Penn Foster Career School

Private Investigator

You will love the excitement and challenge of a career as a private investigator. Among other things, areas that private investigators might be involved in include missing persons or perhaps corporate intelligence. Know that, as a private investigator, you can make a difference working on important cases. In addition, you can take your training at your convenience, completing it quickly.

You will learn about:

• Investigation and reporting techniques
• Sources of information and background investigations
• Surveillance equipment and techniques
• Ethics and professional responsibility required for private investigators

And you can learn all this from home — no classroom required! The private investigator's role in civil and criminal litigation, corporate intelligence gathering and espionage, and professional development and employment are all areas in which you will gain beneficial information.

You may be asking yourself, "Why should I train as a private investigator at Penn Foster?" With the right credentials, you have the opportunity to:

• Work for a private investigation or security agency, corporate legal department, or government agency
• Work in retail or corporate security or doing fraud investigations
• Do investigations, write reports, and testify in court

Every aspect of becoming an effective, ethical private investigator will be taught.

• Become proficient in the basics of investigation
• Learn the proper and most effective way to professionally complete surveillance jobs
• Learn analysis and evidence procurement procedures
• Learn proper procedures for fingerprinting and safe handling of firearms

If you want to compare competing schools select program or awards below: