Be a Detective

Are you curious, observant, and resourceful? You may have what it takes to pursue a career as a private investigator. Private eyes investigate all types of situations for clients. A private detective can work in the field, or from an office, during research using the phone or the Internet. If you'd like to learn more about the life of a PI, read on! This page will help you learn how to become a private investigator.

Private detectives and investigators assist individuals, businesses, and attorneys by finding and analyzing information. They connect clues to uncover facts about legal, financial, or personal matters. Private detectives and investigators offer many services, including executive, corporate, and celebrity protection; pre-employment verification; and individual background profiles. Some investigate computer crimes, such as identity theft, harassing e-mails, and illegal downloading of copyrighted material. They also provide assistance in criminal and civil liability cases, insurance claims and fraud cases, child custody and protection cases, missing-persons cases, and premarital screening. They are sometimes hired to investigate individuals to prove or disprove infidelity.

Private detectives and investigators may use many methods to determine the facts in a case. Much of their work is done with a computer. For example, they often recover deleted e-mails and documents. They also may perform computer database searches or work with someone who does. Computers allow investigators to quickly obtain huge amounts of information, such as records of a subject's prior arrests, convictions, and civil legal judgments; telephone numbers; information about motor vehicle registrations; records of association and club memberships; social networking site details; and even photographs.

You will receive Preliminary Results for FREE

Reverse Phone Check Determines:

*Map of the Owner
*Whether phone is landline or cell
*The date the number was registered
*The Carrier
*Background checks

Other services may provide you with information for a residential or land line,
but not for a cellphone or unlisted number

You will be given options of the different services:
Purchase the Basic Service Here:

$14.95 - Basic Access

For less than $40 - you can have Advanced Access by clicking here:
$39.95 - Advanced Access

Purchase your UNLIMITED ACCESS for an entire year to include Background Checks
$19.90 - Basic Access +UNLIMITED ACCESS to 1 Year of Basic BackgroundChecks

The Full Service includes Advanced Access for a year to include Background Checks.
$44.90 - Advanced Access +
UNLIMITED ACCESS to 1 Year of Unlimited Basic Background

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual earnings of for private detectives and investigators employed by agencies was $33,750 in May 2006. Ten percent of private investigators employed by agencies earned more than $64,380,

Most detectives and investigators are trained to perform physical surveillance, which may be high tech or low tech. They may observe a site, such as the home of a subject, from an inconspicuous location or a vehicle. Using photographic and video cameras, binoculars, cell phones, and GPS systems, detectives gather information on an individual. Surveillance can be time consuming.

The duties of private detectives and investigators depend on the needs of their clients. In cases that involve fraudulent workers' compensation claims, for example, investigators may carry out long-term covert observation of a person suspected of fraud. If an investigator observes the person performing an activity that contradicts injuries stated in a worker's compensation claim, the investigator would take video or still photographs to document the activity and report it to the client.