Module 1

Question 1

What reason would a client hire a professional investigator?

Answer 1

1. Personal / private issue needing answers or to piece together a puzzle
2. HR related issues
3. Government service related issues
4. Theft of property
5. A corporation or large organization may hire a PI as an employee (i.e. AHS)
6. Larger organizations may hire to obtain facts of misconduct or unprofessionalism

Question 2

Instances where a client asks an investigator to step outside their lawful authority or engage in unethical practices. List 3 examples of this:

Answer 2

1. Track down a hiding abused spouse for the abusing partner
2. Plant listening devices on cell or landline phones
3. Unethically / illegally obtain intellectual property of a competing organization / company

Question 3

List the 5 items that define investigator under the SSIA

Answer 3

(a) crimes, offences, contraventions of enactments or misconduct, or allegations of

(b) the cause of an accident, incident, property damage, personal injury or damage to premises,

(c) the activity, conduct, character or reputation of a person

(d) the location of property

(e) the whereabouts of a person.

Question 4

What are the conditions under which an individual licence may be suspended?

Answer 4

1. convicted of a criminal offence
2. convicted of an offence under the SSIA
3. Failure to comply under the license
4. failure to comply under the code of conduct
5. makes untrue or misleading statements in application / renewal of a license or false reports made to a Registrar
6. Fails / refuses to provide info to a Registrar under the SSIA act
7. Registrar deems licensee not being a fit to hold license
8. Registrar’s opinion in the public interest to suspend or cancel a license