JOIN PINKERTON'S

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Pinkerton's Inc. has hired two individuals in the Southeast Missouri area to enlarge its operations. Jeff Slinkard of Advance and James Williamson Jr. of Cape Girardeau have joined the investigative and security agency.

Both will be working with the St. Louis district office and will be opening a local office in the future. The operation will be expanded with the addition of uniformed security guards, Slinkard indicated.

The two will cover Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and Northeast Arkansas.

He said some work will be done under a contract with the Missouri Department of Economic Development's Division of Professional Registration. They will investigate complaints for the various state boards of certification and make reports to the division, he added.

Slinkard has three years' experience as an investigator and is a 1989 graduate of the Southeast Missouri State University Law Enforcement Academy.

Williamson was formerly with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Pinkerton's, based in Van Nuys, Calif., provides a variety of services. It furnishes security service, electronic device countermeasures, retail testing, insurance claim investigation, personal protection, special investigations, and surveillance.