title: Principles of Investigative Documentation: Creating a Uniform Style for Generating Reports and Packaging Information
author: Philip A. Becnel IV
description: Philip Becnel is the Managing Partner of Dinolt Becnel &amp; Wells Investigative Group LLC, a private investigative firm based in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the books "Introduction to Conducting Private Investigations" and "Principles of Investigative Documentation". He has published several articles in investigative, legal, and popular publications including Time Magazine, Westlaw Journal Employment, and The Corporate Counselor. Philip has served as President of the Private Investigators Association of Virginia, and has taught undergraduate courses in criminal procedure, white collar crime, and criminal investigation.
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  **How and When**
  
   **May Be Entered**
  
  _**An Anthology of Our Materials**_ ****
  
  **Table of Contents**
  
   **NOTE: Page numbers correspond to the hard copy of our book**
  
   **Copyright................................................ii**
  
   **Do's Intro: Our Purpose -- The Simple Bottom Line.......iii**
  
   **Overview of Present Mission (a student paper).............v**
  
  _**Section 1:**_
  
   **Exit Statements** _ **1995-1996**_
  
   **Pertinent Background Information**........................1-1
  
   **Undercover "Jesus" Surfaces Before Departure** (Statement, Posted on
  Internet/WWW) - September 25, 1995........1-2
  
   **'95 Statement by an E.T. Presently Incarnate** (Statement,
  
  Posted on Internet/WWW) - October 11, 1995..........1-4
  
  _**Section 2:**_
  
   **Early Classroom Materials** _ **1975-1988**_
  
   **Pertinent Background Information**........................2-1
  
   **First Statement of Ti and Do** (Statement) - April 1975...2-2
  
   **UFO's - Why They Are Here; Who They Have