About Us - Investigative Services Agency, Inc.
Investigative Services Agency (ISA) is a fully licensed Detective and Security agency specializing in a wide range of investigative, security and protection services. James Miller is President and a licensed Private Detective / Security Contractor by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (IDPR). He founded the ISA as an Investigative company dedicated to providing competent, ethical investigative and security services for special needs. The ISA serves as a security consultant to corporations and is a full service investigative company. A Detective in charge, he manages agents who are highly trained specialists in deep cover assignments and an expert witness concerning civil litigation investigations
Mr. Miller is also a commercial pilot and serves as a volunteer pilot for Life-Line, Inc., which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to delivering patients and organs on an emergency basis through the Great Lakes area. Mr. Miller is a 1993 University of Chicago MBA in General Management/Finance, with a BA in Behavioral Science from National-Louis University. He has 15 years of law enforcement experience serving as a Captain of the Illinois Auxiliary Police and is currently a Lieutenant with the Mound Bayou MS Police Dept. and was profiled for saving an abducted youth in Glen Ellyn. He is also a State licensed firearms expert and instructor qualifying investigators and police officers in use of force and carrying of firearms for duty. Mr. Miller works as a consultant to the FBI and ATF in locating fugitives and was the former CEO of L&M Engineering Co. An engineering firm designing and building safe rooms for the US Government.
The Investigative Services Agency, Inc., was founded in 1998 by James Miller, President and Lauren Cooper, Vice-President in Darien, Illinois. ISA (Investigative Services Agency) has worked on nearly 100 cases with a variety of clients including professional services firms, small business owners, major communications and financial firms, major retailers, federal agencies and one of the nations largest insurers.
We provide sophisticated, professional surveillance, investigations, protection, counter surveillance, security and recovery services to businesses, professionals and individuals. We also specialize in providing a diverse pool of security personnel including individuals from a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds, age groups and other criteria that best suits the client’s needs.
James J. Miller
ISA President
James J. Miller is a licensed Private Detective licensed by the Illinois Department of professional Regulation. He received an MBA in General Management/Finance from the University of Chicago, has a level three certification in Homeland security from the American College of Forensics Examiners Institute, and is on the Emergency Homeland Security Response Team. He holds a Top Secret Security clearance with the United States Government and has 20 years experience in law enforcement, and currently working the Bradley girl’s abduction in Chicago. He is a licensed firearms instructor and an expert witness concerning Use of Force issues and Computer forensics.
He is the Chief Agent in Charge of Investigative Services Agency ISA, founded in 1997 and is a fully license agency dedicated to providing a wide range of investigation, security and protection services. He is also a member of the highly regarded Global Investigator network, which allows the agency to provide clients with top quality international support of their background investigations. Furthermore, he is a member of the Association of investigation specialists and the National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI)
