Category: Private Investigation
10 Tips for Asking Effective Investigative Interview Questions
When communicating with others, asking questions seems to be the least often used skill. This happens for many reasons; we do not want to appear uninformed, overbearing or overly challenging in our quest for the truth. Quite simply, asking questions and pairing them with effective listening skills prevents us from “jumping the gun” or filling [...]
Surveillance by Private Investigators and the Law
The laws pertaining to surveillance can definitely be a legal minefield for private investigators. Our licensing does not bestow any type of extra powers and we are bound by the very same rules relevant to criminal laws as any other private citizen. Before you conduct physical or electronic surveillance you should be competent and well [...]
6 Simple Online Investigation Techniques for Private Investigators
Following article is going to cover certain basic investigative techniques such as discovering a person’s online aliases, digging deeper into leads (such as profile images), leveraging Google to uncover files and setting up a system to get real time notifications about your target’s online activity. 1) Dictionary mining This method is used by spam bots [...]
What You Need to Know When an Investigation Leads You to France
By Emmanuelle Welch – Once in a while, cases with exotic-sounding names land on your desk or in your inbox: a divorce case involving a French spouse suspected of hiding assets. A job candidate with credentials from a French institution or workplace that needs to be verified. A missing person believed to be living across [...]
Online Continuing Education Approved for Missouri Private Investigators
Pensacola, FL, April 4, 2012 – PIeducation.com was pleased to announce today the formal acceptance by the Missouri Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire Investigator Examiners of three of their online continuing education courses for Missouri licensed Private Investigators. PIs in Missouri can now complete their entire 16 hour continuing education requirement online. Click [...]
“View K”: Blagging, Scoops and Champers Forge the Way for Regulation across the Pond
Along with race car driver, international spy and diamond smuggler, private investigator has always been improbably viewed as something of a glamorous career. (Usually by those who know nothing of the often tedious and painstaking reality of actual investigations). After a recent bout of scandals and negative press in the UK, the public perception of [...]
Attorneys: Why You Should Hire a P.I. and How Best to Use Him (or Her)
If you’re a busy attorney, and you’ve never considered hiring a private investigator, you’re throwing away money. No matter how skilled, experienced, or efficient you are, you can’t possibly get to all the work that crosses your desk. You can’t do the fishing for case-making facts as thoroughly as you would like. And you can’t [...]
New State-Required Class Approved for Aspiring Georgia Private Detectives
After many months of hard work I am pleased to introduce a brand new course available at PIeducation.com that may be of interest to your agency, colleagues and “soon to be” private investigators: We are now currently offering the basic training course online to future Georgia private detective license holders and registered private detective employees [...]
