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    Thanks

    Your information was quite helpful in answering some of the questions I had as well. Thanks alot!

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    Mr. Martz,

    Thank you for your clarification & time in helping us learn the ropes.

    I just applied to several of the Executive Agencies last week & want to do more than Integrity Investigations.

    From my reading, it seems surveillance is the most likely place to start when being a PI Trainee.

    It would be great to eventually work on missing persons, internet investigations, etc. I won't list them all here.

    Thanks again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Martz
    Hello Deborah,
    Without going to your state laws( which I can if you wish) In most states the law reads you do not need a license if you work under an attorney or a licensed Law Firm,
    So if the PI's were working for a attorney or law firm they we protected under the lawyer and or the lawfirm doing civil court investigations. Hope this helped and like I said i would be glad to look up the law for your state if you wish.

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    Hi Dave, I worked for the Indiana State Police for 10 years as a civillian employee. I worked for Communications, Quartermaster, Engineering, and than Data operations Center in the Criminal Justice section. Would that qualify me for a PI license. (Actually I am also a Criminal Justice student going for an associates)

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    Hello John,
    As the law reads it states as a Commisioned LEO. But you could contact the,
    Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
    302 W. Washington St. Room E034
    Indianapolis, IN 46204
    (317)232-2980

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Martz
    Hello John,
    As the law reads it states as a Commisioned LEO. But you could contact the,
    Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
    302 W. Washington St. Room E034
    Indianapolis, IN 46204
    (317)232-2980

    Regards,
    David
    Thanks for the information. I know I still have to get some hands on experiance whichever way it goes, so I will still be working under a licensed Investigator. I am going to inquire into that anyway. I have been to their web site, but I may call them this time. Thaknks for the information.

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    4000 hrs in 2 yrs...

    Quote Originally Posted by David Martz
    TO all group members,
    The Professinal Licencsing Board would not Issue a PI license with only Mystery Shopping Hrs You do not have to have a PI license in the State Of INDIANA.
    The Law on hrs Here are 4000 hrs under a licensed PI in 2yrs, Or A criminal Justice Degree ,or law enforcement employment of 2yrs.

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    David... That means if I work part time or 20 hours a week, it would take me 4 yrs to get my PI license... If I wanted to get it in 2 years I would have to work 40 hrs a week... Is this true...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sara E Pickett
    I know someone out there has the answer to my question. I have tried looking over all the fourms pertaining to Licensing, but it seems that crossing over into another territory/state could get a little tricky if licensure requirements are different for each state and the investigator is required to show his ID.
    Can someone please respond to this delema?
    Thanks in advance for any information provided.
    Have a GREAT weekend everyone.
    I think that if you are taken across state lines, then in most states all you have to do is go to the local police station and tell them what you are doing and you can probably get your home states requirements, etc. honored. What I mean is, like in Indiana, if you come here from say Florida working a case, all you have to do is go the the state police, show them you ID and reason for pursuing the case here, etc. they will honor the fact that Florida says you are good to go as a PI. You would probably have to check the state's laws that you are entering to get a phone number and call them for what they will do/not do.

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    well i was very interested in doing this but i dont meet the requirements for the job and i am working on my associates in crimanal justice. i dont have any experience in this field either. the money is an issue. maybe someone can give some words of advice to me to get me interested thanks..
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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    Does a person have to have their licensed to be able to have the title of a private investigator on business cards? And, Can they have a name, such as: "------ Investigations" on the business cards? Without having a license. I know I have read this info somewhere. I just can not find it. Maybe, its in the manual? In any case. I have order my business cards. And, I hope I did this the correct way.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    one needs to check with their state to see how long one can enter another state if in prusuit of a subject. if you are in fl and go into to GA you can remain on the case there for 30 days.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    Dave, or anyone for that matter... In my investigations of investigative agencies for potential work, I am finding that a lot of them have employees who are x-law enforcemtne, x-FBI agents, x-military, and x-CIA, Secret Service, etc. If this is true, what chances do I have of making a prifit in this field armed with just a criminal justice degree and some security, or even investigative experiance. There is a lot of competition out there. I think that most of your jobs would come from word of mouth and persons you know. The only other thing that may work in your favor is some knowledge of business and a good marketing plan. However, the training manual had a great idea, which I am considering and that is to hire 1 or 2 licenced investigators and work under their licnese as you learn, and you could also do some of the promotion and marketing and other business related tasks. I thought the manual had an excellant idea.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    Another great idea is to join the private investigator society or association in your area. You want to make sure that they have monthly meetings. Most will let you join if you are a student taking courses in criminal justice or some related classes. That way, you can go to the meetings and meet and talk with local private investigators and it also helps you keep up on the changing laws in the investigative field, and may work out that you may get some jobs if one of the investigators will take you "under his wing" and let you do some support work for some of his cases. It is only an idea, but I think it is worth a try. I think you could obtain some good useable information at the meetings. Does anyone have a comment on this.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    Has anybody seen any or know where to go to Indiana Regulations pertaining to types of badges for investigators that may be carried? I know this kinda crosses into badge territory but it has to do with indiana regulations so I posted it here first. I have been to Npsi and a few state sites to no avail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Catron
    Has anybody seen any or know where to go to Indiana Regulations pertaining to types of badges for investigators that may be carried? I know this kinda crosses into badge territory but it has to do with indiana regulations so I posted it here first. I have been to Npsi and a few state sites to no avail.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    Quote Originally Posted by George E Ibrahim View Post
    Hi , This question to Mr, Robert Donovan : On page 1 (PI LICENSING :Indiand ) you did not mention any tip of security , but when you answered question about licensing requirment you said SECURITY as one of the licensing requirment. Can you or any one explain what do you mean by security? Thank you so much George E Ibrahim
    I have the same question. I have easily over 2 years experience working for various security companies over a 15 yr. period. Does this mean I qualify for my PI license right away?

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    I have the same question. I have easily over 2 years experience working for various security companies over a 15 yr. period. Does this mean I qualify for my PI license right away?
    Security experience, unfortunately, does not prequalify an applicant for a private investigators license - because the nature of security is not generally investigations. The same is for street cops in most states, who need to have some investigative experience besides working a traffic stop.

    We do offer a PI Agency Corporation License, which does not require any prior experience. The PI Agency Corporation License is issued and maintaining out of the headquarters program in Colorado. This enables you to be the owner of an official Colorado PI Agency Corporation, from where you ca begin building your business throughout the world.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    Thank you for the clarification and for the PI Agency Corporation info.

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    How difficult is the Illinois PI test to take and what info do I need to know?

    I am a licensed PI in Indiana and am looking to apply for my Illinois license. Im kinda afraid that I might not pass the test. I just wanted to get some insight about taking the test in Illinois and what study material I would have to hit hard.

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    Re: How difficult is the Illinois PI test to take and what info do I need to know?

    I have took the liberty of doing a little research for you and I came across this on the Internet:

    Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
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    I hope this will help. Sorry I could not be of more assistance. Good luck and I am sure you will do just fine.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    I merged your comments to this official Licensing Topic for Indiana. Also, check out Page 1:
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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    I have my Indiana PI license and it is not that difficult to apply. It was more confusing since I was an out of state applying. But if you need help with anything you can email me and I will try to answer your questions.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    Celia Jarvis
    I have read these questions and answeres. They were very helpful in what I had wondered about. I am sure that it applies in most states. It will also keep different surcumstances in mind as what to do or not do. Thank you for sharing this information.

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    Re: PI LICENSING: Indiana

    David, thank you for your answer. I was a licensed investigator in Florida (moved out of Florida in 2005 so license expired). I went out and got my license while I was working for attorneys as an HR Consultant regarding employment law attorneys. I found out later that as long as I was contracting with a law firm in Florida, I did not need a license, but would be required to have one if I did not contract with an attorney. Are the laws the same in Indiana? Some states say you have to be on the attorneys payroll as an employee, some say you have to be under the supervision of an attorney. What is the particular case in Indiania? I have an attorney that has asked me based on past experience, to help them with some employment law cases through my consulting firm. Mostly the tasks would be to do witness interviews, document production all of the real fun stuff in civil employment law cases. Don't want to violate any laws so I thought I would ask someone in the know. Thanks in advance

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    Thank you Robert. The information was very helpful. It cleared up a lot of confusion. I appreciate knowing the different cases that can be covered.


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