Licensed by the State of California Bureau of Security & Investigative Services under the name of Hollywood P.I..
Lawrence Olmstead is an investigative veteran with 25 years of experience.

We are Los Angeles County Superior Court qualified expert witnesses in homicide cases where a body has not been found.

Certified Private & Insurance investigators since 1993. American Institute of Specialized Studies.

F.A.C.E./METT2 Advanced [Facial Expression. Awareness, Compassion, Emotion] We are Certified Experts in the field of reading facial, micro-expressions.  Being able to read facial expressions for deception is extremely  important when interviewing witnesses and suspects.  Paul Ekman Group 2009.

President and Founder of The Missing Person Center

Host of Missing Person Radio on blogtalkradio.com

Former columnist for Professional Investigator Magazine writing a column entitled “The Interactive Investigator”.  A column for the trade publication sharing ideas and information with other professional investigators and methods of using the Internet for investigative purposes.

Founder of The World Investigative Network.  A professional association for licensed private investigators worldwide. Inactive

Founder of Detectives Against Deadbeats, Inc..  A non profit organization that worked to track down delinquent parents who refused to pay court ordered child support and tried to hide from law enforcement and county investigators. Inactive

Click here for a Los Angeles Times article with details of the organization.

Licensed by the State of California Bureau of Security & Investigative Services, License #PI21333