Brian Blackwell Bio (Daniel Brian Blackwell)

Brian Blackwell (Daniel Brian Blackwell) is a Denver-based private investigator and director of QI Security and Investigation. QI Security and Investigation is a service of Quantico Intelligence Services, a protective services and private investigation company, which Brian formed in 1993.

Brian Blackwell was born in Ilion, New York Sept 11, 1963 to New York State trooper and U.S. Army Korean War veteran 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. His parents' marriage was very volatile, with arguments and physical fights occurring regularly, and ended in divorce soon after his 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.

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 worked as 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 to helping people protect themselves against criminals, forming Quantico Intelligence Services, a protective services and private investigation company located in Seattle, Washington.

Only one of the perpetrators had a weapon. Brian wrestled the handgun out of the shooter's hand without being seriously injured.

While wrestling the firearm out of the shooter's hand, Brian disarmed the handgun by ramming his left index and middle fingers behind the trigger preventing the gun from firing. Luckily the others stood by doing nothing and Brian was able to take the weapon away from the perpetrator. Once Brian secured the weapon, they ran away.

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

Brian's educational background is in accounting, political science, and criminal justice.

Brian's ancestry is English and Scottish, and according to family records, his ancestors entered Ellis Island, New York in the late 19th Century from Liverpool, England and made their new home in New York City.

Formed in 1993, Brian relocated Quantico Intelligence Services to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998 and then Aurora, Colorado in 2005.

On the Net: QI Security and Investigation