Iowa

Ed Wunsch

The Iowa State Operations Director is Ed Wunsch, President of Commercial Reports, Inc. He has been a private investigator for twenty-three years and has conducted and/or supervised thousands of investigations involving Asset Searches, Child Custody, Criminal Defense, Crisis Response, Due Diligence, Insurance Fraud, Locating Individuals, Surveillance, Theft, Undercover Operations, and Witness Statements.  In the past four years, Ed has been donating extensive amounts of pro-bono investigations in the location, recovery, and re-unification of abducted and run-away children, being solely credited with the recoveries.  For example, http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/columnists/ruben_rosario/4558595.htm provides an example of recent media attention to one such case.

EDUCATION

Ed graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville in Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement and Psychology.

EMPLOYMENT

Ed has for the past nineteen years been president of his own Private Detective Agency, Commercial Reports, Inc.  Prior to that he has worked as a Private Investigator, Public Defender Investigator, and Police Officer.

RECENT TRAINING ATTENDED

Wicklander-Zulawski Interviewing and Interrogation
Qwest Communication Computer Crimes Investigation
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Investigating Missing Children Cases (Twice Attended)

RECENT PRESENTATIONS MADE

December, 2003, Why Investigate Missing Children Cases, Private Investigators Association of Virginia.  

February, 2004, The Role of the Private Investigator in Family Abductions Cases, Youth Educated in Safety.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

President, Board of Directors, Parental Abduction Child Recovery Team

Volunteer Pro-Bono Investigator, Missing Children Minnesota

Volunteer Pro-Bono Investigator, Homefires Non Profit Organization

Former Treasurer, Board of Directors, Missing Children Minnesota

Past Chair-Person, Vice Chair-Person, Treasurer and Current Member of Minnesota Chapter for Industrial Security.

Former Founding Member of Minnesota Crime Alert Network Advisory Board, Appointed by the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety.

Past Chair-person of Minneapolis Tangletown Neighborhood Association Crime Prevention