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Chris Butler (Private Investigator)
Chris Butler (b. June 25, 1961) is a private investigator and bodyguard based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Butler was a police officer (1987 - 1997) before becoming a private investigator for Corporate Intelligence Resources, Inc. under former F.B.I. Special Agent Charles "Chuck" Latting. Butler currently owns and operates Butler & Associates Private Investigations, employing a highly-trained team comprised almost entirely of mothers known as "PI Moms".

Early Life and Education
Butler was born in Batavia, New York. He was raised in Mount Freedom, New Jersey and Manlius, New York, where he attended Enders Road Elementary School before his family relocated to Northern California. He attended Antioch High School, Sacramento State University, and Holy Names University in Oakland, California.

Professional Career
Butler worked as a police officer for the Antioch Police Department from 1987 through 1997. In 1998, he began working for the investigative firm Corporate Intelligence Resources, Inc. under former F.B.I. Special Agent Charles W. Latting, who provided him with further investigative training and tactics. Butler purchased Corporate Intelligence Resources in 2002 and began his practice of hiring women with no investigative experience. With the help of former F.B.I. special agents Charles Latting and Donald "Max" Noel, Butler began training female investigators, many of whom had children, to law enforcement and F.B.I. standards.