| If you want to find out about someone's life | | | | law, otherwise they can lose their licenses as well |
| without their notion, be it regarding a case work, | | | | as face criminal charges. Private investigators |
| about kidnapping, to collect evidence of illegal | | | | assist attorneys, businesses, and the public, with |
| conduct by your partner, or anything that you | | | | legal, financial, and personal problems. |
| need to know, a private investigator can do that | | | | Qualifications required: |
| for you. A private investigator, or PI, is a person | | | | There are basically no formal education |
| who does investigations for a private citizen or | | | | requirements to become a private detective and |
| some other entity not involved with a | | | | investigator, though some do have college |
| government or police organization. | | | | degrees. Many choose to become a private |
| What do they do? | | | | investigator after their retirement from the |
| Private investigators investigate cyber crimes | | | | military, Federal intelligence jobs, or government |
| such as identity theft, illegal downloading of | | | | auditing and investigative positions. There are |
| copyrighted material, and harassing e-mails. Many | | | | many other people who enter this profession |
| insurance companies hire them to resolve claims. | | | | from such diverse fields such as accounting, |
| They also investigate cases dealing with civil liability | | | | finance, commercial credit, insurance, investigative |
| and personal injury cases, child custody and | | | | reporting, and law. Only a few enter the |
| protection cases, insurance claims and fraud, | | | | occupation directly after graduation from college, |
| premarital screening, and missing person's cases. | | | | doing a bachelor degree in criminal justice or police |
| They gather information through interviews, | | | | science. |
| investigation and surveillance, and research, | | | | Know your Investigator: |
| including review of public documents. | | | | There are hundreds of private investigators, so |
| Many of these private investigators often | | | | you have to be careful while choosing one for |
| specialize in a particular field. Some may focus on | | | | your work. You have to find out from people |
| intellectual property theft, for example, they help | | | | around you, and it's a good idea to get acquainted |
| clients stop illegal activity, investigate and | | | | with the industry by asking lots of questions. |
| document acts of piracy, and provide intelligence | | | | Sometimes you just have to follow your instinct, |
| for prosecution and civil action, where others may | | | | and also rely upon impressions you get from |
| deal in developing financial profiles and asset | | | | interviewing the detective as to whether or not |
| searches. | | | | you need him, why you need him, and so on. |
| These investigators are always required to keep | | | | There are some things that you need to check |
| detailed notes, and they have to be prepared to | | | | about the detective before hiring him:o His |
| testify in court regarding any of the investigations | | | | licenseo His past experienceo His specialties |
| carried out by them. To carry out investigations, | | | | If he holds a good record and you think you can |
| they may use various types of surveillance or | | | | trust him, then he is the one for you. |
| searches; however they cannot go out of the | | | | |