Originally posted by Robert Smith
I know that you must have at least 3 years experience before you can do any of the steps to obtain your private investigator's license, ?
Not unless you just want to open your own Texas Agency. No experience necessary, but there are some extra forms to use.

IPIU union members get free help in the forum titled OBTAINING YOUR LICENSE.

Originally posted by Robert Smith
to know if security work would actually count as any of the time or does it strictly have to be private investigation experience?
I would call the licensing bureau, as the experience they permit may be waived in certain areas.

But before you do that, understand that you can still obtain a Texas License with no experience if that license were assigned to an existing agency willing to hire you.