Private Detective

Recognize the career opportunities that exist for private investigators, i.e., including how to become a licensed investigator and how to set up, manage and market a private investigation business
Explain the laws, Constitutional amendments, U.S. Supreme Court decisions and court-related issues for private investigators
Describe the elements of effective communication and its role in private investigation practice, i.e., the various methods of reporting investigative findings to clients
Recognize available information sources and how to access and use those sources in an investigation (i.e., people locators, background investigations, etc.)
Explain how observations, descriptions and surveillance are used in investigations
Develop systematic methods for applying concepts that make an investigation successful
Name equipment used by private investigators
Recognize the proper methods for obtaining, recording, preserving and analyzing evidence
Explain the role of expert witnesses
List the steps taken to conduct an undercover investigation
Explain methods of competitive intelligence collection and corporate espionage, and describe counterintelligence measures
Describe the relationship between homeland security and the private investigator
Identify procedures and techniques of conducting interviews and interrogations to include legal considerations, fingerprinting, document examination and polygraph testing