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We receive a lot of questions from people educating themselves on their needs and how proper investigative practices are applied.
Q: How do I become a private
investigator?
A: That’s a complicated question with several parts that largely
depend upon in which state you plan on working. You have two
options; you either work for a licensed private investigations
agency or you go to work for yourself and obtain your own PI company
license. Either way, you there are two considerations you must
address at some point: The first consideration is licensing; all
but only a handful of states require a state-issued license to be a
private investigator. Each state has different background,
education and experience requirements that may vary from simply
attending a state-approved training course to pre-licensing
education, exams, years of work experience and obtaining a sizable
professional liability insurance policy with “errors and omissions”
coverage. To make matters just a little more confusing, there are
some cities that require private investigators to either register or
obtain a municipal license in states that do not otherwise require
them.
The second consideration is training. Private investigation specific training is the most important investment you can make in yourself! Since most new PIs don’t have the ability or are not ready to start up their own investigations company you will most likely be looking for employment with an established agency. As an owner of an established and well respected detective agency I get resumes all of the time; the first thing I look for before considering a candidate is to ask the question, “How has this person invested in themselves before asking me to invest in them?”
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