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field, working on a dangerous case, he reminds himself
that she’s more than capable.
“I know for a fact that whatever situation she gets put
in, she will know how to handle it,” he said.
WOMAN’S WORK
As a woman in a field dominated by men, calling
McPhilamy a “Nancy Drew” would underestimate just
how much of a rebel she truly is. When confronted by a
suspect with a gun to her temple, McPhilamy did what
most people couldn’t: she stayed calm and served him
papers.
“There aren’t many women private investigators and
most of them, even if they get licensed, don’t usually last,”
she said. “Mainly with the type of work that I do… you’re
in environments that a woman would not normally be in.”
There are times when being a woman in the field has
its perks, McPhilamy said.
“I will have people open up to me and just start
spewing stu out, because I have a calm demeanor,” she
said. “I don’t invade their space. I get down on their level.
All of those things make a good interviewer, I guess you
would say.”
Beyond her training, McPhilamy oers many clients
something missing from routine justice: empathy.
“When an individual hires me, it’s usually because
they feel like nothing’s being done on their case,” she said.
“It’s not that the police aren’t doing their job. It’s just that
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