Friday 17 July 2015

Should Private Investigation Services Require License

Private Investigation Agencies are gaining momentum these days in almost all parts of the world. People are no more hesitant in hiring the private investigators. The speed with which the private investigation agencies are spreading has made the governments of almost all nations to draw guidelines for adopting this profession. Gone are the days when private investigation service were considered to be a low profile job, sought mostly by denizens who are not able to take up a profession somewhere else. 

Today, it is considered as dignified as any other profession. There are prescribed norms to be followed by every private investigator or private investigation agency and then only they are eligible for conducting investigation. Many of the nations have a procedure wherein the license once issued is for the lifetime. But in few of the states it is to be renewed as per the rules laid. Also another fact is that there are licenses issued separately for different services like Corporate, IP Rights, Insurance Claims & Frauds and Process Services. 

Licensing requirements for private investigation services include education and experience requirements, application procedures, and renewal procedures. However, because each state has their own legislation regarding the practice of private investigators and private investigative businesses, licensure requirements and the licensing process varies from state to state. 

Licensed Private Investigation Services at times and in some states do not pay attention to the educational nomenclature. Reason being these states are still following the practice of hiring the retired police officers, ex-servicemen or retired personnel from army, military etc. who may not have a degree in criminology but they have adequate experience and possess analytical skills of handling the cases. They are well acquainted with the laws and well trained in handling the criminals and how to dig out information. 

Licensed Private Investigators or Agencies are known to carry out their services with diligence and complete confidence. The companies, enterprises or even the individuals can trust them and seek their help when required. Today they are helping the society by providing their valuable investigative and intelligence services, surveillance, process service and research services to the public. They are hired by the attorneys, banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and various private businesses. 

At times when the situation becomes complex and the Law Firms or Attorneys are not able to handle the matters, they seek the help of these agencies. They are able to handle even the ‘cold cases’ wherein even the Attorneys are not able to dig out any fruitful evidence and nobody was convicted of a crime, resulting in that particular case being closed. 

Needless to say then that Private Investigators or Agencies having proper license for the services are trustworthy and the customers can share their information with them in complete confidence. It’s just that the customers have to make sure that the hired private investigator or agency provides the service and has a proper license for that service.

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