We also network with other trained professionals in a variety of disciplines to assist us, and to act as a source of references for our potential clients.

Our goal is to provide the highest level of service, and we welcome the opportunity to schedule a meeting to discuss your issues and determine if we can be of assistance.

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Civil Investigations

Even with the best pre-employment screening, such issues as harassment, hostile work environments or employee thefts may still arise. It’s a vicious circle; most companies are focused on carrying out their individual mission and simply don’t have employees with the training, skill and time to determine the validity and extent of such complaints. Yet the organization needs factual information to make informed decisions prior to taking disciplinary action or facing litigation.

These types of investigations can cause major internal stress and strife. If a supervisor or manager is assigned to handle the investigation, long-term relationships between employees and management can be permanently compromised, regardless of the ultimate decision that is reached. Much of this stress can be reduced by having impartial outside investigators handle the investigation, leaving management to review the investigation and make findings based on the facts presented. The friction between line employees and management is reduced because the outside investigators will be gone following the conclusion of the investigation.

Sintra Group specializes in bringing issues to light by providing experienced, professional investigators to interview the parties involved, seek necessary physical evidence and conduct extensive database searches to reveal the facts. Our investigators are former law enforcement officers, each with more than twenty-five years of law enforcement service in investigations, supervision and management. Together, we bring this wealth of experience to focus on a wide variety of employment issues, including internal investigations of alleged misconduct, hostile work environment and harassment complaints.

Sintra Group Partners

Steve Hendrick

Steve Hendrick has more than 25 years of law enforcement experience, including nearly ten years as both a patrol officer and detective with the Oxnard Police Department. He served as a Supervising Senior District Attorney Investigator in Ventura County, responsible for several investigative units that focused on a variety of complex cases including crimes against persons, narcotics, asset forfeiture, criminal and civil frauds, organized crime intelligence, and crimes against the government. Hendrick has provided training to law enforcement personnel and private citizens in sexual harassment, hostile work environment issues, and gambling investigations. He has a Master’s Degree in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law and has served as a mediator in a variety of court appointed cases. As a licensed private investigator,Hendrick specializes in employment law issues affecting government agencies and private companies, as well as personal injury and property settlement cases.