The Angry PI

In Episode 3 of The Angry PI, private investigator Alex Chilton goes after one of the biggest problems destroying the investigations industry: lazy investigators, fake “skip tracing,” and people relying on database reports instead of actual investigative work.What starts as a breakdown of why “skip tracing” is mostly bullshit quickly turns into a full industry-wide callout about investigators charging clients ridiculous fees for cheap database pulls, attorneys blindly trusting TLO reports, process servers pretending to be investigators, and companies refusing to learn real tradecraft.Alex explains:• The difference between skip tracing and real person locate investigations • Why database services are tools, not magic answers • How investigators waste client money running bad addresses • Why so many investigators don’t understand business or billing • The real reason surveillance and investigative quality keeps collapsing • Why attorneys and paralegals trust database reports too much • How actual investigators tie together multiple intelligence sources • Why PI work is not a side hustle for people chasing easy money • What separates real tradecraft from “run report and hope” investigationsThis isn’t a polished corporate business podcast. It’s an industry veteran dragging the private investigation world back into reality one episdoe at a time.If you’re a PI, process server, attorney, paralegal, or just curious how investigations really work behind the scenes, this podcast is for you.Visit CGA Solutions to learn more about Alex Chilton, investigative services, legal intelligence, and the work behind The Angry PI Podcast.Follow The Angry PI Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

In Episode 2 of The Angry PI, private investigator Alex Chilton unloads on one of the biggest problems in the private investigation industry: out-of-state firms taking cases they’re not licensed to handle and dumping the work onto local investigators for garbage rates.What starts with a real story involving an Arizona PI firm trying to manage a Georgia child custody investigation quickly turns into a full breakdown of unethical investigation practices, fake “national” agencies, cheap surveillance work, insurance vendors, process serving companies, and investigators who have no business being in the profession.Alex explains:Why PI licensing laws matterHow unethical investigators undercut the entire industryWhy surveillance rates have collapsedThe truth about subcontracting investigationsHow process servers are getting screwed by national companiesWhy cheap investigators usually produce garbage workWhat separates ethical investigators from middlemen pretending to be agenciesThe episode also dives into surveillance horror stories, fake time shots, terrible investigative reports, and why some investigators are eventually going to get reported to state licensing boards.This isn’t a motivational business podcast. It’s an industry veteran calling out the bullshit that’s poisoning private investigations in America.If you’re a PI, process server, attorney, or just curious how the investigations world actually works behind the scenes, this podcast is for you. Visit CGA Solutions to learn more about Alex Chilton, investigative services, legal intelligence, and the work behind the Angry PI Podcast.Follow the Angry PI Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart or wherever you listen to podcasts.

After more than two decades in private investigations, Alex Chilton launches the Angry PI Podcast with a direct, no-BS breakdown of the problems plaguing the private investigation and process serving industries.This isn’t a Dateline-style true crime show. It’s an unfiltered look at the business failures, fake “national firms,” lazy investigative work, pricing disasters, legal misunderstandings, and overall “fuckery” happening behind the scenes of the PI world.Alex explains how inexperienced investigators, poor business practices, white-labeled reports, unethical shortcuts, and underpriced services continue hurting both professionals and clients across the industry. He also discusses why business acumen matters just as much as investigative skill, and why some firms have no business taking certain cases in the first place.The Angry PI Podcast is designed to call out the issues most people in the industry only complain about privately and force difficult conversations into the open.IN THIS EPISODEWhy Alex started the Angry PI PodcastThe biggest problems inside the PI industryFake “national” private investigation firmsWhy underpricing destroys process serving businessesThe difference between revenue and actual profitabilityBad investigators taking cases they shouldn’t touchWhite-labeled background reports and lazy investigative workWhy many investigators lack business experienceSkip tracing vs real person locate investigationsLegal risks investigators ignore every dayProblems with process server training and certificationEthics complaints and investigative failuresWhy the industry struggles to police itselfVisit CGA Solutions to learn more about Alex Chilton, investigative services, legal intelligence, and the work behind the Angry PI Podcast.Follow the Angry PI Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you listen to podcasts.