Investigator Training Course

This intensive 5-day course was designed to help aspiring investigators develop their skills and get hands-on experience in the private intelligence sector. Unlike courses offered by other companies, the core of our training centers around proven surveillance tactics and real-time covert activities. We are the only organization to publicly offer the opportunity to participate in hands-on surveillance, backed by over 20 years of our own development and insights.

Upon satisfactory completion of the course, trainees are guaranteed an interview with an international private investigations firm in their area of residence.

Students will also be introduced to a variety of equipment and software commonly used to investigate worker’s compensation and general liability claims. We will teach our trainees about common legal and ethical pitfalls to avoid and emphasize the value of personal integrity over immediate results.

The Surveillance Academy requires all prospective trainees to take a selection screening exam (link) prior to applying to the course. We will also ask that you provide proof of a valid driver’s license. Due to the degree of personal integrity demanded of investigators, we also require applicants to have a clean criminal background to participate.

The safety of our students and the public is of utmost importance to us. To ensure that our expectations for student behavior are clear, a signed acknowledgment of our class Code of Conduct must be submitted upon acceptance to the course. Any student who knowingly and repeatedly defies our Code of Conduct will forfeit the course fee and will be asked to leave – no exceptions.

Think you have what it takes? Take the exam below to unlock the opportunity to apply for our upcoming Surveillance Investigator Training course in Northern California this upcoming Fall!