6 Va. Admin. Code § 20-174-310 - Private investigator - compulsory minimum training requirements
A. Entry-level
course and minimum hour requirement. The compulsory minimum entry-level
training courses and specific minimum hour requirement excluding examinations,
practical exercises, and range qualification shall be:
Private investigator - 60 hours
02E: Private Investigator Subjects - 60 hours
B. Entry-level course content. The
compulsory minimum entry-level training course content by specific course
excluding examinations, mandated practical exercises, and range qualification
shall be as provided in this subsection.
Private investigator (02E) - 60 hours (excluding examination and practical exercises)
a. Orientation
(1) Applicable sections of the Code of
Virginia
(2) Regulations Relating
to Private Security Services
(3)
Standards of professional conduct
(4) Ethics
(5) Signs of terrorism
b. Law - one practical exercise
(1) Basic law
(2) Legal procedures and due
process
(3) Criminal and civil
law
(4) Evidence
(5) Legal privacy requirements
c. General investigative skills -
one practical exercise
(1) Tools and
techniques
(2)
Surveillance
(3) Research
(4) Interviewing
d. Documentation - one practical exercise
(1) Report preparations
(2) Photography
(3) Audio recording
(4) General communication
(5) Courtroom testimony
e. Types of investigations - one practical
exercise
(1) Accident
(2) Insurance
(3) Background
(4) Domestic
(5) Undercover
(6) Fraud and financial
(7) Missing persons and property
(8) Criminal
f. Written comprehensive
examination
C.
In-service course content and minimum hour requirement. The compulsory minimum
in-service training content and minimum hour requirement excluding
examinations, practical exercises and range qualification shall be as follows:
(02I) Private Investigator In-Service - 8
hours job-related training
Notes
Statutory Authority: § 9.1-141 of the Code of Virginia.
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