Our Partners

Scott Darnell – Partner, Licensed Private Investigator

Scott Darnell attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received an Associate of Arts degree in Police Science from Madison (WI) Area Technical College. While attending school Scott worked as police/fire dispatcher while serving in the Wisconsin Air National Guard as a Security Specialist. Scott received security training from the U.S. Air Force as a Security Policeman. Scott has 16 years of experience in law enforcement in investigating all forms of offenses from agencies in Wisconsin and Florida. Scott Darnell served as a Tactical Response Team member and received specialized tactical driving and weapons training while working in Wisconsin. During this time he worked in assignments in patrol and investigations.

In Tallahassee, Scott worked as an investigator in the Burglary Unit, Sex Crimes Unit, and then the Homicide / Assault Unit. Scott Darnell has expertise in crime scene management, evidence recovery, interviews of witnesses, interrogations of suspects, use of informants, surveillance, and court procedures. During this time, Scott developed associations with area law enforcement agencies, the Medical Examiner’s Office, Child Protection Team, Refuge House, PATH, Department of Child and Families, Federal Law Enforcement, State Attorney’s Office, and the court system.

Scott Darnell has worked thousands of criminal cases and hundreds of violent crime cases dealing with murder, attempted murder, suicide, battery/aggravated battery, assault/aggravated assault, domestic violence, violation of restraining order/injunction, kidnapping , stalking, elder abuse, bomb threats, accidental deaths (worksite, drowning), fire deaths, officer involved shootings, and officer involved deaths, armed and unarmed robberies, home invasions, carjacking, sexual batteries, lewd and lascivious acts, incest, indecent exposures, voyeurism, child abuse or neglect, parental kidnapping, child pornography, obscene or harassing telephone calls, all missing persons (juvenile and adult), burglaries (commercial, residential, automobile), recovered stolen property investigations, theft, counterfeiting, and con games.

Scott Darnell has received specialized training in investigating all forms of death investigations, sexual offenses, pedophile investigations, child abuse and neglect, kinesic interviews, Reid System interview and interrogation techniques, along with other specialized training. Scott has been trained to detect and locate hidden illegal listening devices to conduct TSCM sweeps for businesses and residences.

Contact: scott.darnell@specializedinvestigationsgroup.com
FL license # C2501091

Donna Brown – Partner, Licensed Private Investigator

Donna Brown holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminology from Florida State University and retired after 26 years in law enforcement. Her career was based on honesty, integrity, quality customer service and a passion for her work. Donna held the rank of sergeant for 20 years in which high profile/high liability cases were the bulk of her workload. While working in investigations for 15 years Donna supervised over 560 death investigations, 75 of which were homicides. Her area of expertise is in managing major case investigations with an emphasis on case review, trial preparation and managing crime scenes. She has attended a multitude of specialized training courses and has a strong working knowledge of mobile data computer systems utilized by law enforcement agencies and related hardware and software.

Contact: donna.brown@specializedinvestigationsgroup.com
FL license # C2501090

Todd McCurdy – Partner, Licensed Private Investigator

Mr. McCurdy has nearly 13 years of law enforcement/investigative experience. The majority of his investigative experience was earned working in the homicide division. During this period, Mr. McCurdy investigated thousands of cases, including over 50 homicides and hundreds of deaths, officer involved shootings and missing persons. Other cases investigated include financial crimes, burglary, fraud, sex crimes, bombings, theft, and child abuse. Mr. McCurdy is also experienced in Medicaid fraud and patient abuse/neglect/exploitation cases. One of Mr. McCurdy’s specialties is investigating and solving cold homicide cases.

Mr. McCurdy has worked both short and long term cases as well as multi-agency / multi-jurisdictional cases. He has worked in unison with local, state, federal and international agencies over the years. Close working relationships with prosecuting attorneys in preparation for trial in both the state and federal level has resulted in numerous depositions and trial presentations in civil, criminal and grand jury. Mr. McCurdy has been involved in many task forces with local, state, and federal agencies including the U.S. Marshals. Mr. McCurdy was also a member of the International Homicide Investigators Association.

In addition to earning a bachelors degree in economics, Mr. McCurdy has attended numerous training courses in investigation, interviewing, as well as crime scene/forensics. All of this class room training coupled with many years of hands on experience makes Mr. McCurdy very well equipped to handle all of your investigative needs.

Contact: todd.mccurdy@specializedinvestigationsgroup.com
FL license # C2600309

Lance Harrison – Partner, Licensed Private Investigator-Intern

Mr. Lance Harrison has over 10 years of sales experience working in information technology and management consulting. During this time he has worked with both the private and public sector. Mr. Harrison has been responsible for developing business opportunities, cultivating leads and responsible for over $3 million in yearly net revenue. Mr. Harrison is responsible for the successful placement and management of over 60 professional IT consultants in over a dozen state governments and private-sector accounts. Mr. Harrison has worked closely with high-level officials in state and local government with issues from comprehensive reorganization efforts to specific information technology problems.

Accomplishments included:

  • Successfully directed both public and private proposal strategies resulting in long-term engagements of either personnel or consulting services.
  • Launched numerous marketing efforts involving the firm’s participation in various conferences and shows targeting the firm’s management and technical expertise in certain niche markets.
  • Secured a multi-year enterprise-level network migration effort for a state agency with 47 branch offices throughout the State of Florida.

Before embarking on his sales career, Mr. Harrison spent 18 years in information technology with the State of Florida.

Contact: lance.harrison@specializedinvestigationsgroup.com
FL license # CC2500758