02E - Private Investigator

60 hours (excluding examination and practical exercises)

  • Orientation
  1. Applicable sections of the Code of Virginia
  2. 6VAC20-174, Regulations Relating to Private Security Services
  3. Standards of professional conduct
  4. Ethics
  5. Signs of Terrorism
  • Law - one practical exercise
  1. Basic law
  2. Legal procedures and due process
  3. Criminal and Civil law
  4. Evidence
  5. Legal privacy requirements
  • General investigative skills - one practical exercise
  1. Tools and techniques
  2. Surveillance
  3. Research
  4. Interviewing
  • Documentation - one practical exercise
  1. Report preparations
  2. Photography
  3. Audio recording
  4. General communication
  5. Courtroom testimony
  • Types of investigations - one practical exercise
  1. Accident
  2. Insurance
  3. Background
  4. Domestic
  5. Undercover
  6. Fraud and financial
  7. Missing persons and property
  8. Criminal
  • Written comprehensive examination