SCHEDULE 13D  
  
Amendment No. 4  
Pinkerton's Incorporated  
Common Stock   
Cusip # 723429106  
Filing Fee: No  
 
 
Cusip # 723429106  
Item 1:	Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID:  04-2507163)  
Item 4:	PF  
Item 6:	Commonwealth of Massachusetts  
Item 7:	38,600  
Item 8:	15,000  
Item 9:	481,300  
Item 10:	15,000  
Item 11:	502,800  
Item 13:	6.08%  
Item 14:	HC  
 
 
PREAMBLE  
  
	The filing of this Schedule 13D is not, and should not be deemed to be,  
an admission that such Schedule 13D is required to be filed.  See the  
discussion under Item 2.  
  
Item 1.	Security and Issuer.  
  
	This statement relates to shares of the Common Stock, $0.00 par value  
(the "Shares") of Pinkerton's Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the  
"Company").  The principal executive offices of the Company are located at  
6727 Odessa Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91406.  
  
Item 2.	Identity and Background.  
  
	Item 2 is amended as follows:  
  
	This statement is being filed by FMR Corp., a Massachusetts Corporation  
("FMR").  FMR is a holding company one of whose principal assets is the  
capital stock of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Fidelity Management & Research  
Company ("Fidelity"), which is also a Massachusetts corporation.  Fidelity is 
an investment advisor which is registered under Section 203 of the Investment  
Advisors Act of 1940 and which provides investment advisory services to more  
than 30 investment companies which are registered under Section 8 of the  
Investment Company Act of 1940 and serves as investment advisor to certain  
other funds which are generally offered to limited groups of investors (the  
"Fidelity Funds").  Fidelity Management Trust Company ("FMTC"), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the  
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, serves as trustee or managing agent for  
various private investment accounts, primarily employee benefit plans and  
serves as investment adviser to certain other funds which are generally  
offered to limited groups of investors (the "Accounts").  Various directly or  
indirectly held subsidiaries of FMR are also engaged in investment management,
venture capital asset management, securities brokerage, transfer and  
shareholder servicing and real estate development.  The principal offices of  
FMR, Fidelity, and FMTC are located at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston,  
Massachusetts 02109.  
  
	Edward C. Johnson 3d owns 24.9% of the outstanding voting common stock  
of FMR.  Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of FMR Corp.  The business address and  
principal occupation of Mr. Johnson 3d is set forth in Schedule A hereto.  
  
	The Shares to which this statement relates are owned directly by four of  
the Fidelity Funds, and fourteen of the Accounts.  
  
	The name, residence or business address, principal occupation or  
employment and citizenship of each of the executive officers and directors of  
FMR are set forth in Schedule A hereto.  
  
	Within the past five years, none of the persons named in this Item 2 or  
listed on Schedule A has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding 
traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or has been a party to any civil  
proceeding and as a result thereof was or is subject to any judgment, decree  
or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating  
activities subject to federal or state securities laws or finding any  
violations with respect to such laws.  
  
Item 3.	Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.  
  
	Item 3 is amended as follows:  
  
	The FMR Account, which own or owned Shares, purchased in the aggregate  
6,892 Shares for cash in the amount of approximately $104,238, including  
brokerage commissions.  The FMR Account used its own assets in making such  
purchase and no part of the purchase price is represented by borrowed funds.  
Proceeds from 6,892 Shares sold aggregated approximately $108,078.    
  
	The Fidelity Funds which own or owned Shares purchased in the aggregate  
789,500 Shares for cash in the amount of approximately $15,200,180, including 
brokerage commissions.  The Fidelity Funds used their own assets in making  
such purchase and no part of the purchase price is represented by borrowed  
funds.  Proceeds from 371,300 Shares sold aggregated approximately $6,625,766.
The attached Schedule B sets forth Shares purchased and/or sold since March  
23, 1995.  
  
	The Accounts of FMTC which own or owned Shares purchased in the  
aggregate 73,150 Shares for cash in the amount of approximately $1,216,923,  
including brokerage commissions.  The Accounts used their own assets in making
such purchase and no part of the purchase price is represented by borrowed  
funds.  Proceeds from 38,150 Shares sold aggregated approximately $627,166.   
The attached Schedule B sets forth Shares purchased and/or sold since March  
23, 1995.  
  
	AVIV which own or owned Shares purchased in the aggregate 27,108 Shares  
for cash in the amount of approximately $409,937, including brokerage  
commissions.  AVIV used its own assets in making such purchase and no part of 
the purchase price is represented by borrowed funds.  Proceeds from 27,108  
Shares sold aggregated approximately $427,810.    
  
	FASST which own or owned Shares purchased in the aggregate 35,000 Shares  
for cash in the amount of approximately $804,600, including brokerage  
commissions.  FASST used its own assets in making such purchase and no part of
the purchase price is represented by borrowed funds.  Proceeds from 35,000  
Shares sold aggregated approximately $780,875.    
  
	Accounts of Edward C. Johnson 3d or his family members which own or  
owned Shares purchased in the aggregate 69,150 Shares for cash in the amount 
of approximately $2,029,497, including brokerage commissions.  Edward C.  
Johnson 3d used his own assets in making such purchase and no part of the  
purchase price is represented by borrowed funds.  Proceeds from 19,550 Shares  
sold aggregated approximately $580,521.  The attached Schedule B sets forth  
Shares purchased and/or sold since March 23, 1995.  
  
Item 4.	Purpose of Transaction.  
  
	Item 4 is amended as follows:  
  
	The purpose of Fidelity and FMTC in having the Fidelity Funds and the  
Accounts purchase Shares is to acquire an equity interest in the Company in  
pursuit of specified investment objectives established by the Board of  
Trustees of the Fidelity Funds and by the investors in the Accounts.  
  
	Fidelity and FMTC, respectively, may continue to have the Fidelity Funds  
and the Accounts purchase Shares subject to a number of factors, including,  
among others, the availability of Shares of sale at what they consider to be  
reasonable prices and other investment opportunities that may be available to  
the Fidelity Funds and Accounts.  
  
	Fidelity and FMTC, respectively, intend to review continuously the  
equity position of the Fidelity Funds and Accounts in the Company.  Depending 
upon future evaluations of the business prospects of the Company and upon  
other developments, including, but not limited to, general economic and  
business conditions and money market and stock market conditions, Fidelity may
determine to cease making additional purchases of Shares or to increase or  
decrease the equity interest in the Company by acquiring additional Shares, or
by disposing of all or a portion of the Shares.  
  
	Neither Fidelity nor FMTC has any present plan or proposal which relates  
to or would result in (i) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a  
merger, reorganization, liquidation, or sale of transfer of a material amount  
of assets involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any change in
the Company's present Board of Directors or management, (iii) any material  
changes in the Company's present capitalization or dividend policy or any  
other material change in the Company's business or corporate structure, (iv)  
any change in the Company's charter or by-laws, or (v) the Company's common  
stock becoming eligible for termination of its registration pursuant to  
Section 12(g)(4) of the 1934 Act.  
  
Item 5.	Interest in Securities of Issuer.  
  
	Item 5 is amended as follows:  
  
	FMR, Fidelity, and FMTC, beneficially own all 502,800 Shares.  
  
	(a)	FMR beneficially owns, through Fidelity, as investment advisor to  
the Fidelity Funds, 418,200 Shares, or approximately 5.05% of the outstanding  
Shares of the Company, and through FMTC, the managing agent for the Accounts, 
35,000 Shares, or approximately 0.42% of the outstanding Shares of the  
Company.  Edward C. Johnson 3d owns, in accounts for his benefit or the  
benefit of an Edward C. Johnson 3d family member, 49,600 Shares or  
approximately 0.60% of the outstanding Shares of the Company.  Neither FMR,  
Fidelity, FMTC, Edward C. Johnson 3d, nor any of its affiliates nor, to the 
best knowledge of FMR, any of the persons name in Schedule A hereto,  
beneficially owns any other Shares.  The combined holdings of FMR, Fidelity,  
FMTC, and Edward C. Johnson 3d or an Edward C. Johnson 3d family member, are  
502,800 Shares, or approximately 6.08% of the outstanding Shares of the  
Company.  
  
	(b)	FMR, through is control of Fidelity, investment advisor to the  
Fidelity Funds, and the Funds each has sole power to dispose of the Shares.   
Neither FMR nor Mr. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of 
the 418,200 Shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides  
with the Funds' Boards of Trustees.  Fidelity carries out the voting of the  
Shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Board of Trustees.  
FMR, through its control of FMTC, investment manager to the Accounts, and the 
Accounts each has sole dispositive power over 35,000 Shares and sole power to 
vote or to direct the voting of 8,500 Shares, and no power to vote or to  
direct the voting of 26,500 Shares owned by the Accounts.  Edward C. Johnson  
3d has sole voting and dispositive power over 30,100 Shares, shared voting and 
dispositive power over 15,000 Shares, and no voting and dispositive power over  
4,500 Shares.    
  
	(c)	Except as set forth in Schedule B, neither FMR, or any of its  
affiliates, nor, to the best knowledge of FMR, any of the persons named in  
Schedule A hereto has effected any transaction in Shares during the past sixty  
(60) days.  
  
Item 6.	Contract, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With  
Respect to Securities of the Issuer.  
  
	Neither FMR nor any of its affiliates nor, to the best knowledge of FMR,  
any of the persons named in Schedule A hereto has any joint venture, finder's  
fee, or other contract or arrangement with any person with respect to any  
securities of the Company.  
  
 
 
Item 7.	Material to be Filed as Exhibits.  
  
	Not Applicable.  
  
	This statement speaks as of its date, and no inference should be drawn  
that no change has occurred in the facts set forth herein after the date  
hereof.  
  
Signature  
  
	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I 
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and 
correct.  
  
						FMR Corp.  
  
  
  
DATE:	April 24, 1995	By:	/s/Arthur Loring			  
	Arthur Loring  
	Vice President-Legal  
  
  
 
 
SCHEDULE A  
  
	The name and present principal occupation or employment of each  
executive officer and director of FMR Corp. are set forth below.  The business 
address of each person is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, 
and the address of the corporation or organization in which such employment is
conducted is the same as his business address.  All of the persons listed  
below are U.S. citizens.  
  
POSITION WITH  
									PRINCIPAL  
NAME	FMR CORP.	OCCUPATION  
  
Edward C. Johnson 3d	President,	Chairman of the  
Director, CEO	Board and CEO, FMR  
Chairman &  
Mng. Director  
  
J. Gary Burkhead	Director	President-Fidelity  
  
Caleb Loring, Jr.	Director,	Director, FMR  
	Mng. Director  
  
James C. Curvey	Director, 	Sr. V.P., FMR  
	Sr. V.P.  
  
William L. Byrnes	Vice Chairman	Vice Chairman, FIL  
Director & Mng.  
Director  
  
Robert C. Pozen	Sr. V.P. & Gen'l	Sr. V.P. & Gen'l  
	Counsel	Counsel, FMR  
  
Mark Peterson	Exec.	Exec.  
V.P.-Management	V.P.-Management  
Resources	Resources, FMR  
  
Denis McCarthy	Sr. Vice Pres. - 	Vice Pres., Chief  
Chief Financial	Financial Officer,  
Officer	FMR  
  
 
 
SCHEDULE B  
  
  
Pinkerton's Incorporated  
  
Four Fidelity Fund(s) sold Shares since March 23, 1995 at the dates and at the
prices set forth below.  The transactions were made for cash in open market  
transactions or with other investment companies with the same or an affiliated
investment advisor.  
  
	DATE	SHARES	PRICE  
  
	03-27-95	6,000	$16.25  
	03-28-95	10,000	16.25  
	03-29-95	5,000	16.50  
	04-03-95	5,000	16.25  
	04-04-95	15,000	16.38  
	04-07-95	5,000	15.50  
	04-11-95	5,000	15.25  
	04-12-95	10,000	15.25  
 
 
SCHEDULE B  
  
  
Pinkerton's Incorporated  
  
Fourteen Account(s) sold Shares since March 23, 1995 at the dates and at the  
prices set forth below.  The transactions were made for cash in open market  
transactions or with other investment companies with the same or an affiliated
investment advisor.  
  
	DATE	SHARES	PRICE  
  
	03-24-95	8,600	$16.50  
	03-27-95	10,000	16.25  
	04-10-95	2,500	15.50  
  
 
 
SCHEDULE B  
  
  
Pinkerton's Incorporated  
  
Edward C. Johnson 3d or his family members sold shares since March 23, 1995 at
the dates and at the prices set forth below.  The transactions were made for  
cash in open market transactions.  
  
	DATE	SHARES	PRICE  
	  
	04-06-95	2,150	$16.00