You dive into your normal spiel of half-truths:
"I'm an expert on this sort of thing. I've been hired to investigate, since the local police
station is not equipped to handle a case of this size."
Guy looks slightly offended at this notion.
"Our pinyon police are quite capable and well trained. Most of them were trained in Franklin
and I'm sure are more than able to take care of an important case like this."
"It's standard procedure"
"I know - I'm just trying to do my job"