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The Course Contents
1. AN INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE
INVESTIGATION
- Introduction to private investigation
- What is a private investigator
- Private investigation as a career
- The profession of a private investigator
- The code of ethics
2. WHAT PI’S DO - PART 1
- Introduction to investigative theory
- Investigative methodology
- Principles of investigative methodology
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3. WHAT PI’S DO – PART 2
- Introduction
- The basic identifiers
- Locating sources of information
- Public records and semi restricted records
- Public records Semi-restricted records
4. INTERVIEWING AND INTERROGATION
- The basic principles of interviewing
- Preparation
- First contact with your interviewee
- Your interview objectives
- The interviewee’s attitude
- The different types of interview
- The art of questioning
- Suggestions and tips
- Dealing with deceptive responses
- Client interviews
- Third party interviews
- Witness interviews
- Expert interviews
- Interrogation
5. NOTE TAKING AND REPORT WRITING
- Note taking
- Note taking guidelines and suggestions
- Written statements
- Report writing
- Guidelines for good report writing
6. USING PRETEXTS
- Illegal pretexts
- Ask an expert
- When a pretext can be used
- The guidelines for using pretexts
7. INSURANCE INVESTIGATIONS
- Insurance investigations
- Fraudulent disability investigations
- Motor vehicle accident investigations
- Premise accidents investigations
- Railroad crossing investigations
- Suicide investigations
- Accident reconstruction experts and basics
- Fires and explosions
- Forensic photography
8. CIVIL INVESTIGATIONS
- A definition of civil law
- Defenses against tort actions
- An introduction to civil investigations
- Liquor liability investigations
- Professional malpractice investigations
- Product liability investigations
9. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
- The general principles of criminal investigation
- The burden of proof
- Criminal defence investigations
- The fundamental principles of evidence
- Presumptions and the burden of proof
- Evidence preservation and forensics
- Undercover investigations
10. BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
- Assets background checks
- Business partners background checks
- Pre - employment background checks
- Mate checks
- Self defence background checks
- Witnesses and jury background checks
11. FINDING MISSING PERSONS
- The types of missing persons
- The preliminary interview with your client
- Finding young missing persons
- Finding indigent and homeless missing persons
- Finding other types of missing persons
12. COMMERCIAL THEFT INVESTIGATIONS
- Retail theft investigations
- The general principles of retail theft investigations
- Classification of shoplifters
- Recognizing a shoplifter
- The methods of shoplifting
- How to prevent shoplifting
- The types of employee theft
13. DOMESTIC INVESTIGATIONS AND COURT TESTIMONY
- Domestic investigations
- Child custody investigations
- Fidelity investigations
- Court testimony
14. SURVEILLANCE
- General surveillance principles
- Surveillance by foot
- A team approach to surveillance by foot
- Fixed surveillance
- Common carrier surveillance
- Vehicle surveillance
- Single vehicle surveillance
- Moving surveillance
- Tips for better surveillance
- Surveillance at night
- Two vehicle surveillance
- Video surveillance
15. SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS
- Types of business
- Location
- Investigative equipment
- Business plan
- Credit applications
- Alternate financial resources
- Estimating start up costs
- Business operations and accounting
- Business bank account
- Hourly rate and investigative fees
- Insurance requirements and bonding
- Naming your company
- Employees
16. MARKETING
- Strategic marketing planning
- Advertising and promotion
- Personal selling
- Tips for print media
- Your potential market
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