Founders
Seasoned and extremely knowledgeable security and investigations experts, Scot Filer and Fred Pinnock, combined their shared vision and 60 years of experience in law enforcement in 2008 to form Lions Gate Investigations Group (LGIG). Their combined expertise and track record in handling hundreds of criminal cases, including complex, multi-jurisdictional cases involving agencies at the local, provincial, national and international level, provides solutions to corporate and individual clients which were rarely, if ever, available publicly before.
Scot Filer - Managing Partner
Mr. Filer graduated from the Law and Security Administration Program at Niagara College in Welland, Ontario in 1977. He moved on to a thirty year career in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Mr. Filer spent twenty-six of his thirty years in the area of Major Crime Investigations in British Columbia, the last eleven in the highly specialized area of Behavioural Sciences. Scot concluded his policing career at the rank of Staff Sergeant in charge of operations and investigations for the Behavioural Sciences Group.
Mr. Filer is a very experienced major crime investigator and has led several major investigations and multi-jurisdictional projects. Mr. Filer has received law enforcement certifications in the areas of geographic profiling, threat evaluation and management, tactical human tracking, surveillance and executive protection. He has provided law enforcement services to agencies across Canada, as well in the United States, England, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Belize and South Africa.
He possesses an extensive track record of expertise with more than 1700 criminal cases, including complex, multi-jurisdictional cases involving agencies at the local, provincial, national and international level.Multi-certified in best practice pre-emptive and investigative techniques, Scot is one of the foremost experts globally in the use of geographic profiling methodologies to analyze crime patterns and offender hunting behaviours. Scot has experience building collaborative partnerships and working relationships between the law enforcement community, private sector companies and the academic community. He is an insightful analyst and strategist whose advice has been sought by law enforcement agencies and private sector clients around the world.
Scot's policing experience is diverse and includes, residential and commercial burglaries, arsons, auto thefts, criminal intelligence, gang related crimes, sex crimes, robberies, homicides, executive protection, interviewing and interrogation, statement analysis, crime linkage analysis, threat evaluation and management and tactical human tracking.
Fred Pinnock - Managing Partner
Fred Pinnock graduated with a B.A. in Criminology from Carleton University in 1977. Fred truly enjoyed a high profile and decorated 29 year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, all of which was spent in British Columbia. As a recognized authority on all methods of high risk investigation, he has led many celebrated, multi-jurisdictional cases dealing with homicide, institutional corruption and organized crime. Known as an innovator, Fred has commanded several investigative units which have developed "cutting edge" techniques in evidence gathering which have been applied not only across Canada, but internationally.
As one of Canada's most experienced undercover agents, Fred utilizes this tradecraft with regularity in directing and managing investigations on behalf of Lions Gate Investigations Group. He oversees the largest inventory of operatives within the field of private investigation in Canada. Fred’s reputation as a creative problem solver has resulted in numerous successes in dealing with business risk. The investigative complexities encountered within the private sector are minimal when compared to the criminal environment of organized crime, ensuring a strong likelihood of resolution in favour of LGIG’s clients.
Having been qualified as an expert witness in organized crime prosecutions on over 200 occasions, Fred is uniquely equipped to train and educate witnesses in the delivery of precise, truthful evidence in preparation for cross examination in both civil and criminal proceedings.