Posted on Feb 19, 2015
How would you feel about doing Private Investigative Work after retirement from the Service?
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Have you ever wondered how it would be to be a Private Investigator? Is Private Detective work for you? Actually, Private Investigations is one of the fastest growing professions in the Country. Do you have what it takes to be a Private Investigator? Once I retired from Law Enforcement, I vowed that I would never be anyone's else employee again. I open up my own Private Investigative/Security Agency and Consulting Firm. I've been in business now since 1991 and we are still one of the premier PI Agencies in the World. What do you think? Do you have what it takes? If you are looking for that one special occupation, once retiring from Active Duty, consider being a PI. Not only can it be very lucrative, it's rewarding and challenging at the same time. This is not the Magnum PI or Phillip Marlowe, which is the stereotype type PI work, this is the real world professional Investigator and what PI's do all day long.
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Edited 11 y ago
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I actually got my PI license while I was still in the service; one of the training agencies offered night classes, which enabled me to be licensed by the time I left the service. The only issues I had were pay (in order to run your own agency in VA you have to have a separate set if licenses and prohibitively expensive liability insurance) and having enough work. My military career had left me with a perfect skill set and plenty of experience, so the cases went fast and the agency I was working for went from a backlog, to no work in the three weeks I was there. It wasn't hard work (surveillance isn't that tough as a civilian when you have been doing it for years in the USMC), but it wasn't always pleasant!
I found that once work slowed down it was best to have other things to do, so I got my PPS and armed security certs, which a lot of work up to me.
I found that once work slowed down it was best to have other things to do, so I got my PPS and armed security certs, which a lot of work up to me.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
Good for you Jim! That is the best way to get your License, before retiring from the Military. One suggestion, use all the contacts that you made while in the Military. Before I retired from the State Police, I knew that I was going to open my own PI/Security Agency and I let everyone know that I knew about it. By the time I retired, I already had a list of clients that I wanted to market my services to. Marketing is the key factor of having a successful PI business. Market yourself in the areas that you are comfortable working in. The best marketing is word of mouth. Just like anything else, getting endorsements from your peers is the best marketing that you can have. Over the years, I have trained and used several retired Military personnel and they have all been very successful. Do not give up, just keep marketing and with time, your work load will increase. As you know, there are so many different type of cases that you can work. Develop a "niche" and specialize in that. You will be surprised how well you will do. My "niche" is backgrounds and pre-employment screening and now I have several Homeland Security Companies as clients.
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Certainly sounds interesting. As I am sitting at 20 years, I am looking into mutliple fields. I'd have to find something that gets me out of an office.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
Well sir, if you want something , a profession, that gets you out of the office, you owe it to yourself to check out the PI profession. It is a good gig and as I stated before, you can pick and choose the cases that really interest you. As I already stated below, if I can ever be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to pick my brain. I have over 24 years as an Private Investigator and Security Consultant.
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Will do. I am in this gig until the Army says they don't want me to Command any more. Right now, that hasn't happened yet, but if it comes to that, I will give you a ring. - Bob
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