Caulfield Investigations

About Us

Max Caulfield and Christine Garcia-Caulfield are partners in
business and in life.

Max, originally from Chicago, IL began his career as a
Police K-9 Instructor and began working part-time as a
private investigator for a friend who had just retired from
the Police Dept. and opened a detective agency. Max then
became involved with Federal Law Enforcement which he
stayed with for about two years, he then began over two
years of intensive formal training with some of our nations
top instructors in Executive Protection and investigations,
covering counter-terrorism, shooting skills, emergency
driving, interview & interrogation, defensive tactics,
street-survival, first respondent medicine, surveillance and
counter-surveillance. He then went to work as private
investigator & protection specialist full-time. Max then
relocated to Seattle, WA.

Christine,originally from Los Angeles, CA began her career
in corporate security, working for Tower Records Inc. Doing
internal theft investigations and supervising retail loss
prevention. After un-covering staggering losses, a quarter
of a million dollars U.S. within a six month period, she was
promoted to an executive position and became West Coast
Security Manager for Tower Records. She then relocated to
Seattle, WA.

Christine then hired the private investigation firm Max was
with in Seattle, to handle loss prevention. After realizing
that they had much in common, Max convinced Christine to
become a private investigator. She went to work for Max's
employer and worked as an unpaid intern for over a year,
while taking extensive training courses and maintained a
full time schedule. Max and Christine have been working
together ever since. In 1991 they began Caulfield
Investigations with funding coming from their first venture,
which was called "Turtle Town Paintball Park". As they both
spent every weekend playing paintball at the competitive
team level, it made sense.
Training has always been a priority for both. They were
introduced to the game of paintball by their boss, who used
paintball guns to practice live fire drills for protection
details. Their paintball field was featured in the national
magazines at the time (see PaintCheck Mar 91) and became
quite popular.
After they began Caulfield Investigations, they were forced
to close the field due to the full-time challenges of the P.I.
business.

Training remains a big part of Caulfield Investigations today
and they devote many hours a month to it. They both spend
a great deal of time studying skills to manage
inter-personal violence. They have worked as private
investigators all over the nation with a great deal of time
spent working in Washington, Hawaii and Nevada, as well
as Michigan, California and Oregon. In 1994 they relocated
to South Florida, where they currently reside. Their mutual
hobbies include; Working Dogs (Schutzhund), Competitive
Shooting, Paintball and NHL Hockey.

Max and Christine have been featured in Books, Magazine,
and Weekly Newspaper Cover stories. They have been
interviewed on radio talk shows and television programs.
They were the subjects of an hour long program on Court
TV with "Catherine Crier" called Crime Stories. They were
the Subject of a Cover Feature story in the NewTimes and
were Major Characters in the Book "Once upon a time in
Hollywood". Max was featured in the 2002 Bantam book
"WITSEC Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program"***
(by Washington Post reporter Pete Earley & Gerald Shur
founder of witsec). They have appeared in the Washington
Post Magazine, The Washington Times Insight Magazine
and on ABC news and NBC news. They have provided
technical assistance to "The F.B.I. files" on the Discovery
channel. They also provided technical expertise to the
producers of the HBO film "Witness Protection". As well as
"Americas Most Wanted", "Unsolved Mysteries", "Inside
Edition" and "Hard Copy".

They have been contracted by media organizations to take
news photographs, that were deemed "to dangerous" for
staff photographers.

Due to the nature of their work, Max and Christine have on
occasion inadvertently uncovered criminal activity.
Sometimes the seriousness of this activity could not be
overlooked. They have worked in an under-cover /
confidential informant capacity for the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, United States Secret Service, U.S. State
Department O.I.G. (Office of the Inspector General) as well
as numerous County and Municipal Police Agencies.

Max and Christine are both active in their community
donating time and resources to battered women and
victims of stalkers.

Max and Christine maintain a strong and on-going working
relationship with law enforcement, at the federal and local
level. Several law enforcement official's have commented
that they have "raised the bar" in private investigation
standards. This cooperation with law enforcement has
given them an extensive network of contacts thru-out the
law enforcement community.

When asked what the favorite thing anyone has ever said
about them the response was:
Christine states: "We were doing a protection detail for a
night club and casino owner in Las Vegas, Max at the
bottom of a staircase and me at the top, the principal was
walking around the club and stopped to meet and talk with
us, when he only noticed Max, he inquired to his assistant,
" I thought there was two of them"? The assistant looked
up at me and then back down at Max and said to his boss;
"No, there's only one of them,.it's just that one of them is up
there, and one of them is down here."



This is a small sample of what Clients, Colleagues, Peers
and other Professionals have said about Max and Christine
Caulfield...


"I've known Mr. Caulfield for over 15 years and he is a
highly motivated and responsible individual. As a Special
Agent to the FBI for the last 20 years, I am most
appreciative of knowing an individual like Mr. Caulfield who
is both enthusiastic and dedicated in all of his assignments.

Supervisory Special Agent Ivan G. Harris
Organized Crime Strike Force
F.B.I. Chicago (letter dated 01/21/97)

"Caulfield is the genuine article"
"He's a hero and a menace, a protector and a predator, a
valuable friend and a very frightening enemy"

By reporter Bob Norman from his 08/06/98 feature cover
story about Max in The NewTimes "Stepping From The
Shadows"*

"Together the couple would work many sensational cases,
from getting proof-in the form of some X-rated surveillance
tape-of men cheating on their wives, to finding missing
children, to protecting women from stalkers"

By author and film director Rod Lurie, from his 1995 book
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"**

"I have personally known Max and Christine Caulfield for
several years and have had the distinct pleasure of
working with them on a professional level. I have found
them to be extremely professional in their approach to
investigative work. Their integrity and honesty is beyond
reproach"

Edward J. Peterson, Detective
Bay Harbor Islands Police Dept.(letter dated 12/16/96)

"Mr. Caulfield is extremely knowledgeable in the field of
private investigation. He proved to be beneficial to our
firm, and is a reliable and trustworthy professional. This
firm would highly recommend Mr. Caulfield to any company
that would be in need of his services.

Charles Fox Miller
Miller, Schwartz & Miller, P.A. Attorneys At Law (letter dated
03/14/97)

"My daughter, has informed me about the amazing
smoothness with which you managed the whole, difficult
business of getting my great-granddaughter back to her
mother in California. I am so glad that there was no kicking
and screaming and that you handled it so well that she
didn't even try to cut and run. My daughter and I are
sharing the expenses and we both feel that it was worth
every penny, and then some. Thank you very much"!

Katherine A. Townsend
Bellingham, WA (letter from client dated 05/07/91)


"Thank you for the very fine job that you did for us last year.
We would never have been able to recover our money
without the information provided by you and your other
investigators.
I must also say that when it comes to ingenuity you people
must have written the book on the subject! You really were
able to think fast and adjust midstream to get the necessary
info, and all of the while talking face to face with the people
I hired you to find out about. Incredible! Thank you for your
professional help in our regard.

Rex Bennett
Bellevue, WA (Client letter dated 03/27/91)

Christine in the NewTimes

Max in the NewTimes

After installing a hidden video surveillance
system in the clients residence, neglect of the
clients toddler was discovered. Because we
monitored the event in "real time" this
incident was stopped before it reached a
criminal level. After being interviewed, the
client dismissed this live in nanny. Not able to
resist Max captured this moment from the
surveillance vehicle as Christine "ejects"
the subject from the residence, suitcase and
teddy bear in hand. (01/09/92 Seattle, WA)

Christine leaving a Police station in Palm
Beach County, Florida during the course of
a routine missing person investigation in the
summer of 1996.

In the above two photos, taken in Indiana. Max
can be seen
conducting an interview of the former boyfriend
of a subject who was wanted by Florida law
enforcement officials (not to mention her
bondsman) for flight from multiple narcotics
violations. This investigation began in Broward
County, FL
and ultimately took us to Chicago, Illinois,
then to Northwest Indiana. While in Chicago,
to question another boyfriend of the subject,
we learned that she was also being sought by
Chicago Police for alleged domestic violence
and aggravated assault. We were able to locate
this subject a short time later after receiving
assistance from the FBI. The subject told us
that she had information that the FBI would
be interested in. The information was false.
The LaPorte County, Indiana Sheriff's office
assisted us in taking the subject into custody
without incident. She was then extradited back
to Broward, County, FL to serve her time.   

The subject in the above referenced case was
not a rocket scientist. Her boyfriend in
Chicago was a respected local attorney, who
was taken in by her "hard luck" story.
Fortunately for her he had a "heart of gold"...
Unfortunately for her, his best friend was a
Illinois State Prosecutor. The prosecutor was
able to corroborate everything the attorney-
boyfriend told us. At which time we contacted
FBI Chicago to request their assistance. The
story the subject told us and the Bureau, was
about alleged official corruption and other
violations of law that fall under Federal
jurisdiction. All of these allegations were false.
It was an attempt by the subject to avoid her
imminent extradition to Florida. The above two
photos were taken in Chicago, after our
meeting with the prosecutor. We remain
friends with the attorney to this day and he
visits us in Florida.    

Above two photos were taken outside of the
LaPorte County Jail in Indiana. After dropping
off the subject to await her extradition to
Florida, in the above referenced case. If we
look tired it's because we are. When these
photos were taken we were on our 37th hour
without sleep. This can be a strange job.

Christine has an odd sense of humor. She can
be seen in the above photo exercising it, as we
kill time waiting for the paperwork to be
completed at the jail.

"Max did an excellent job during the program, scoring very
high in every task he was asked to complete. This
demonstrates a high driving skill level. He also showed a
real concern for the security portion of the course, always
giving 110%. I feel Max is well-suited for his present
position. Total score 94.75%

Anthony J. Scotti
Scotti School of Defensive Driving Executive Protection
Program  08/22/88  Medford, MA (From the instructors
comments on Student Evaluation Certificate)


"Max is a great student and fast learner, it's a pleasure to
have him in my class"

Massad F. Ayoob
Lethal Force Institute
Concord, NH (Inscription in Max's book upon completion of
course 1988)
Nationally recognized expert in the judicious use of deadly
force and author of the best seller "In the Gravest
Extreme".


"We hired them to work as a team for us on an assignment
that required extensive surveillance and under-cover
work. They performed with a high degree of
professionalism. They were discreet and completed the job
to our satisfaction. We would recommend them as honest,
hard-working private investigators to any prospective
clients they might have. They are professionals who work
with the latest technology to perform the functions of their
work. We appreciated their integrity and their willingness
to take and suggest some substantial risks to complete
their assignment for us.

Merv Stithem, Executive Vice President
SIMIC New Renaissance Galleries Inc.
Carmel / Beverly Hills
La Jolla / San Francisco
(letter from client dated 06/01/93)


"I have known Mr. Caulfield for approximately 3 years. I
have worked with Mr. Caulfield and found him to be very
thorough and professional in his approach to
investigations. As a Special Agent to the F.B.I, I believe Mr.
Caulfield would be an asset to the U.S. ***** *** ".(agency
name withheld for security reasons)

Special Agent Paul J. Russell
F.B.I. Miami Fugitive Task Force (letter dated 04/09/02)


" I have known Mr. Caulfield for approximately five years.
He is a well-trained and intuitive private investigator who
has completed numerous formal training courses tailored
to law enforcement service. I have had the pleasure of
working with Mr. Caulfield on a professional level and
found his verbal communication and report writing skills to
be exemplary. As a federal law enforcement officer, I would
be very pleased to speak further on Mr. Caulfield's
qualifications". I can be contacted at (305)***-****

David R. Grazer
*** Miami (letter dated 04/05/02)(For security reasons
agency name and number withheld, but will be provided
upon request by qualified individuals)


"I have extensive experience dealing with criminal law
issues, being a former prosecutor, a former agent with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and currently an attorney
in private practice. I have utilized Mr. Caulfield in various
investigative matters. I have found him to be thorough and
insightful in interviewing various witnesses in criminal
cases, interviewing suspects accused of criminal actions,
and obtaining information in various investigations. I
believe Mr. Caulfield would be a great asset to any
organization that utilizes his talents and skills".

Steve Rossi Esq.
Board Certified Criminal Trial Law
Law Office of Braverman & Rossi
www.bravermanrossi.com
(letter dated 02/02/02)


The defendant was found guilty of Arson 1st degree,
Aggravated Stalking, Residential Burglary. "Thanks again
for your help. Your testimony was invaluable".

Jim Marner
Assistant State Attorney
King County Prosecutor's Office (letter dated 12/04/92)


"To Uncle Max & Friends, Thank you for giving me back to
my Mommy"!

Diana Weber & Shirley DeFreez (Inscription on photo of
Kimberly Weber, age 3. 06/07/89) Victim of Non-custodial
parental abduction. (Recovered with much assistance from
Detective Dave Barnard, King County, WA Police
Department)


"I have known Max Caulfield for approximately 4 years,
during this time I have come to know Max and his family. I
consider him not only a friend, but an asset to our
community.
Max recently volunteered his time to assist me, as I am the
victim of a stalker. Max has not only offered me personal
protection, he has also been emotionally supportive. Max
has helped others less fortunate in our community as well.
Responsible, honest, trustworthy and reliable are just a
few adjectives to describe him.

Shari, M.****
Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Client letter dated 11/13/96 Last name withheld)






"In April of 1996, a man began aggressively stalking his
estranged wife. She looked to the courts for protection and
obtained an injunction for protection against domestic
violence. This failed to shield her, so the police launched
an investigation which led to the issuance of a warrant for
the husband's arrest and the charges of aggravated
stalking. By now, the crimes committed had crossed
several jurisdictional lines, making the investigation more
complex.

Mr. Caulfield became the link which connected the
respective law enforcement agencies. He surveilled the
victim, provided her with personal protection and moved
her to a safe-house once he learned that the stalker had
once again managed to uncover her place of residence.
Mr. Caulfield then notified the City of Fort Lauderdale
Police Department's domestic "Threat Abatement Group",
and the individual was taken into custody without incident.

Mr. Caulfield's commitment and professionalism had a
significant impact in resolving this matter, and I thank him
for his assistance in bringing successful closure to this
investigation".

Larry L. Massey Jr.
Sergeant, Criminal Investigations Division
City of Plantation Police Dept.(letter dated 11/22/96)


ALL MATERIAL REFERENCED ABOVE IS ON FILE AND
AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.

Washington Post Magazine
"Meet Joe Dogs and other beneficiaries of the federal
witness protection program". By Pete Earley is available at:
www.washingtonpost.com


Washington Times Insight Magazine "Breaking Omert`a" by
Timothy W. Maier is available at:www.insightmag.com


* "Stepping From The Shadows" by Bob Norman is available
at www.newtimesbpb.com

** "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" by Rod Lurie is
available at www.amazon.com


2002 Bantam book "WITSEC Inside the Federal Witness
Protection Program" by Pete Early & Gerald Shur is
available at:www.amazon.com


****Shari, M. No longer goes by this name and no longer
lives in Florida.

We never get to park here! Christine is standing
next to our truck, parked in the
"Police Only" space outside the LaPorte, Co.
Sheriff's office. The unmarked suburban in
front of us belongs to the Sheriff. Christine
looks at me in amazement after she finds it
has not been towed away. (We were told to park
there.)

Since I am from Chicago, we took some time
to visit relatives and old friends. During the
above referenced case we were at the
courthouse interviewing the State Prosecutor.
My Mother "Rose" also works at the
Courthouse in Chicago. She is an assistant to a
Judge, or in legal speak a JA. The above photo
is of Max visiting Mom at work.  

A true friend of more than 20 years. And a very
big guy. Supervisory Special Agent Ivan G.
Harris (Identity Protected) of the Organized
Crime Strike Force at FBI Chicago. Ivan is
6'7" tall, my advise to "Bad Guys"... When he
yells "FBI Freeze", DO IT!  

All these two need is a couple of
pitch forks,
and you would have a Norman
Rockwell, or is that Green Acres?

Mom and "The G-MAN"

Ivan showing us around the new Strike Force
offices. Christine can be seen holding her
"Fancy new FBI Chicago cap" and marveling at
the x-ray machine used to screen incoming
mail and packages.

Some women want a new oven.
This one wants
a"Caulfield Investigations X-RAY
machine".

Christine on my Mothers balcony at her
apartment in the Chicago "Loop" (or
downtown). To those of you familiar to Chicago,
you will notice one of the twin towers of Marina
City on the right. Christine is wearing one of
her favorite T-shirts. It was a gift from the
former Sheriff of Broward County. Sheriff
Nick Navarro (Ret.). Nick is a friend and
probably the best Sheriff Broward County ever
had. And if it were not for him the T.V. show
COPS would never have happened. The shirt
says COPS Fort Lauderdale and was worn by
members of the film crew when they filmed the
first episodes of the show in Broward County
and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, many years ago.

These two photos are of
Christine working
a stalker case in Honolulu,
Hawaii. She is posing as a
local model. Our client was a
modeling agency in Honolulu.
Several models reported that
one of the photographers
could not take NO for an
answer. Needless to say, he
no longer takes pictures of
attractive women
for a living. But I understand
that the prison
system in the state of Hawaii,
has a very good
vocational training program!

In the above three photos Max & Christine can
be seen on the set of a television commercial.
We were asked to do this as a public service
announcement. You see, it seems that lawfully
armed citizens in our state, who are forced to
use a firearm in self-defense or in the defense
of others, don't know how to behave in the
immediate aftermath of a justifiable critical
incident. They have a tendency to still have a
weapon in their hand when responding police
arrive. And in some cases, turn toward the
officer with gun still in hand. Pointing a
weapon at a law enforcement officer even
inadvertently, can be tragic for the citizen and
heartbreaking for the officer. SO Don't Do it.
I don't know why we were asked to participate.
But after hearing about the problem we were
happy to oblige. Since a friend of ours produced
the spot for T.V., my suspicion is "he
just wanted to see me get shot by the police!"     
 

These two photos are from
a trip to California
to work on the Robert M.
Suggs homicide case,
chronicled in the book
"Once upon a time in
Hollywood". Since
Christine is from L.A.We
brought my son and
daughter along to visit with
relatives. At left is
Christine impressing my
son with the star on
"Hollywood's walk of
Fame" belonging to
Mickey Mouse. At right is
Max impressing the
California Highway Patrol
(CHP) with how fast his
brand new GMC Typhoon
is. Christine can be seen
"glaring" at Max as he
snapped this photo.

On a more personal note; every
once in a while we do get to have a
little fun. In 1995 we were fortunate
to attend the Super Bowl in Miami.
San Francisco Forty Niners vs. San
Diego Chargers (the tickets coming
from a grateful client). The two
photos on the left are of Christine
just before kick-off.
The two photos above right are at
the office depot stadium in Sunrise,
Florida. Our one true passion is
HOCKEY! Our Canadian friends
refer to us as
"rabid hockey fans". We are
fortunate to have very good seats
and try to go as often as we can.

Since I am speaking of the Suggs investigation,
and the book "Once upon a time in
Hollywood"
it's a good time to show the photo on the right.
In the book, the author mentions that
Christine "posed in skimpy bikini's, with
machine guns in mercenary magazines". Not
true, as you can see (photo on right is the
actual photo in question) the ad is for a gun
dealer (a friend) from a main stream video
magazine. The guns are semi-auto, civilian
issue and the clothing is clearly not a "skimpy
bikini". Since this always bothered Christine,
I thought I would clear it up here. After all this
is our website, right?  

Below are just a few of the more then 500
photos of then President Bill Clinton and
First Lady Hillary Clinton (now Senator
Clinton) we shot in Hawaii. The photos were
taken over a three day period, in and around
Honolulu, Hawaii. The Clinton's visited
Hawaii in July of 1993. The first photo below
is of Christine and Official White House
Photographer Sharon Farmer. These images
have never been published and are being
shown for the first time on our website. All of
the images on this page of President Clinton
and Hillary Clinton are the sole property of
Max & Christine Caulfield and MAY NOT be
copied, or reproduced without the express
written permission of Max & Christine
Caulfield.

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