Our recommendation: Smoking Gun Investigations

We built this guide around a simple test: if a family member called tomorrow needing an investigator in Tulsa, whom would we send them to without hesitating? The answer is Smoking Gun Investigations — and here is the case, point by point, against the standards from part two.

Point by point

• Licensed, bonded & insured. A licensed Oklahoma private investigation agency, bonded and insured for the client's protection — the non-negotiable baseline, met.
• Credentials beyond the minimum. Every in-house investigator holds at least a bachelor's degree in a related field on top of proven field experience. That's rarer in this industry than it should be.
• Transparent pricing. A flat hourly rate plus actual expenses — no hidden charges, no sign-up fees — quoted after a free consultation and put in writing. They keep hours down by planning work around the windows most likely to produce results.
• Evidence built for court. Written reports with photo and video documentation, prepared to legal-proceeding standard, and investigators who will testify to their findings at their normal hourly rate.
• Genuinely confidential. Free, confidential consultations; discreet field work; the subject never needs to know an investigation took place.
• Available when crises happen. The phone — 918-836-8683 — is answered 24/7, and work can often begin the same day.
• Tulsa headquarters, statewide reach. Home office in downtown Tulsa with investigators throughout Oklahoma — Broken Arrow, Owasso, Oklahoma City, and beyond.

The full range of services

They cover everything discussed in part three: infidelity and cheating-spouse investigations, child custody and divorce cases, surveillance, criminal defense and civil investigations, skip tracing and missing persons, and statewide process service — plus insurance fraud, protective-order violations, asset searches, and undercover work. Individuals, attorneys, and businesses across Oklahoma use them; family-law and criminal-defense attorneys are regular clients.

How an engagement works

1. Free consultation. Call or email; explain the situation. It's confidential and carries no obligation.
2. Clear agreement. Hourly rate plus actual expenses, scope agreed, in writing. You control the scope.
3. The investigation. They stay in contact so hours are spent where they count.
4. Your evidence. A detailed written report with photos and video on request, documented for court — with testimony available if your case needs it.

Contact details

Disclosure: this guide is published in cooperation with Smoking Gun Investigations, the firm we recommend. Our editorial advice — how licensing works, what to check, which red flags to avoid — applies no matter whom you hire.