Private Detective is a professional trained to get the required information for their clients secret. Although a career as a private detective has gained his ground in the recent past it is not a new profession. Long period back during the times of Kings and Emperors there used to be such persons in every empire. The career of a private detective is not only full of challenges and thrills but also involve a great deal of danger to his life all the time.
One who is going to choose this as a career is certainly a challenger and brave personality. A private detective is such a career in which except job satisfaction one hardly gets much to show off. It is because a detective is such a person who rarely gets recognized for his work among the masses because this is what a detective has to maintain i.e concealment of his own identity. Only then he can do his work with utmost efficiency.
Contrary to the fantasy world where they are famous among the masses, a detective has to work without being known to anybody else and some time to his own near and dear ones. The profession of a detective is full of responsibility and integrity as he is the person who can cut both ways round. If he is a person of strong character he can prove very beneficial for his employee but if he a person of loose character and filled with greed of money or power he can harm his employer double then the benefit he can muster for him by shaking the hand with other side or by blackmailing you with the help of inputs given by you to him.
Eligibility to become a Private Detective
No formal eligibility conditions are there for becoming a private detective. A graduate degree in any discipline is the only requirement for doing a diploma course offered by certain institutes across the Country.
Educational Qualification
Although no formal qualification is required to be eligible for becoming a Private detective. A graduate degree in any discipline is the only requirement for doing a diploma course offered by certain institutes across the Country.
How to become a Private Detective?
To be a Private Detective one has to follow the given steps:
Step 1
For becoming a Private detective one has to join a One-year Diploma in investigation offered by
- The Indore Christian College, Indore,
- The National Institute of Private Investigation, New Delhi,
- ACE Detectives India International securities, New Delhi. and
- Lancers Network Limited, New Delhi.
There is no formal test to take admission to these institutions. Admission is given on the first come first bases in most of the institutions.
Step 2
As there is no formal permission or licence is required in our country therefore after completing the course one can either start his work straightway or can join some senior Private detective or detective agency already working in the same filed to gain some first-hand experience of the real detective work.
Work Profile:
Work of a detective primarily relates to fact-finding which involves probing, investigation and knowledge of techniques such as fingerprinting, photography and tracking etc. A detective can be hired to provide information pertaining to some of the following areas:-
Domestic Problem: Problems of divorce, child custody, unnatural deaths, getting information on another family before arranging a marriage, family disputes over wills or property, etc.
Industrial Espionage: In this field, a detective has to investigate the credentials of potential employees, cases of theft and fraud involving executives passing on industrial patents and know - how to rival organizations policies and work culture etc.
Corporate Intelligence: Information about the organization, infringement of trademarks and copyrights, pirating goods, verification of assets of someone who has applied for a loan. Sometimes, private detectives may train and deploy security and bodyguards for different organizations. Besides this, the private detective of repute can also get assignments from the government security agencies where they cannot investigate by themselves.
Private Detective Job Description
Usually, they are supposed to be of high integrity and respected highly in society for their work by taking risks involving their own life. Thus private detectives have become associated with our daily lives these days. Situations like the deterioration of industrial security conditions, spouse infidelity and other domestic problems are calling for more and more security and detective personnel. As it is a growing industry the requirement for properly trained individuals is increasing day by day. There are training institutes that offer private detective courses in India.
Private Detective Career Prospects
Private Detective can get good career opportunities in major detective agencies in India having their branches of registered agencies abroad. So the scope of finding a job abroad is also quite bright.
Private Detective Salary
To start with Private detective can expect between Rs.20,000 to Rs.25,000 a month if they have joined some detective agency. Which can increase with the time and experience whereas there is no limit for those who are operating their own? They can charge anything from Rs.2,000 per case to Rs.1 lakh. This depends upon the sensitivity of the information required and the difficulty and risk involved in getting that work done.
