Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
Private Security Services
Training Course Outline
Private Investigator (02E)
Course Time: 60 Hours
- Orientation: applicable sections of the Code of Virginia; Administrative Code 6VAC 20-171; standards of professional conduct; and ethics - 6 hours
- Law: basic law; legal procedures and due process; civil law; criminal law; evidence; and legal privacy requirements - 16 hours plus one practical exercise
- General Investigative Skills, Tools and Techniques: surveillance; research; and interviewing - 16 hours plus one practical exercise
- Documentation: Report preparations; photography; audio recording; general communication; and courtroom testimony – 8 hours plus one practical exercise
- Types of investigations: accident; insurance; background; domestic; undercover; fraud and financial; missing persons and property; and criminal – 14 hours plus one practical exercise