Emmy Award–Credited Testimonial
Tim Holoman: Emmy Award–Winning Broadcaster on Working with Empire Investigation
Over more than 35 years working alongside Empire Investigation, Tim Holoman — multiple Emmy Award winner and longtime Pittsburgh broadcast journalist — saw firsthand what it means to have a firm that delivers in the field.

A Partnership Built Over 35 Years
Tim Holoman, multiple Emmy Award winner and longtime Pittsburgh broadcast veteran, worked directly with Empire's surveillance team across more than three decades of investigative journalism. In this on-camera account, he speaks to the firm's technical capabilities and professionalism in plain terms.
"The state of the art equipment you provided worked flawlessly." That is a quote from someone who has been in the field, under deadline, where the equipment either works or the story doesn't get told.
Empire has supported broadcast and print journalists with surveillance equipment, technical expertise, and investigative support since 1982. When the work carries an Emmy, it means the equipment performed, the methodology held up, and the results were real.
What It Means in Practice
Credibility in investigative work is not something you claim — it is something that gets acknowledged by the people who have been there. Tim Holoman's account is not a marketing quote. It is a professional observation from someone who has covered Pittsburgh news at the highest level for decades and who chose to go on camera to say it.
If you are working on a matter that requires surveillance support, technical equipment, or investigative coordination that has to hold up — in a courtroom, in a story, in a legal proceeding — that is the standard we have operated at since the firm was founded.
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