Upon completion of the program, students will be able to...
- Recognize the career opportunities that exist for private investigators, including how to become a licensed investigator and set up, manage, and market a private investigation business
- Explain different types of laws and the steps of the legal system, including 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, including various methods of reporting investigative findings to clients
- Recognize available information sources, including using the computer, and explain how to access various records and information sources that can assist in an investigation
- Identify various methods and sources used to locate people and conduct various types of background investigations for clients
- Explain how observations, descriptions, and surveillance are used in investigations, and develop a systematic method for applying concepts that make an investigation successful
- Name equipment used by private investigators, including operational, surveillance, evidence collection, and safety equipment
- 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, and describe techniques used in undercover work
- 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, including legal considerations, fingerprinting, document examination, and polygraph testing
- Recognize the development of firearms, and describe safety practices and legal issues concerning firearms
- Recognize the skills and techniques necessary to providing protection services, such as executive and bodyguard protection
- Describe how retail security can help businesses curb various types of theft and fraud