We carefully designed 3 course tracks, representing vital areas of study for entry and advancement in the security and investigation fields.
- Each track consists of 32 clock hours of specific targeted training
- Certificate given at the successful completion of each track
- With course tracks you can customize your education to fit your training needs
- Tracks are flexable and can be taken separately, or in any order
- Each track is limited to 8 students
- Early registration is recomended to hold your seat
Track 1 Investigation Core training: PI Law, Ethics, Case Management, Investigative Report Writing, Statement Taking, & Interviewing. Discovery manual handouts included.
Track 2 Field Ops: Surveillance, Undercover, Loss Prevention, Photography, Videography, & Field Communications. Discovery manual handouts included.
Track 3 In-house Investigator: Document Research, Locate / Skip trace, Employment Backgrounds, Hands-on Databases. Discovery manual handouts included.
Class times are Tues & Th evenings from 6:10 pm - 10:10 pm.
You must be at least a high school senior because the minimum age requirement for an investigator or security officer is 18 years in most states, including Arizona.
Employers love our trained students
- because they are an immediate asset
- know the laws and how to operate within them
- reduced liability
- immediately productive
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Demand: is high for trained investigators to fill positions both locally and nationally.
Exceptional education: taught by working professionals, hands on, & highly interactive.
Instructors: are experts in their fields that they teach. All instructors meet Arizona & California standards for teachers.
Mentoring: students keep an ongoing relationship as a men tee with Discovery Detective Academy & it's instructors. We are here to help answer industry questions that may arise after graduation. This is an example of how committed we are to Exceptional Education.
Graduates work for: investigation firms, attorney firms, process servers, collection agencies, US Customs, Homeland Security, finance companies, repossession companies, bail recovery firms, insurance companies, government contractors, police departments, security agencies, corporations...
Industry growth: reports & studies show the investigation & security fields are expected to have a 39% growth per year over the next ten years, and they have been in the top ten growth industries in years past.
Discovery certificate: is given for successful completion of each Investigation & Security Agent track and for CE class hours attended.
Funding: this course is eligible for funding from most city, county, state, & federal retraining and vocational rehabilitation programs, as well as the Montgomery GI bill for qualified veterans.
Placement: by law we can not guarantee job placement, but we do work with you to gain employment by giving job referrals from employers looking to employ our students, help with resumes, and with looking to target niche markets that will optimize your investigative skills with your past job history and experience.
Past jobs & training: Being an Investigator is a multi-disciplined job. Detectives perform many different tasks throughout the course of any investigation. Detectives should be knowledgeable in each discipline and the law, but each detective’s duties may require different expertise and even incorporate expertise from prior fields of work. The investigation field provides a unique opportunity where skills and expertise gained through education and / or work experience from prior employment can be incorporated with newly learned investigative skills to provide quick entry into investigative jobs in niche areas that require that knowledge.
Physical requirements & disabilities: There are very few physical requirements while conducting investigative duties. The primary abilities required are problem solving, communication, and observation skills. If an investigator is disabled or has physical limitations, they can case-direct other team members in performing those facets of an investigation allowing them to be a valuable member of an elite investigation team. Additionally, most investigative activities do not require long durations of repetitive postures or movement that typically aggravate many conditions.
Holidays: the academy is closed all legal holidays, and takes off two weeks for winter holiday and one week for spring break.
Private Investigation Industry Requirements click here to learn more regarding investigator industry requirements.
Discovery Detective Academy is proud to provide in classroom instructor led education for all it's classes, click here to read more. All investigation classes are in-classroom and instructor led.
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Coming this fall, Investigator Super Conference hosted by AALPI. Discovery Detective Academy will have a booth. We hope to see you there. Updates as they come.
   
Employers looking to hire graduates or interested in providing an internship to our students. Please contact us to be placed on a confidential list or opt to be posted with a link exchange. 480-951-6545
Our instructors have trained or retrained for the private sector individuals from: Maricopa County Sheriff, FBI, San Diego PD, CPS, US Customs, Vets from US Armed Forces, Corrections, Chicago PD, Orange County Sheriff, LAPD, LASO, ...
We have also trained or retrained individuals coming from diverse fields such as: Computer net workers & techs, electricians, councilors, house wives, teachers, pharmacologists, oil riggers, computer data retrievers, secretaries, security specialists, process servers, paralegals, professional drivers, dancers, writers, journalists, ...
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