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     John Powers is a seasoned investigator with 30 years of law enforcement experience specializing in death investigations and crime scene reconstruction. John began his career in 1985, with the U.S. Coast Guard enforcing local, state, and federal laws on the Canadian border of the Great Lakes conducting death investigations, drug smuggling interdiction, U.S. Customs and Immigration enforcement, firefighting, and search & rescue operations.

     In 1989, John returned home to Southern California, where he spent the next 26 years with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department as a patrol deputy, narcotics investigator, homicide detective, and sergeant throughout Riverside County. John has investigated thousands of criminal cases and processed hundreds of crime scenes using state-of-the-art forensic technology.

     In 2007, while working as a homicide detective, John was selected to develop and implement the department’s Cold Case Homicide Team. John spent the next four years collecting, reviewing, organizing, and investigating over 2,600 unsolved homicides dating back to 1938. John traveled all over the United States in pursuit of witnesses and suspects, following old tips and developing new leads. John solved dozens of murders that had long been forgotten and believed to be unsolvable, making numerous arrests and bringing long-overdue closure to many victims and their families. John has been awarded numerous medals and commendations for investigative excellence and was named Detective of the Year in 2010. In 2012, John was the first person in the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s history to be promoted to the highest detective rank of Master Investigator.

     After 30 years in public service, John retired in 2016, finishing his law enforcement career as a Sergeant at the Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta.  Upon retirement, John obtained his Private Investigator's License and put his tenured skills to use investigating cases for attorneys, businesses, and private citizens throughout Southern California.  John now has a network of local and nationwide investigators working with him and they bring a variety of expertise to the investigations, enabling him to quickly utilize the services of fellow investigators either across town or across the country.