BASIC PRIVATE INVESTIGATION COURSE

COURSE OUTLINE INTRODUCTION

PROCESS OF INVESTIGATION - Step by step procedures from receiving a complaint, developing leads and arriving at a solution.

CRIME SCENE EXAMINATION - Protection, photographs, recording, lifting finger- prints.

INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES - Including written statement.

INTERROGATION STRATEGIES & TECHNIQUES

NOTE TAKING & REPORT WRITING

SURVEILLANCE (Adapted to the local environment)

COLLECTION & PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE - Physical, verbal, continuity, presentation in court.

FACIAL IDENTIFICATION - "FACES" Software.

THE COMPUTER AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL

TRACING MISSING PERSONS

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS

TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS

a) Insurance Frauds
b) Internal Theft - Merchandise & Services
c) Internal Theft - Fraud
d) Background Investigations
e) Patent & Trade Mark
f) Other

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING

Each course can be further customized to the requirements of the client group and the local industrial environment. The legal aspects relating to the private investigation industry are usually left to local instructors who are expert in the law of the particular country where the course takes place.