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Comprehensive private-investigator training covering legal and ethical practice, surveillance, interviews, OSINT, records, insurance, civil and criminal investigations, evidence, reporting and agency operations.
A comprehensive professional-development program for private investigators. The curriculum moves from assignment intake, legal and ethical boundaries and case planning into surveillance and field operations, interviews and recorded statements, canvassing, OSINT and public-record research, backgrounds and locates, insurance and SIU investigations, civil and criminal-defense investigations, evidence preservation, chain of custody, report writing, testimony preparation, information security, client communication and agency operations. The capstone requires an integrated investigative plan and final examination.
TUITION$899.00
Course Details
A comprehensive professional-development program for private investigators. The curriculum moves from assignment intake, legal and ethical boundaries and case planning into surveillance and field operations, interviews and recorded statements, canvassing, OSINT and public-record research, backgrounds and locates, insurance and SIU investigations, civil and criminal-defense investigations, evidence preservation, chain of custody, report writing, testimony preparation, information security, client communication and agency operations. The capstone requires an integrated investigative plan and final examination.
Curriculum & Modules
- Module 1 — Investigation as a Career
- Module 2 — Legal Principles and Requirements
- Module 3 — Communication Skills and Investigation
- Module 4 — Investigation Business Basics
- Module 5 — Sources of Investigative Information
- Module 6 — Computers, Technology and Investigation
- Module 7 — Investigative Reporting
- Module 8 — Locating People and Background Investigations
- Module 9 — Observation and Description
- Module 10 — Surveillance
- Module 11 — Equipment for Private Investigation
- Module 12 — Evidence
- Module 13 — Court-Related Issues for Private Investigators
- Module 14 — Sub Rosa and Undercover Investigations
- Module 15 — Competitive Intelligence and Corporate Investigations
- Module 16 — Homeland Security and the Private Investigator
- Module 17 — Interviewing and Truth-Verification Techniques
- Module 18 — Fingerprinting and Questioned Documents
- Module 19 — Firearms and Other Weapons — Investigator Awareness
- Module 20 — Executive Protection
- Module 21 — Retail Security and Loss Prevention
- Module 22 — Marketing Yourself and Operating as a Professional Private Investigator
- Module 23 — Comprehensive Applied Private Investigation
- Module 24 — Certified Private Investigator Final Examination
Lessons & Learning Activities
- The Modern Private Investigation Profession
- History and Evolution of Private Investigation
- Types of Private Investigators and Investigative Agencies
- Major PI Practice Areas and Client Types
- The Investigator's Role Versus Law Enforcement
- Professional Characteristics of an Effective Investigator
- Ethics, Integrity, Confidentiality and Professional Judgment
- Understanding the Investigative Process
- Structure of the American Legal System
- Criminal Law Fundamentals
- Civil Law and Civil Litigation Fundamentals
- Administrative Law and Regulatory Proceedings
- Constitutional Principles Relevant to Investigators
- Private Investigators Versus Government Actors
- Arrest, Detention and Citizen-Arrest Issues
- Trespass, Entry and Property Rights
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