A few Characteristics of a good private investigator.

Private investigation is a fascinating field that attracts a wide variety of talent into its profession. The fact is many investigators advertise a huge number of specialties they profess to have expertise in, but in fact, they lack the true knowledge to get the job done. Many investigators are excellent in only several specialties, bearing in mind that the skills needed in specialties do overlap. However, it is difficult to make a case for a forensic computer expert, based upon an investigators expertise in finding missing persons. For my agency, one of the most important criteria for selecting a “new hire investigator” is the “talent” or hobby that he has a passion for. A 22 year old with no real investigative experience may be a dynamite surveillance guy with a camera. Insurance companies and worker’s compensation cases require good photography ability, to capture on video or still photos a 90% disabled man carrying bricks in his backyard. But other factors enter into the characteristics of a good private investigator. In this case, if the guy has excellent photography skills, but is ADD, we have problems. Insurance investigations will surely need an investigator who can spend hours on end waiting in a parked car for the target to leave his home, maybe at 3AM in the morning. I will discuss more desirable cartelistic of a good investigator later.