About Us
Who are we?
Kevin Cline is the President and Lead Investigator for Cline Investigations, LLC. He is a medically retired law enforcement officer with 15 years of education, training, and experience as a full-time sworn law enforcement officer in the state of California.
Since retiring from law enforcement in 2010, Kevin has accumulated over 14 years of private investigation education and industry experience. He has always had a passion for helping others, and when he could no longer physically do his job as a full-time law enforcement officer, he found a way through private investigations. As a PI, he continues to provide professional services by helping others with their respective investigative requests.
*A little secret: Kevin thrives on working with families and law enforcement agencies on cold homicides and cases of missing persons. He fully believes getting a "fresh set of eyes" on a cold case can almost always result in a successful resolution, thereby providing the final closure for the victims, their families, their friends, their respective communities, and the law enforcement agencies involved.
As a matter of fact, from July 2021 to July 2024, Kevin coordinated and led the cold case investigation that solved Cloverdale Police Department’s 1982 sexual assault and homicide of 13-year-old Sarah Ann Geer. Using solid investigative skills, professional resources, and the assistance of new DNA technology, Kevin and Cloverdale PD were able to arrest the suspect 42 years after Sarah's murder. As of January 2025, the suspect is still in custody and awaiting trial.
Cline Investigations, LLC is a licensed and insured private investigations company located in Northern California. CI LLC offers a wide range of professional investigative services to private individuals, government agencies, tribal organizations, corporations, and international clients. We have conducted investigations for federal, tribal, state, county, and city government agencies, as well as civilian clients. Although we are based in Mendocino County, we provide investigative services throughout California. CI LLC will soon be licensed to take on cases in other states!
Professional Investigative Services
CI LLC can provide the following professional investigative services: cold case review and investigation; civilian and corporate pre-employment background investigations; California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) approved law enforcement background investigations; crime scene and death investigation review and consultation; public safety internal affairs investigations; missing persons; skip tracing; asset location and retrieval; judgment recovery; criminal defense and civil investigations; expert court testimony; personnel investigations; evidence examination and auditing; business and investor due diligence investigations; process and notary services; residential and commercial threat and security assessment consultations; and business, family, or personal protection consultations.
Coming Soon: A security guard division to provide physical and property security, crime prevention, detection and patrol services for government and private contracts throughout the state of California.
We can provide Education, Training, Certifications, and Professional References upon request!
Rates and Fees
- Hourly rates and fixed investigative service fees vary depending on the type of investigative service requested.
- All rates/fees/investigative actions are agreed upon with the client before work begins.
- All mileage traveled during the investigation is billed at the current IRS mileage reimbursement rate.
- All out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Investigator in the performance of the investigation are billed to the client at cost.
- Some investigative services have a one-time service fee, while other investigations may require a minimum service fee plus hourly fees to complete the investigation as requested.
- Larger investigations may require an advanced fee to get the investigation scheduled.
- All investigative hours and costs will be billed against the advance fee in increments as agreed upon with the client.