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TOP TRAINING STANDARDS (7) DAY PRIVATE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM

Congratulations! You have made the first serious step towards leaning the truth about what the real world of the private investigator and personal protection specialist is really all about! This is a fast-paced deep training program geared to individuals who want real training with a no-hold-bars approach!

 

This is a 7-day on-site training program established in Chicago, Illinois, that is offered to individuals that come from police and federal backgrounds, corporate security directors, private investigators, administrative investigative departments, legal investigators, attorneys and other public and private individuals who just want true ground-up hard training! Many of our past students regardless of what brand and field they specialize in have a desire to learn about the other facets of private investigations and executive personal protection. This is a mentally and somewhat physical demanding course that puts one the in "driver’s seat" and solidifies “hands-on” training.

 

Suspenseful and edge of your seat PI training! I thought that I knew all about the private security industry until I took this course!....David Godfrey, PI New Jersey..

 

Or training program is 7-days of classroom, activities and on-the-go instruction into a wide array of field and background! Our instructors are some of the best in their field and are accomplished professionals.

 

 

The real life scenarios of private investigations and protection services are taught here. In this course, one can expect to learn beyond the basics and experience deep training scenarios of what a private investigator is and what they do...Period.  Our course will teach you the mythologies and values of how to conduct investigations on the following:

 

 

  • Interview people to gather information

  • Domestic & Martial Investigations

  • Missing Persons

  • Service of Process and Serving Court Documents

  • Asset Searches

  • Criminal Investigations

  • Secret Spotting and Business Due Diligence

  • Background Checks & Investigations

  • Legal Witness Documentation and location

  • Legal Investigations and Statements

  • Bug Sweep Detection TSCM

  • Undercover Worker Place Investigations

  • Bodyguard & Personal Protection

  • Insurance Claims & Workers’ Compensation Investigations

  • Do various types of searches, using computer or non-computerized records

  • Conduct surveillance (looking for, following, or watching a person without that person noticing)

  • Installation Covert Cameras, GPS vehicle tracking, etc.

  • Theft Investigations

  • Premarital Investigations

  • Product Infringement and Copyright Violations

  • Collecting Evidence to Present in Court

  • Verify employment, income, and facts on a person's background

  • Child Transporting 

  • Investigate Computer Crimes, such as Identity Theft and Illegal downloads

 

 

Many of these above mentioned services may or may not be suited for a student's interest and key noted cause, however, an accomplished investigator must acknowledge and understand the various forms of services. Although a lot of cover, we place each and every student on a adventurous trip and will evoke their quest for knowledge and enlighten a “new approach” for mind-set business opportunity.

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE COURSE:

 

Please be informed that this course is a fast moving, responsive, and reveals an in-depth look into the real world of the Private Investigator. Some of the language, actions, theories, suggestions, commentaries, and moral beliefs may not be suitable for those who are sensitive in nature. The views and opinions are based upon each instructor’s empirical beliefs and are not meant to offend or cast any negative judgment on any race, religion, culture, or social environment. Please also note, that this course is a beginning “taste test” on all the different areas of the private investigation profession. Completion of this course will NOT allow you to work independently as a Private Investigator. Successful completion of this course will in fact allow each student to work as a registered employee for a licensed private investigation agency. Special Solutions, Ltd. & The Investigative Training Institute does NOT guarantee employment, nor does any of the aforementioned entities make any promises for employment as well. Please note that there are many investigative agencies in Illinois that are looking for competent and honest employees all the time and this field is growing rapidly.

SURVEILLANCE TACTICS

We teach comprehensive, demonstrative and factual surveillance methods. Mobile, foot, physical, stationary, electronic, and long distance discreet observation practice exercises will be at hand. Our skilled instructors will illustrate and take you on mobile and foot surveillance assignments to set the example of how it is done--the right way. These exciting simulated exercises will even demonstrate on how surveillance electronics are used as well. Learn about concealed mobile surveillance and the equipment used for insurance observation, marital cases, theft assignments, and so on. We will instruct you on how to set up and disguise your vehicle and oneself! Video cameras, night-vision, optics and other forms of surveillance equipment will be utilized and practiced with. Get ready to be impressed and amazed about the true methodologies of the surveillance and discreet observational world.

INFORMATION GATHERING

We instruct on the "art of Information."  We demonstrate extreme examples of how to obtain direct and resourceful information from multifarious sources throughout the world. We instruct students on how to obtain public and private information bases the right way the first time! We show you how to make other resourceful person connections, use computer data bases, the Internet and the art of pretexting in a legal manner. 

BUG SWEEP (TSCM) TRAINING

Never before has a PI training course offered bug sweep instruction. This field is huge and is considered to be rapidly growing! What was considered to be a "hush-hush" business practice by many TSCM service investigators, we are now offering it our training course. We have over $390,000 worth of real up-to-date TSCM equipment that will knock your socks off. Learn practical exercises by actually scanning (hands-on) for bugs in an office and residential setting! Operate the best-of-the-best in counter-measures equipment! We will instruct you on how to locate wireless eavesdropping threats and other electronic counter-measures!

BODYGUARD EXECUTIVE PROTECTION TRAINING

Do you have an interest on what the professional bodyguard business is really all about? Do you want to learn the methodologies on how they operate? Well, this course is going to instruct you on this growing and needful service! We will teach you the fundamentals and practices of the close protection professional and security specialist. Learn how to conduct professional security procedures, protect executives and celebrities, defensive moves, planning, weapons, procedures and much more! Even if this isnot your field of interest, learning about the elements of engagement will blow your mind. Our instructors are experts and have protected some of the most famous people in the world.

PROFESSIONAL FIREARM TRAINING & TACTICS

Let's face it...It's a jungle out there. The professional private investigation and protection specialist has to become more and more aware of today's threats that are present in the field. Whether you learned the basics or have had advanced training on firearms, more instruction is never enough. We pride ourselves by having one of the most talented and experienced police certified drill instructor in the mid-west. Learn about the private sector and the practices of carrying a firearm in the private detective/protection field. We will teach you basics and/or advanced skills in the classroom and on the range. Even if you never had training on firearms before, you will learn from one of the best. All safety rules and regulations apply and an assortment of firearms will be utilized and supplied. No need to bring your own--we have them all!

SPY, SURVEILLANCE, & COVERT EQUIPMENT INSTRUCTION

Lucky you...The Director of Operations and Training owns one of the biggest and most respected professional spy & security store.  Want to touch, play with, and practice with the latest and greatest most up-to-date surveillance tools? You got it. We will let you practice with audio devices, GPS Vehicle Trackers, Night Vision Optics, Computer Forensics Devices, Crime Scene Products, CCTV Cameras, Thermal Imaging, TSCM Bug Detection Devices, Covert Cameras, WI-FI Surveillance Devices and much more my friend. NO other training program has over 1 million dollars’ worth of surveillance equipment that would even make James Bond jealous.

REAL SELF-DEFENSE TACTICS FOR THE INVESTIGATOR

No Bruce Lee makers and phony belts here…just practical, hard-hitting, defensive, and real life self-defense tactics taught within. Let our 4th degree Black Belt instructor instruct you on simple and effective self-defense street maneuvers for today’s mean streets. We adapt the “5 to stay alive” tactics that will enable one to understand the basics of defense and survival.  If you are older and younger, everyone can participate at their own level of comfort and restriction.  You be delighted and feel more confident after taking this segment—trust us.

Private Investigator Training and Private Detective School

 

TUITION

 

The tuition fee for the Private Investigation program is $2,800.00 and the full amount of the tuition fee must normally be paid prior to the date of the program. Payment may be made in two (2) installments consisting of $1,400.00 each, with the balance of the tuition fee to be made no later than one week before the class starts. In order to hold a place in class, a $100.00 deposit must accompany the application for admission and one must undergo a criminal background check before one will be accepted. If a participant fails to attend the program for any reason the tuition fee will be refunded with the exception of a $599.00 non-refundable seating/attendance fee. 

 

Hotel lodging, transportation, meals, snacks, beverages and hand-out materials are all included in the $2,900.00 tuition fee. Airfare and other accommodations will be paid by the student independently. 

 

REGISTRATION

 

Potential students must complete an application form and submit full or partial tuition with the application form. Students who are not accepted for admission due to their background chrck, the full tuition will be returned. Please note: If an applicant has been convicted of a felony in the past, ten years since being paroled must have passed in order to be certified for the Private Detective course.

 

Please call the head instructor for more information on this subject if required.

 

  • We do not guarantee job placement (but can assist)

  • We are not State funded or mandated

  • You cannot work Independently as a Private Detective (only for an agency) as allowed by one's state laws

  • Upon sucessful completion of the program, a beautiful wall mountable certificut will be rewarded.

 

 

 

Please call John Frycek, head instructor, for more information and how the process works for acceptance at: (847) 803-6922

 

 

 

 

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