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Daniel “Brian” Blackwell Biography

Daniel “Brian” Blackwell is an American private investigator, security expert, and entrepreneur.

Editor of The Blackwell Brief

Director of QI Security and Investigation

Brian was born September 11, 1963 in Ilion, New York to New York State Police Trooper Carl Blackwell from Brooklyn, New York and Freida Marie Scott from Binghamton, New York.

Brian lived most of his childhood in Norwich, New York living in the two-story house at the corner of Tanner Hill Road and Chenango Lake Road.

Brian’s parents divorced early in his childhood. “Their marriage was very volatile, with arguments and fights occurring regularly”, says Brian. “They divorced soon after my younger sister, Constance Lee, died in December 1971.”

“There was a lot of drama and trauma in our home,” says Brian. “My parents were heavy drinkers, which added fuel to the fire.”

When his parents divorced in 1972, Brian and his older brother, David, lived with their father. Brian’s father remarried in 1973 to Ann Elizabeth Ripley (maiden name: Lane) from Sherburne, New York.

Brian lived in Norwich, New York until the age of 14. Soon after his father retired from the New York State Police in 1977, Brian and his family moved to Prescott, Arizona for a year then Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Adulthood

In 1981, at the age of 17, while still in high school, Brian enlisted in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard earning commendations for exemplary duty while serving with the 108th Field Artillery from 1982 to 1986.

After high school, Brian continued to serve with the 108th Field Artillery while working as a radio broadcaster and private investigator.

Brian also played bass guitar for The Blades during this time. The Blades were a metal group from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that played venues in Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland from 1982 to 1988.

In June 1986, Brian enlisted in the active duty U.S. Army and served until November 1991. Brian earned numerous awards during his service and was awarded two commendations for his service in the Persian Gulf War.

After being honorably discharged from the army, Brian founded CFS Financial Services, Inc., a mortgage and consumer credit company located in Seattle, Washington; served as a petty officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve, and a reserve police officer.

Brian was CEO of CFS Financial Services until an incident occurred June 25, 1993 that changed the course of his life.

After surviving a random murder attempt (gang initiation) by four male teenagers, Brian decided to devote the remainder of his life helping people protect themselves against criminals, forming Quantico Intelligence Services, a protective services and private investigation company located in Seattle, Washington.

“It happened in a parking lot. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. When I got out of my car, I heard a group of people running towards me from behind,” says Brian. “I knew what it was. I knew what was about to occur.”

“I knew I wouldn’t have time to get back in my car and take off. I knew the only chance I had of surviving was to confront the situation,” says Brian. “Only one of the perpetrators had a weapon and I was able to wrestle the handgun – a .45 Cal. – out of the shooter’s hand without being seriously injured.”

“I disarmed the weapon by ramming my left index and middle fingers behind the trigger preventing the gun from firing,” says Brian. “If he couldn’t fire the gun, he couldn’t shoot me, so I grabbed the gun, pushed it away from me and rammed my fingers behind the trigger.”

The others stood by doing nothing. “The others watched in awe,” says Brian.

He was able to take the weapon away from the perpetrator without being seriously injured. Once he secured the weapon, all of them ran away.

Brian only sustained minor injuries – scratch wounds and bruising to his left index and middle fingers from ramming them behind the trigger.

Education

Accounting, political science, and criminal justice.

Ancestry

English, Scottish and German.

Company

Formed in 1993, Brian relocated Quantico Intelligence Services to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998 and changed the name of the company to Brian Blackwell QI Services. He moved his company to Denver, Colorado in 2005.

Brian Blackwell QI Services, Inc.
Denver, CO

Private Investigations
Protective Services
Security Services
U.S. Defense security contractor

BrianBlackwell.com

About the Author

Freelance writer, private investigator.

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