded into a licensed, bonded and insured Investigative/Security Agency in the State of Utah meeting the minimum requirement of 10,000 verifiable investigative hours. We specialize in several fields of investigation, such as White Collar Crime, Surveillance, Business Investigation Audits, Child Custody, Fraud, Crime Scene Forensics, Digital Forensics, Pre-Employment Investigations as well as skip tracing and transports. It is our mission to find and create new inventive ways to gather the information our clients need.

Further, we provide Security Risk Assessments and high level Security/Protection services to our clients. This faction of the company is unique in that our agents are all current of former SWAT/Special Forces Operators. The agency is also committed to knowing the latest in digital technology and creating innovative ways to enhance our clients personal and corporate security.

The Agency is committed to serving clients in a confidential, timely and professional manner. As a licensed Investigative/Security Agency, HISS strives to set the industry leading standards our clients expect.

We provide Litigators, Insurance companies, Corporations and the general public with a suite of professional Investigative & Security options that are necessary, but not readily available in this market. Our objective is to provide our clients with the finest investigative/Security work product in the business.

Management Team

Michael Hargraves, LPI, Security Advisor, Security Operator, Managing Partner

Michael Provides exceptional operation management, instruction and consultation in various specialty skills related to Investigations, business, team building and private/dignitary security related functions. He has an established track record in achieving competency and proficiency in skilled positions while simultaneously maintaining the highest level of client satisfaction.

• Over 12 years of investigative experience in State and local Government.
• Over 11 years of investigative experience in the private sector.
• Twelve years experience in instructing and training Law Enforcement personnel.
• Approximately twelve years experience as a member of State and County SWAT teams.
• Approximately twelve years experience as an instructor/trainer in firearms and SWAT Tactics.
• Over 20 years experience as a business owner/operator.
• 13 years experience as a professional speaker.
• 8 years experience in high risk transportation of Dignitaries, Political Figures and State/Federal Inmates.
• Police Officer Standards and Training Category I,II.
• Advanced Corrections Certified
• California 33rd Basic Special Emergency Response Team Academy
• Correctional SWAT Academy
• Utah County SWAT Academy
• Defense Technology OC Aerosol Projectors Instructor
• Range Master Instructor
• ACT Instructor
• PPCT Defensive Tactics Instructor
• PPCT Spontaneous Knife Defense Instructor
• Instructor Development, Train the Trainer Certified
• Specialty Impact Munitions Instructor
• Federal Lab Tactical Chemical Weapons Instructor
• Glock Armorer
• Cannabis Detection and Eradication Certified
• HIDTA Canine Interdictions Certification
• Police Service Dog Handler P.O.S.T. Certification
• Clandestine Drug Lab First Responder Certified
• Passenger Train Emergency Response Certification
• P.O.S.T. Field Training Officer Certification
• First Line Supervisor Course
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner Course
• Incident Reporting System Certification

Jason Nicholes, Security Advisor, Security Operator, LPI

Jennifer Montero, Certified Crime Scene Investigator, BSE, LPI

Jennifer provides vast knowledge and experience in the use of forensic science, which is today’s standard of criminal investigations. She has an established track record while working for the Department of Defense and other Federal and Local jurisdictions. Jennifer has over 12 years experience in general criminal investigations: burglary, identity theft, domestic violence etc.

EDUCATION:

University of Florida; Death Investigation Certificate, Forensic Science M.S. Program. University of Utah; Bachelor of Science, College of Health Sciences.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified Latent Print Examiner; International Association for Identification.

Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst; International Association for Identification.

*Obtained all three levels of Crime Scene Certification through the largest international forensic organization.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Forensic Scientist; Investigations Division- Salt Lake City Police Department and West Valley City Police Department.

Criminal Investigations- Lead Instructor -NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission, Afghanistan Criminal Techniques Academy and Laboratory.

Certified Latent Print Examiner– Department of Defense/U.S. Army Biometric Identity Management Agency (BIMA).

Deputy Director -Biometric Laboratory – Task Force TROY-Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell (CEXC), Baghdad, Iraq.

COURTROOM EXPERIENCE:

Testified in approximately 90 court cases for the following entities:
    -State of Utah; Criminal Investigations; Salt Lake City, Utah.

-United States Law and Order Task Force; Counter-terrorism; Iraqi Judicial Courts; Baghdad, Iraq.

-Judicial Center in Parwan; Counter-terrorism, Criminal Investigations; Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• International Association for Identification (IAI).
• International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA).
• International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA).

SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Biometric Laboratory Supervisor.
• Authored and signed approximately 200 warrant support packets related to evidence developed in improvised explosive device (IED) investigations.
• Mentor/Instructor for the Criminal Investigations Unit; Afghan National Police.
• 14 years experience in high profile investigations: homicide, suicide, robbery, missing persons, sexual assault etc.
• Death Investigation, Forensic Pathology, Anatomy, Emergency Medicine.
• Crime Scene Management.
• Crime Scene Documentation and Reconstruction.
• Science of Fingerprints and Complex Latent Print Examinations.
• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis.
• Physical and Chemical Processing of impression evidence, blood evidence

Tyler Gubler, A/V Security Specialist, Master Technician

Justin Earl, Digital Systems Operator, Digital Forensic Analyst

Accomplished network security professional with 20 years in the computer and network security industry. Extensive experience with online security packages and tools for both penetration testing and defense against online security attacks. Knowledge of aspects of security from DDOS denial of service attacks to targeted service and Wi-Fi attacks. Experienced in training others to defend themselves and their organizations against various security attacks.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

– Bachelor Degree in Business Information Systems – Southern Utah University – CCNA – Certified Cisco Network Associate
– CCNP – Certified Cisco Network Professional
– CNA– Certified Novel Administrator

– CNE – Certified Novel Engineer
– Cisco VoIP Trained
– Cisco Firewall Professional
– Server Hacking and Hardening Training
– Wireless Hacking and Hardening Training

EXPERIENCE:

– Competed and was on a ranked hacking team at Def Con for 3 years
– Senior Security Engineer for Internet Service Provider.
– Consult with companies on best security policies, and procedures.
– Organize and conduct physical security review and social engineering tests on organizations. – Perform Infrastructure and application penetration tests on clients with over 500 million in assets.

– Plan and perform assessments and penetration tests across public and private networks. – Develop and instruct security awareness training for Information Technology staff and Executive Management teams.
– Lead technician in tracking wire fraud across international boundaries.

– Detail improvements for organizational security enhancements.
– Developed processes and implementation tools and techniques to perform ongoing security assessments.