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Only we have the NEW study material for the 2012-2013 California PI testing!
We have helped more than 3000 persons to pass their state PI tests: more than 300 in the past year!.
We have helped far more PIs pass their CA PI license test than all PI schools have combined. MAY 2012: NEW UPDATED STUDY QUESTIONS ADDED!
Our PI business consultation packages help more people pass their BSIS tests every month than all other sources combined do in a year.
Come pick up your giant PI package today, or request next-day delivery in California!
CALIFORNIA PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
2012-2013 CA PI licensing test information, PI business consultations
with practice PI test questions study material, and much more!
Our large (but affordable!) exhaustive package for
the copyrighted 2012-2013 California Private Investigator Consultation,
PI Test Study Preparation Help, CA PI Business SetUp,
and its included 12-pound paper 'Super Package'
(including more than 1100 practice PI-knowledge test questions with answers and
200 additional pages of datasheets with memory-helping graphics that come with
the valuable & confidential PI business consulation(s), and far far more!)
is well-known and respected by private investigators CA statewide for more than 20 years!
FULLY UPDATED FOR 2012-2013!
-- same-day shipping, in-person pick-up, next-day delivery, and other options are also available! --
(Note: It ships to you in a 14 X 14 box) 
These additional options are often available-- ask for details!
This new 2012-2013 package includes more than
137 pages of the new PI test study updates!
Take a few minutes to read the secret details listed below.
CALL 818-883-6969 NOW FOR 3 FREE VERIFIED TOPIC QUESTIONS FOR PI LICENSE TESTING!
In the past year or two, we have interviewed more than one hundred persons who had recently
FAILED their CA PI test: after a short talk, we knew what topics were their weak points!
Test TIP #1:
Understand that you must know the data needed to pass
every one of all 5 issued different 150-question tests.
(so knowing only 100 or 200 questions is a waste of time!)
The initial consultation shares secrets related to this.
Call 818-883-6969 to get started.
Don't waste time with study help that doesn't include a PASS guarantee!
Ask anyone who says they can help you with this test:
"How many people have you helped pass the CA PI test in the past year?"
Only I have helped more than 3000 to pass their license tests-
Only I have helped more than 300 to pass in the past year-
NOBODY else has helped even 30 in the past year!
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the CA state PI test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
So, I know HOW BSIS tests are written and WHY.
(And I have the 'Thank you' letter that followed from BSIS on our wall!)
These additional options are often available-- ask for details!
This new 2012-2013 package includes more than
137 pages of the new PI test study updates!
137 pages of the new PI test study updates!
Test TIP #1:
Understand that you must know the data needed to pass
every one of all 5 issued different 150-question tests.
(so knowing only 100 or 200 questions is a waste of time!)
The initial consultation shares secrets related to this.
Call 818-883-6969 to get started.
Don't waste time with study help that doesn't include a PASS guarantee!
Ask anyone who says they can help you with this test:
"How many people have you helped pass the CA PI test in the past year?"
Only I have helped more than 3000 to pass their license tests-
Only I have helped more than 300 to pass in the past year-
NOBODY else has helped even 30 in the past year!
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the CA state PI test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
So, I know HOW BSIS tests are written and WHY.
(And I have the 'Thank you' letter that followed from BSIS on our wall!)
Call 818-883-6969 for the new
lower price on this best selling package!
Test TIP #2:
From a 25-year teacher of California private investigations:
1) seminars, or 2) studying with multiple-choice questions
(low retention percentage, way too many words per actual needed knowledge)
BEST possible study method:
reading Question/Answer, Question/Answer, Question/Answer, . . .
(data direct to memory, higher word priority)
BONUS: Pass with our help, 
we can make you a simple webpage FREE!
(If you don't have a webpage, the public & businesses can't find you to hire you.)
Click here to request a few
sample CA test study questions!
(BE SURE to include your NAME, city, which test, and PHONE NUMBER)
or just call 818-883-6969 instead!
We have interviewed more than 100 persons who failed this
PI test in the past year and can tell you why so many failed!
we can make you a simple webpage FREE!(If you don't have a webpage, the public & businesses can't find you to hire you.)
We have helped more than 3000 persons pass their state license tests; more than 300 in the past year!
(NOBODY else has even helped 30 to pass in the last year!)
And only WE have the new 2012-2013 study material!
Ask about the new lower price.
Call 818-883-6969 to start the consultation today.
We have helped to pass the CA PI license test for more than 20 years!
State testing details for CALIFORNIA:
(NOTE: We have been helping examinees with the CA PI test since 1991;
targeted consultations, texts, simulated tests, and more; updating frequently and extensively;
the current primary consultation and included materials are UPDATED FOR 2012-2013 testing)
Your test:
--150 questions
(but with 5 different PI tests, that means you need to know the answers & facts to
many-many-many topics to be sure to be able to pass any tests they issue to you!)
--multiple-choice.
--120 minutes allowed.
--you have only 48 seconds per question to: 
A) read and comprehend the entire question (sometimes several sentences long);
B) read through each of 4 answer choices, some lengthy, some very similar to each;
and C) decide on the best answer choice.
--Testing is at more than a dozen locations in California, and at
10 locations in other states, given most Mondays through Saturdays.
--Testing locations alphabetically (subject to change):
Anaheim, Atascadero, Bakersfield, Carson, El Monte, Fresno, Hayward,
Redding, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa
--70% required to pass.
--Approximately 7 out of 10 applicants fail this written exam.
--Many versions of the test (fail, and you are later re-tested with a completely different test).
(You need to be prepared to pass all of the many versions of the PI test, not just one!)
Call us if you have failed this test-- we can tell you why within one minute!
Consultation and accompanying materials also include
THREE recent changes to employee-law that a PI must know!
Now includes powerful topic 'PI QUICK TESTS' to further improve your test score!
HERE SOME SECRETS ABOUT THE 2012-2013 CALIFORNIA PI LICENSE TEST!
Consultation, testing areas, business help, and study areas can include:
California Private Investigator Act, reports from police agencies, United State Code, disclosure,
California Public Records Act, FOIA, defamation, liens, witnesses, California Evidence Code, planning,
tape recording, general provisions, choosing employees, wrongful death, ethics, administration,
firearm carry, California Civil Code, assets, testimony, DMV rules, branch offices, divorce records,
nanny cams, attorney ethics, arrest power, sexual harassment, California Penal Code, terminology,
office regulations, pretexting, insurance, corporate structure, real estate records, business practices, badges,
California Code of Regulations, roping, locating, real estate records, Fair Credit Reporting Act, witnesses,
AOE-COE, California Business & Professions Code, trespass, birth records, banking records, soliciting clients,
disciplinary proceedings, traffic accidents, prohibited acts, California Vehicle Code, surveillance, trespass,
entrapment, scenarios, protection work, defense, Graham Leach Bliley Act, US employment eligibility, wages,
vehicle tracking, labor unions, criminal, tax withholding, California Financial Information Privacy Act, reports,
death records, interviews, bodyguarding, employee reporting requirements, California Labor Code, subrosa,
privacy, undercover, proper identification, photography, LiveScan, attorney fee-splitting, information gathering,
US Postal Service Administrative Support Manual, dealing with represented parties, process serving,
hearsay, related laws, surveillance, prohibited acts and citations, voter registration, background checks,
impersonation, California Code of Civil Procedure, types of evidence, conduct of business, analysis,
work product doctrine, disciplinary proceedings, California Public Records Act, reporting, accident reconstruction,
Uniform Commercial Code, real estate terminology, client written reports, employment eligibility, dog-bite investigations,
statutes of limitation, reciprocity, handwriting comparisons, California DMV records, slip-and-fall accidents,
address to phone number, phone number to address, trial preparation, courtroom testimony, tagging evidence,
Workers Compensation rules and violations, credit reports, conflicts of interest, CAL/OSHA, report writing,
buying contraband while undercover for an employer, interviewing incarcerated persons, interview preparation,
CA Unemployment Insurance requirements and penalties, time limits on reporting convictions,
penalties for lying on applications, and more--
(Of course we don't list all the secrets here, or you might not call for our material!)
And don't choke about it being 12 pounds: 
You can learn it page-by-page!
--You receive your exam results immediately at the end of the test.
If you pass, you will be told 'Pass', with no score given.
If you fail, you will be given a numerical score,
but they will NOT tell you which questions you answered wrong.
--If you get a CA PI license in mid-2012,
you will be approximately PI license #2786x to #2790x
(for example, PI #2785x was issued in June 2012)
--When you pass the licensing exam, and then you pay for the license,
you become both a 'Licensed Private Investigator' and a 'Qualified Manager'.
A SECRET!
Trying to learn this on-line, or on a CD,
or at a seminar, is an ineffective waste of time.
Reading the high-quality printed paper
portions of our 2012-2013 PI business package,
over and over, studying around your daily duties,
or sitting in your car, or even while resting in bed,
is TEN times more effective then trying
to study 'on-line' or at a 'seminar'.
Do one final review while parked outside
the test center for your PI test appointment.
And only WE have the new 2012-2013 PI study material!
Need a CA PI license application?
If you want to download a PI license application, paste this into your browser:
www.bsis.ca.gov/forms_pubs/licensingapp.pdf
Besides the application, be sure to also download 'LiveScan forms'.
(but beware: there are 'tricks' and 'traps' to the application process;
call us for assistance before you make the common application mistakes!)
This new edition includes more than 137 pages of the new updates!
Helping you from the start.
Unlike 'seminars' or 'on-line training' or silly 'PDF file downloads'
where paid attendance is nearly 100% profit for the seller,
the 'profit' on this consulting package and its accompanying
12-pound package & shipping is very very minimal.
However, the accompanying paper material to have in your hands to read, read again,
and then read again several more times, is far more effective than seminars or on-line!
We don't get rich from the primary focus: the ultra-valuable consultation(s).
After reimbursing us for the cost of the printing of nearly 12 pounds of paper material
(did you know that every print shop even charges us sales tax on every page printed?!)
and for the big bursting shipping binder and for the dividers and their tax and for the packing
and for the box and the -ouch-shipping cost (and 'fuel surcharge') of such a heavy package,
there is not much left over from what you paid us for the hours of time involved.
The consultation and value of the advice and knowledge involved was not very costly.
After a valuable consultation plants the critical seeds and sets your focus,
having supporting material in your hands to read and review anytime
is far more memory-sticking than seminars or on-line training!
QUESTION: "I failed again. Why does the PI license test ask questions about firearms
and about arresting people? I don't want a gun-- I just want to follow cheating spouses!"
ANSWER: "Because most PIs can later obtain a 'gun carry card',
you must answer questions about those on the test."
So . . . . . . .
New package section:
Now also includes a NEW 'PIs & Firearms' compilation of various PI firearm-related
training sheets; some test questions & answers; datasheets about insurance, reporting a shooting,
obtaining an FQ card, permit restrictions, FQ requalification, deadly force rules, calibers allowed,
permit renewal timing, steps to follow if a gun is lost or stolen, expired permit rules,
firearm nomenclature, a complete blank firearm permit application, logging serial
numbers of guns used, and more! Also included: 'Power To Arrest' sample questions.
Another note: as a licensed CA PI, the author/editor of this package
shot two armed robbers in a gun battle while working-- he surviving that
situation and the follow-up steps brings you information available nowhere else!
We don't give you the exact test questions, word for word, of the 5 tests, but we have BETTER than that!
The success record of our clients for 20 years proves that our many years of actual PI experience
and teaching PI and the following of the information provided by the state all can produce your success!
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives me insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
(And I have the 'Thank you' letter from BSIS on our wall)
We don't simply 'give you the answers' to the test-- we TEACH you the important information
you need to operate a PI business, which is what you need to know to PASS the test!
Additionally, author has a law degree and 3 years of law school,
allowing him to explain the legal portions to you more simply than others.
This mega-source package will become a cornerstone of your PI business!
Liability insurance is voluntary for PIs who work unarmed.
Then why does one new PI pay $500 to $1000 more for a year of voluntary million-dollar
liability insurance than another new PI with the same new PI license and business plan?
The secrets for saving $$$$ on PI liability
insurance! See our #101 way below.
To protect you:
For some non-opinion topics whose answers can not be verified in the
written statutes, we contact BSIS's policy staff to verify the correct answer!
NOTE: this is not the same as the BSIS 800/916 consumer-help phone staff.
Although they do their best, they have given BAD incorrect
information that is the opposite of what the policy staff advises.
One such documented example is about 'penalty for unlicensed practice'!
Meet 'The PI Professor'!
^^^Having been actually hired by BSIS for the re-write of a
BSIS PI license test gives him insight NOT available elsewhere.
The State of California sent him a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave him a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid him for his 3 days of time.
^^^He doesn't 'give you the answers' to the 5 PI tests-- he TEACHES you the important key information you
need to properly & legally operate a PI business, which is exactly what you need to know to PASS the test!
^^^The PI Professor has a law degree and 3 years of law school,
allowing him to explain the legal portions to you more simply than others.
^^^Offering investigative and protective services in California made the PI Professor a lot of money.
He sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of both types of work. Ask him his #1 secret for this!
^^^As a licensed CA PI, the PI Professor shot two armed robbers in a gun
battle while working-- he surviving that situation and dealing with the follow-up
steps with BSIS and the police brings you information available nowhere else!
^^^He has helped more than 3000 persons pass their state license tests; more than 300 just in the past year!
^^^In the 1990s, he started a no-nonsense network of Private Investigators.
Today, the 4000-member thePIgroup is the most dynamic group of PIs in the world!
Its all-day Internet network alone is the most powerful tool a PI could ever have.
^^^The PI Professor has taught PI, PPO, and other
BSIS at private schools and universities since the 1980s,
and has easily passed both the PI and PPO
qualified manager examinations himself!
^^^Every year, his intial consultations help with applications, help with documenting experience,
helps with involving family members, helps with business planing, and/or more!
Now includes a 22-page 'Sexual Harassment In The Workplace' section!
Important not just because there are might be license test questions
about sexual harassment, but also because this can be a source
of lawsuits against licensed California Private Investigators and/or their clients.
Including datasheets of:
--What is Sexual Harassment?
--Examples of Sexual Harassment
--When is the Employer liable for Sexual Harassment?
--Methods to reduce or prevent Sexual Harassment
--What is 'Quid Pro Quo' Sexual Harassment?
--What is 'Hostile Workplace Sexual Harassment'?
--Federal government-issued information about sexual harassment
--Sexual harassment training of your company supervisors
---and more!
We have helped to pass the CA PI license test for more than 20 years!
Consultation and accompanying materials also include
THREE recent changes to employee-law that a PI must know!
THREE recent changes to employee-law that a PI must know!
Now includes powerful topic 'PI QUICK TESTS' to further improve your test score! HERE SOME SECRETS ABOUT THE 2012-2013 CALIFORNIA PI LICENSE TEST!
Consultation, testing areas, business help, and study areas can include:
California Private Investigator Act, reports from police agencies, United State Code, disclosure,
California Public Records Act, FOIA, defamation, liens, witnesses, California Evidence Code, planning,
tape recording, general provisions, choosing employees, wrongful death, ethics, administration,
firearm carry, California Civil Code, assets, testimony, DMV rules, branch offices, divorce records,
nanny cams, attorney ethics, arrest power, sexual harassment, California Penal Code, terminology,
office regulations, pretexting, insurance, corporate structure, real estate records, business practices, badges,
California Code of Regulations, roping, locating, real estate records, Fair Credit Reporting Act, witnesses,
AOE-COE, California Business & Professions Code, trespass, birth records, banking records, soliciting clients,
disciplinary proceedings, traffic accidents, prohibited acts, California Vehicle Code, surveillance, trespass,
entrapment, scenarios, protection work, defense, Graham Leach Bliley Act, US employment eligibility, wages,
vehicle tracking, labor unions, criminal, tax withholding, California Financial Information Privacy Act, reports,
death records, interviews, bodyguarding, employee reporting requirements, California Labor Code, subrosa,
privacy, undercover, proper identification, photography, LiveScan, attorney fee-splitting, information gathering,
US Postal Service Administrative Support Manual, dealing with represented parties, process serving,
hearsay, related laws, surveillance, prohibited acts and citations, voter registration, background checks,
impersonation, California Code of Civil Procedure, types of evidence, conduct of business, analysis,
work product doctrine, disciplinary proceedings, California Public Records Act, reporting, accident reconstruction,
Uniform Commercial Code, real estate terminology, client written reports, employment eligibility, dog-bite investigations,
statutes of limitation, reciprocity, handwriting comparisons, California DMV records, slip-and-fall accidents,
address to phone number, phone number to address, trial preparation, courtroom testimony, tagging evidence,
Workers Compensation rules and violations, credit reports, conflicts of interest, CAL/OSHA, report writing,
buying contraband while undercover for an employer, interviewing incarcerated persons, interview preparation,
CA Unemployment Insurance requirements and penalties, time limits on reporting convictions,
penalties for lying on applications, and more--
(Of course we don't list all the secrets here, or you might not call for our material!)
And don't choke about it being 12 pounds:
You can learn it page-by-page! A SECRET!
Trying to learn this on-line, or on a CD,
or at a seminar, is an ineffective waste of time.
Reading the high-quality printed paper
portions of our 2012-2013 PI business package,
over and over, studying around your daily duties,
or sitting in your car, or even while resting in bed,
is TEN times more effective then trying
to study 'on-line' or at a 'seminar'.
Do one final review while parked outside
the test center for your PI test appointment.
And only WE have the new 2012-2013 PI study material!
Need a CA PI license application?
If you want to download a PI license application, paste this into your browser:
www.bsis.ca.gov/forms_pubs/licensingapp.pdf
Besides the application, be sure to also download 'LiveScan forms'.
(but beware: there are 'tricks' and 'traps' to the application process;
call us for assistance before you make the common application mistakes!)
This new edition includes more than 137 pages of the new updates!
where paid attendance is nearly 100% profit for the seller,
the 'profit' on this consulting package and its accompanying
12-pound package & shipping is very very minimal.
However, the accompanying paper material to have in your hands to read, read again,
and then read again several more times, is far more effective than seminars or on-line!
We don't get rich from the primary focus: the ultra-valuable consultation(s).
After reimbursing us for the cost of the printing of nearly 12 pounds of paper material
(did you know that every print shop even charges us sales tax on every page printed?!)
and for the big bursting shipping binder and for the dividers and their tax and for the packing
and for the box and the -ouch-shipping cost (and 'fuel surcharge') of such a heavy package,
there is not much left over from what you paid us for the hours of time involved.
The consultation and value of the advice and knowledge involved was not very costly.
After a valuable consultation plants the critical seeds and sets your focus,
having supporting material in your hands to read and review anytime
is far more memory-sticking than seminars or on-line training!
QUESTION: "I failed again. Why does the PI license test ask questions about firearms
and about arresting people? I don't want a gun-- I just want to follow cheating spouses!"
ANSWER: "Because most PIs can later obtain a 'gun carry card',
you must answer questions about those on the test."
So . . . . . . .
New package section:
Now also includes a NEW 'PIs & Firearms' compilation of various PI firearm-related
training sheets; some test questions & answers; datasheets about insurance, reporting a shooting,
obtaining an FQ card, permit restrictions, FQ requalification, deadly force rules, calibers allowed,
permit renewal timing, steps to follow if a gun is lost or stolen, expired permit rules,
firearm nomenclature, a complete blank firearm permit application, logging serial
numbers of guns used, and more! Also included: 'Power To Arrest' sample questions.
shot two armed robbers in a gun battle while working-- he surviving that
situation and the follow-up steps brings you information available nowhere else!
We don't give you the exact test questions, word for word, of the 5 tests, but we have BETTER than that!
The success record of our clients for 20 years proves that our many years of actual PI experience
and teaching PI and the following of the information provided by the state all can produce your success!
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives me insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
(And I have the 'Thank you' letter from BSIS on our wall)
We don't simply 'give you the answers' to the test-- we TEACH you the important information
you need to operate a PI business, which is what you need to know to PASS the test!
Additionally, author has a law degree and 3 years of law school,
allowing him to explain the legal portions to you more simply than others.
This mega-source package will become a cornerstone of your PI business!
Meet 'The PI Professor'!
^^^Having been actually hired by BSIS for the re-write of a
BSIS PI license test gives him insight NOT available elsewhere.
The State of California sent him a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave him a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid him for his 3 days of time.
^^^He doesn't 'give you the answers' to the 5 PI tests-- he TEACHES you the important key information you
need to properly & legally operate a PI business, which is exactly what you need to know to PASS the test!
^^^The PI Professor has a law degree and 3 years of law school,
allowing him to explain the legal portions to you more simply than others.
^^^Offering investigative and protective services in California made the PI Professor a lot of money.
He sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of both types of work. Ask him his #1 secret for this!
^^^As a licensed CA PI, the PI Professor shot two armed robbers in a gun
battle while working-- he surviving that situation and dealing with the follow-up
steps with BSIS and the police brings you information available nowhere else!
^^^He has helped more than 3000 persons pass their state license tests; more than 300 just in the past year!
^^^In the 1990s, he started a no-nonsense network of Private Investigators.
Today, the 4000-member thePIgroup is the most dynamic group of PIs in the world!
Its all-day Internet network alone is the most powerful tool a PI could ever have.
^^^The PI Professor has taught PI, PPO, and other
BSIS at private schools and universities since the 1980s,
and has easily passed both the PI and PPO
qualified manager examinations himself!
^^^Every year, his intial consultations help with applications, help with documenting experience,
helps with involving family members, helps with business planing, and/or more!
^^^Having been actually hired by BSIS for the re-write of a
BSIS PI license test gives him insight NOT available elsewhere.
The State of California sent him a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave him a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid him for his 3 days of time.
^^^He doesn't 'give you the answers' to the 5 PI tests-- he TEACHES you the important key information you
need to properly & legally operate a PI business, which is exactly what you need to know to PASS the test!
^^^The PI Professor has a law degree and 3 years of law school,
allowing him to explain the legal portions to you more simply than others.
^^^Offering investigative and protective services in California made the PI Professor a lot of money.
He sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of both types of work. Ask him his #1 secret for this!
^^^As a licensed CA PI, the PI Professor shot two armed robbers in a gun
battle while working-- he surviving that situation and dealing with the follow-up
steps with BSIS and the police brings you information available nowhere else!
^^^He has helped more than 3000 persons pass their state license tests; more than 300 just in the past year!
^^^In the 1990s, he started a no-nonsense network of Private Investigators.
Today, the 4000-member thePIgroup is the most dynamic group of PIs in the world!
Its all-day Internet network alone is the most powerful tool a PI could ever have.
^^^The PI Professor has taught PI, PPO, and other
BSIS at private schools and universities since the 1980s,
and has easily passed both the PI and PPO
qualified manager examinations himself!
^^^Every year, his intial consultations help with applications, help with documenting experience,
helps with involving family members, helps with business planing, and/or more!
Would you like to be on television?
The writer/compiler of these packages has represented the PI and
other related professions with more than 600 media appearances,
more than any other PI has! There are frequent requests for BSIS
professionals for media requests such as newspaper and TV stories;
we can gladly share the 'secrets' on how to prepare for these assignments!
BEWARE OF USING THE WRONG MATERIAL TO PREPARE WITH!
Our valuable consultation(s) and the accompanying paper materials are the most complete in the world.
Beware of generic 'covers all states' private investigator test advice, and see these 11 warnings below!
1. Note: we are NOT the yellow & black paperback PI Exam Secrets book written in Texas and said
to be usable for all states-- we have a current edition of that book, and while interesting,
it is generic and it has very little to do with what is on the CALIFORNIA PI test!
2. Note: we are NOT a PI 'legal guide'; while we have the second edition
and also the current edition (third edition, released 8/2011) of a very good one,
and we do recommend them later as reference tools (specifically as legal reference),
they are so VERY VERY VERY 'dry' (small print, NO photos or graphics, all pages boringly similar).
Not marketed by their own authors to be tools for preparing
for the PI test, NOR do their own authors claim them to be!
3. Note: we are NOT the worthless recommendations for new or old
'Investigator Procedures manuals and handbooks' and
'PI almanacs' and other 'PI How-To" books--
often secretly written & sold by those that are now recommending them!
In 2011, we obtained one that was being spammed about often by a PI;
it was 99% USELESS for helping with the CA PI license test,
despite it's (undisclosed) author's claims that it would help.
Call 818-883-6969 NOW for a few sample questions!
We assist people EVERY month who tried to pass with 'recommended books' and failed.
If you have wasted money on such a worthless book that didn't help you to pass the CA PI test,
we can help you towards getting your money back for purchasing a 'defective product'.
4. Note: we are NOT the text-only 'pirated' one-pound notebook of an older edition of some of our old base questions.
Our material was obtained years ago by an employee of a PI school and used to help her pass the PI test several years back,
THEN the PI school where she worked started to use our material as the core of their new training materials--
it included all, even our 'trigger questions' (unrelated questions, planted within as to later prove plagiarism!)
The school owner, when advised of a coming lawsuit, apologized verbally and in writing, agreed to cease making
the material available, sent us what was said to be the only remaining copies, and ultimately the school closed.
However, that employee was said to be selling copies after the school closed; she was contacted by us
and by unhappy 'customers' looking to sue her. We gave her verbal and written Cease and Desists.
(Although she was claiming it was 'updated', we obtained a copy at our own expense;
it was still essentially our older -but copyrighted- questions.) Update: she removed it from her website.
5. Note: this is NOT the 80-page 'Powers Of Arrest'
document you get with your approval-to-take-the-test letter.
That manual has almost nothing to do with the content of the PI test!
THAT DOCUMENT IS THE GUARD TEST: BSIS gives you a copy so that you
might be able to make a private-person arrest should you ever want to.
Here's the main thing you need to know about PIs and 'Powers of Arrest':
PIs have only the same 'arrest power' as any other citizen.
6. Note: this is NOT a small package said to be 'available soon' from a fairly new PI;
he used an old version of our material to pass the PI test a while ago,
then, having no clue what a copyright infringement lawsuit would do to him
financially, as well as him likely losing his PI license for blatest fraudulent activity
(thank goodness for our embedded questions that only WE know were NOT
on any of the several versions of the PI test, only on ours, which have been
used to prove plagurism in the past, his 'venture' was seen as too risky . . . !).
7. Note: this is NOT a set of 'flashcards' said to be 'useable for all states'.
Those are generic and have very little to do with what is on the CALIFORNIA PI test!
We have a copy of this set.
8. Note: this is NOT a green & black 'passbook' of generic questions with a New York slant!
We have both a 1997 version and their newest version (copyright 2009, same ISBN). Some new, some old.
Virtually worthless for CA PI test questions-- plus has law enforcement questions and New York PI licensing statutes.
9. Note: this is NOT an old set of questions a part-time PI has been
offering for more than a decade, still being falsely sold as 'current stuff'.
This old set is a modification of our old study questions we wrote & used more than
than 15 years ago, including our secretly embedded questions. Another dork!
10. Note: this is NOT the small text-only 250/300-question 'PI Test Study' thrown
together by a private investigator AFTER reading an old copy of our older material.
Besides being badly incomplete, its 're-wording' lowered its effectiveness!
One PI applicant who recently obtained a copy of it,
and THEN FAILED the PI test, said 'It was worthless'.
(Then he used our current package to pass!)
11. Note: this is NOT the multiple-choice (yuck!) questions on-line or
downloaded pdf file offered by a guy who passed the PI test not long ago,
who has almost no paid PI experience himself, yet perhaps thinks what he remembers from his own PI test
will help you to pass the 5 different tests-- by selling you 100 or so made-up multiple-choice questions!
We have helped persons pass after this material failed to do it. No guarantee-- another dud.
Avoid the clowns.
Avoid the phonies. 
Only www.thePIgroup.com has the 2012-2013 CA PI study material,
part of a one-on-one complete PI business consultation package!
We have helped more than 3000 pass their state license tests-- more than 300 in the past year.
Nobody else has even helped 30 to pass the PI test in the last year!
From a more-than-20-years teacher of California private investigations:
WORST possible study methods:
1) seminars, or 2) studying with multiple-choice questions
(low retention percentage, way too many words per actual needed knowledge)
BEST possible study method:
reading Question/Answer, Question/Answer, Question/Answer, . . .
(data direct to memory, higher word priority)
Don't waste time with study help that doesn't include a PASS guarantee!
Ask anyone who says they can help you with this test:
"How many people have you helped pass the CA PI test in the past year?"
Only WE have helped more than 3000 to pass their license tests-
Only WE have helped more than 300 to pass in the past year-
NOBODY else has even helped 30 in the past year!
Protect your fellow PIs!
If a state employee of the PI licensing bureau 'recommended' a book for you to purchase to help you with the PI test,
or the test-administering company 'recommended' (or even sold to you) a book to help with the PI test,
and it did NOT help (we hear this every week),
please contact that state employee and his/her supervisor, or contact BSIS if it was the testing company--
and let them know that their personally recommended book was improper and a waste of money.
Now includes powerful topic 'PI QUICK TESTS' to further improve your test score!
From the State of California, here are some Frequently Asked Questions
in regards to California Private Investigator licensing matters
(NOTE: these below are NOT questions from the test):
- What are the licensing requirements for a Private Investigator?
The general requirements for a Private Investigator are:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Three years of compensated experience totaling not less than 6,000 hours in investigative work, while employed by law enforcement agencies, collection agencies, insurance agencies, banks, courts, and other private investigation agencies, etc.
- A college degree in criminal law, criminal justice or police science can be substituted for part of the experience.
- Pass a written exam.
- Undergo a criminal history review.
- When does a Private Investigator license become delinquent?
The Private Investigator license becomes delinquent 30 days after expiration.
- How long after the expiration of my license am I able to renew it?
If after three years you fail to renew a delinquent license, you must submit a new application and begin the application process again.
- How do I change my business name?
To change your business name, you must submit a written request to the Bureau. Submit at least six names for consideration.
Note: If you are requesting your existing business name change to another business name other than your personal name, please send a change of business name fee in the amount of $25 with your request.
- Can a Private Investigator use a post office box for an address?
Yes. A Private Investigator may list a post office box only if mail delivery to the business address is not possible, or if the principal place of business is located at the licensee's personal residence. This request must be explained in writing. Otherwise, the company must state address by street, number and city. In addition, no licensee shall conduct business from any location other than the location for which a license or branch office registration was issued.
- How long does it take to process a new license following a request for a change of name, address or branch office?
Approximately four to six weeks.
- There has been a change in the type of ownership/entity after receiving the Private Investigator license. What do I have to do?
Licenses cannot be transferred or reassigned to new entities. A change of ownership constitutes a new entity. You must submit a new application with appropriate fees. For example, if you apply and become licensed as a sole owner and later decide to form a partnership or corporation, you must apply for a new license. Partners can be added to a partnership license without obtaining a new license.
- Can a Private Investigator carry a concealed weapon?
Yes. A Private Investigator may carry a concealed weapon on duty if he/she also has BSIS exposed firearms permit, and possesses a concealed weapons permit issued by local law enforcement or:
- Is a retired peace officer with an endorsement to carry a concealed weapon or
- Is an active duty peace officer
- Must Private Investigators who have concealed weapon permits, also have the Bureau's exposed weapons permit while on duty?
Yes. Even though a Private Investigator may possess a concealed weapons permit, he/she must also complete Bureau-approved firearms training course and obtain the Bureau's exposed firearms permit prior to carrying and using a firearm.
- Can a Private Investigator act as a bodyguard?
A Private Investigator may protect individuals. However, he/she may only do so in connection with a case that he/she has been previously hired to investigate.
- Must a Private Investigator carry liability insurance?
Private Investigators are only required to carry insurance if carrying a firearm. Investigators must maintain a minimum of $500,000 liability insurance for loss due to bodily injury or death and $500,000 for one loss due to injury or destruction of property.
- Can a Private Investigator "ambulance chase"?
No. Private Investigators are prohibited from soliciting business from anyone who has sustained a bodily injury as a result of an accident or from soliciting business from a family member of anyone who has sustained a bodily injury or death. However, they may solicit business from persons having an indirect interest in the injury, such as the injured person's attorney, insurance company or employer.
- A Private Investigator has been hired to conduct an investigation. Who must he/she divulge information to?
A Private Investigator may not release information acquired during an investigation to anyone other than his or her client, unless otherwise instructed by the client. However, if there are any criminal offenses, information may be released to local law enforcement or the district attorney.
- Can a Private Investigator do anything that a police officer can do?
No. A Private Investigator has no law enforcement authority even if he/she has been hired by law enforcement to perform an investigation. A Private Investigator is an ordinary citizen and can only make citizen's arrests.
- Can an unlicensed person who is working for a licensed private investigator make or distribute business cards?
No. An unlicensed person may not use any form of identification which gives the impression that he/she may be licensed.
- What type of information must appear on business cards and other forms of advertisements?
The name, addresses, and license number of the licensee as they appear in the Bureau's records.
- Can an applicant who has been denied a license or a licensee who has been served an accusation to revoke a license go before the Disciplinary Review Committee (DRC)?
No. He/she must make an appeal before an administrative law judge during an administrative hearing. Appeals may be made before DRC only with respect to firearms permits if there are allegations of firearms violations.
- How do I prove my investigative experience?
The claimed years of qualifying experience must be substantiated by a written certification from the employer, subject to verification by Bureau staff. Only an employer or his or her designated agent may certify this claimed experience.
- What if my employer (or certifier) is unwilling to certify my experience?
An employer who is a licensee shall respond in writing within 30 days to an applicant's written request for certification of the applicant's work experience and either provide the certification or the reason for denial. If the applicant is unable to obtain a written response or reason for denial and the applicant states under penalty of perjury that the employer (licensee's) reasons for denial are invalid or insufficient, the director may require that the employer (licensee) provide the Bureau with all relevant employment records maintained regarding the applicant. The Bureau will use these records to substantiate the applicant's employment experience.
- Can an employee of a Private Investigator bill clients?
No. A licensee is solely responsible for the conduct of his or her business and may not allow anyone to independently advertise, engage clients, and furnish reports or bill clients. All business is under the control of the licensee and must be conducted under the name of the licensee.
- Must a Private Investigator's findings be submitted to the client in writing?
Investigative reports must be submitted in a manner agreed upon by the investigator and the client. If there is no agreement, oral reports are as acceptable as written reports. Investigative reports must be submitted to the client upon demand if payment has been rendered. Private investigators must make every effort to ascertain that the information acquired is factual and correct. While the Bureau has no jurisdiction over fees, licensees must provide clients with a fee schedule or reasonable explanation of how charges are calculated should the client question the licensee's billing.
- Can a Private Investigator represent themself as government officials?
No. Private Investigators may not present themselves as anyone other than a Private Investigator. The law prohibits the use of any title, uniform, insignia, identification card or any statement which gives the impression that they are connected with any federal or state agency.
- Can a Private Investigator enter property without an owner's consent?
No. A Private Investigator may not enter any private building without owner's consent.
- Can a Private Investigator use a badge?
No. A Private Investigator may not carry or wear a badge in connection with an investigation since it may mislead others to believe that he or she is a peace officer or other government official.
- Once a license is obtained, can the licensee conduct business at a location other than what appears in the Bureau's records?
No. A licensee may only conduct business at the location shown in the Bureau's records unless he or she obtains a branch office certificate.
- How do I notify the Bureau of my change of address?
You must notify the Bureau in writing within 30 days of such change. Be sure that you include your license number, name, previous address, the new address, date of birth and Social Security number. Please print information.
- I received a 1203.4 dismissal on my conviction. Do I still need to report the conviction on my application?
Yes. You must report the conviction.
- How Do I obtain a Private Investigator photo identification?
Private Investigators must contact PSI at (877) 392-6422. PSI staff will schedule appointments for photos at one of their California centers. The photo identification card costs $6 and is paid to PS.
REMINDER: these 28 questions above are NOT on the PI licensing test.
2012 TESTIMONIAL: "I passed the test, your materials helped!" - LJ
Do you have a law-enforcement background? 
This big consultation package not only prepares you for the California Private Investigator license test,
but it also helps 'level the playing field' for you to soon match PIs with their years of private experience.
Look at the list a foot below this that shows the 100+ items included.
It would take you many many years of private practice to gather that knowledge!
Plus, we can help you make your first webpage: FREE.
More than half of those who have used our packages came from a police, sheriff, or corrections career.
We have assisted from all ranks, from Officer or Deputy and Detective through many Chiefs of Police!
Need to know all the steps of the PI process?
Then visit this super instructional website:
www.CaliforniaPrivateInvestigatorLicense.com
This 2012-2013 edition has FAR FAR more graphics & photos than ever before!
Yes-- the paper portion of the package really is 12 pounds-- so wear a back-brace!
Another 'secret' for you, from a 25-year teacher of BSIS occupations:
Multiple-choice is a good way to test somebody,
but it is the very very WORST way to study!
Don't worry-- we know the best way.
--For some items, we have modified state-issued data into more managable & absorbable data!--
---The consultation(s) and the accompanying paper materials were
written and compiled by a person who has been hired by BSIS
for the re-write of another BSIS PI test, thus learning some 'secrets'
behind their 'answer choices' and other test-question ideas!---
We have helped 3000 persons to pass their state licensing tests!
---also: author/compiler has taught PI, PPO,
and other BSIS at schools since the 1980s,
and has easily passed multiple BSIS qualified manager
licensing examinations the first time, including PI, himself!--
Also new for 2012:
The consultation and the accompanying materials include information on the new
2012 BSIS 'Potential License Denial or Suspension for Failure to Pay Taxes'
Would you like to be on television?The writer/compiler of these packages has represented the PI and
other related professions with more than 600 media appearances,
more than any other PI has! There are frequent requests for BSIS
professionals for media requests such as newspaper and TV stories;
we can gladly share the 'secrets' on how to prepare for these assignments!
BEWARE OF USING THE WRONG MATERIAL TO PREPARE WITH!
Our valuable consultation(s) and the accompanying paper materials are the most complete in the world.
Beware of generic 'covers all states' private investigator test advice, and see these 11 warnings below!
1. Note: we are NOT the yellow & black paperback PI Exam Secrets book written in Texas and said
to be usable for all states-- we have a current edition of that book, and while interesting,
it is generic and it has very little to do with what is on the CALIFORNIA PI test!
2. Note: we are NOT a PI 'legal guide'; while we have the second edition
and also the current edition (third edition, released 8/2011) of a very good one,
and we do recommend them later as reference tools (specifically as legal reference),
they are so VERY VERY VERY 'dry' (small print, NO photos or graphics, all pages boringly similar).
Not marketed by their own authors to be tools for preparing
for the PI test, NOR do their own authors claim them to be!
3. Note: we are NOT the worthless recommendations for new or old
'Investigator Procedures manuals and handbooks' and
'PI almanacs' and other 'PI How-To" books--
often secretly written & sold by those that are now recommending them!
In 2011, we obtained one that was being spammed about often by a PI;
it was 99% USELESS for helping with the CA PI license test,
despite it's (undisclosed) author's claims that it would help.
Call 818-883-6969 NOW for a few sample questions!
We assist people EVERY month who tried to pass with 'recommended books' and failed.
If you have wasted money on such a worthless book that didn't help you to pass the CA PI test,we can help you towards getting your money back for purchasing a 'defective product'.
4. Note: we are NOT the text-only 'pirated' one-pound notebook of an older edition of some of our old base questions.
Our material was obtained years ago by an employee of a PI school and used to help her pass the PI test several years back,
THEN the PI school where she worked started to use our material as the core of their new training materials--
it included all, even our 'trigger questions' (unrelated questions, planted within as to later prove plagiarism!)
The school owner, when advised of a coming lawsuit, apologized verbally and in writing, agreed to cease making
the material available, sent us what was said to be the only remaining copies, and ultimately the school closed.
However, that employee was said to be selling copies after the school closed; she was contacted by us
and by unhappy 'customers' looking to sue her. We gave her verbal and written Cease and Desists.
(Although she was claiming it was 'updated', we obtained a copy at our own expense;
it was still essentially our older -but copyrighted- questions.) Update: she removed it from her website.
5. Note: this is NOT the 80-page 'Powers Of Arrest'
document you get with your approval-to-take-the-test letter.
That manual has almost nothing to do with the content of the PI test!
THAT DOCUMENT IS THE GUARD TEST: BSIS gives you a copy so that you
might be able to make a private-person arrest should you ever want to.
Here's the main thing you need to know about PIs and 'Powers of Arrest':
PIs have only the same 'arrest power' as any other citizen.
6. Note: this is NOT a small package said to be 'available soon' from a fairly new PI;
he used an old version of our material to pass the PI test a while ago,
then, having no clue what a copyright infringement lawsuit would do to him
financially, as well as him likely losing his PI license for blatest fraudulent activity
(thank goodness for our embedded questions that only WE know were NOT
on any of the several versions of the PI test, only on ours, which have been
used to prove plagurism in the past, his 'venture' was seen as too risky . . . !).
7. Note: this is NOT a set of 'flashcards' said to be 'useable for all states'.
Those are generic and have very little to do with what is on the CALIFORNIA PI test!
We have a copy of this set.
8. Note: this is NOT a green & black 'passbook' of generic questions with a New York slant!
We have both a 1997 version and their newest version (copyright 2009, same ISBN). Some new, some old.
Virtually worthless for CA PI test questions-- plus has law enforcement questions and New York PI licensing statutes.
9. Note: this is NOT an old set of questions a part-time PI has been
offering for more than a decade, still being falsely sold as 'current stuff'.
This old set is a modification of our old study questions we wrote & used more than
than 15 years ago, including our secretly embedded questions. Another dork!
10. Note: this is NOT the small text-only 250/300-question 'PI Test Study' thrown
together by a private investigator AFTER reading an old copy of our older material.
Besides being badly incomplete, its 're-wording' lowered its effectiveness!
One PI applicant who recently obtained a copy of it,
and THEN FAILED the PI test, said 'It was worthless'.
(Then he used our current package to pass!)
11. Note: this is NOT the multiple-choice (yuck!) questions on-line or
downloaded pdf file offered by a guy who passed the PI test not long ago,
who has almost no paid PI experience himself, yet perhaps thinks what he remembers from his own PI test
will help you to pass the 5 different tests-- by selling you 100 or so made-up multiple-choice questions!
We have helped persons pass after this material failed to do it. No guarantee-- another dud.
Avoid the clowns.Avoid the phonies.
Only www.thePIgroup.com has the 2012-2013 CA PI study material,
part of a one-on-one complete PI business consultation package!
We have helped more than 3000 pass their state license tests-- more than 300 in the past year.
Nobody else has even helped 30 to pass the PI test in the last year!
From a more-than-20-years teacher of California private investigations:
1) seminars, or 2) studying with multiple-choice questions
(low retention percentage, way too many words per actual needed knowledge)
BEST possible study method:
reading Question/Answer, Question/Answer, Question/Answer, . . .
(data direct to memory, higher word priority)
Don't waste time with study help that doesn't include a PASS guarantee!
Ask anyone who says they can help you with this test:
"How many people have you helped pass the CA PI test in the past year?"
Only WE have helped more than 3000 to pass their license tests-
Only WE have helped more than 300 to pass in the past year-
NOBODY else has even helped 30 in the past year!
Ask anyone who says they can help you with this test:
"How many people have you helped pass the CA PI test in the past year?"
Only WE have helped more than 3000 to pass their license tests-
Only WE have helped more than 300 to pass in the past year-
NOBODY else has even helped 30 in the past year!
Protect your fellow PIs!
If a state employee of the PI licensing bureau 'recommended' a book for you to purchase to help you with the PI test,
or the test-administering company 'recommended' (or even sold to you) a book to help with the PI test,
and it did NOT help (we hear this every week),
please contact that state employee and his/her supervisor, or contact BSIS if it was the testing company--
and let them know that their personally recommended book was improper and a waste of money.
Now includes powerful topic 'PI QUICK TESTS' to further improve your test score!
From the State of California, here are some Frequently Asked Questions
in regards to California Private Investigator licensing matters
(NOTE: these below are NOT questions from the test):
- What are the licensing requirements for a Private Investigator?
The general requirements for a Private Investigator are:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Three years of compensated experience totaling not less than 6,000 hours in investigative work, while employed by law enforcement agencies, collection agencies, insurance agencies, banks, courts, and other private investigation agencies, etc.
- A college degree in criminal law, criminal justice or police science can be substituted for part of the experience.
- Pass a written exam.
- Undergo a criminal history review.
- When does a Private Investigator license become delinquent?
The Private Investigator license becomes delinquent 30 days after expiration.
- How long after the expiration of my license am I able to renew it?
If after three years you fail to renew a delinquent license, you must submit a new application and begin the application process again.
- How do I change my business name?
To change your business name, you must submit a written request to the Bureau. Submit at least six names for consideration.
Note: If you are requesting your existing business name change to another business name other than your personal name, please send a change of business name fee in the amount of $25 with your request.
- Can a Private Investigator use a post office box for an address?
Yes. A Private Investigator may list a post office box only if mail delivery to the business address is not possible, or if the principal place of business is located at the licensee's personal residence. This request must be explained in writing. Otherwise, the company must state address by street, number and city. In addition, no licensee shall conduct business from any location other than the location for which a license or branch office registration was issued.
- How long does it take to process a new license following a request for a change of name, address or branch office?
Approximately four to six weeks.
- There has been a change in the type of ownership/entity after receiving the Private Investigator license. What do I have to do?
Licenses cannot be transferred or reassigned to new entities. A change of ownership constitutes a new entity. You must submit a new application with appropriate fees. For example, if you apply and become licensed as a sole owner and later decide to form a partnership or corporation, you must apply for a new license. Partners can be added to a partnership license without obtaining a new license.
- Can a Private Investigator carry a concealed weapon?
Yes. A Private Investigator may carry a concealed weapon on duty if he/she also has BSIS exposed firearms permit, and possesses a concealed weapons permit issued by local law enforcement or:
- Is a retired peace officer with an endorsement to carry a concealed weapon or
- Is an active duty peace officer
- Must Private Investigators who have concealed weapon permits, also have the Bureau's exposed weapons permit while on duty?
Yes. Even though a Private Investigator may possess a concealed weapons permit, he/she must also complete Bureau-approved firearms training course and obtain the Bureau's exposed firearms permit prior to carrying and using a firearm.
- Can a Private Investigator act as a bodyguard?
A Private Investigator may protect individuals. However, he/she may only do so in connection with a case that he/she has been previously hired to investigate.
- Must a Private Investigator carry liability insurance?
Private Investigators are only required to carry insurance if carrying a firearm. Investigators must maintain a minimum of $500,000 liability insurance for loss due to bodily injury or death and $500,000 for one loss due to injury or destruction of property.
- Can a Private Investigator "ambulance chase"?
No. Private Investigators are prohibited from soliciting business from anyone who has sustained a bodily injury as a result of an accident or from soliciting business from a family member of anyone who has sustained a bodily injury or death. However, they may solicit business from persons having an indirect interest in the injury, such as the injured person's attorney, insurance company or employer.
- A Private Investigator has been hired to conduct an investigation. Who must he/she divulge information to?
A Private Investigator may not release information acquired during an investigation to anyone other than his or her client, unless otherwise instructed by the client. However, if there are any criminal offenses, information may be released to local law enforcement or the district attorney.
- Can a Private Investigator do anything that a police officer can do?
No. A Private Investigator has no law enforcement authority even if he/she has been hired by law enforcement to perform an investigation. A Private Investigator is an ordinary citizen and can only make citizen's arrests.
- Can an unlicensed person who is working for a licensed private investigator make or distribute business cards?
No. An unlicensed person may not use any form of identification which gives the impression that he/she may be licensed.
- What type of information must appear on business cards and other forms of advertisements?
The name, addresses, and license number of the licensee as they appear in the Bureau's records.
- Can an applicant who has been denied a license or a licensee who has been served an accusation to revoke a license go before the Disciplinary Review Committee (DRC)?
No. He/she must make an appeal before an administrative law judge during an administrative hearing. Appeals may be made before DRC only with respect to firearms permits if there are allegations of firearms violations.
- How do I prove my investigative experience?
The claimed years of qualifying experience must be substantiated by a written certification from the employer, subject to verification by Bureau staff. Only an employer or his or her designated agent may certify this claimed experience.
- What if my employer (or certifier) is unwilling to certify my experience?
An employer who is a licensee shall respond in writing within 30 days to an applicant's written request for certification of the applicant's work experience and either provide the certification or the reason for denial. If the applicant is unable to obtain a written response or reason for denial and the applicant states under penalty of perjury that the employer (licensee's) reasons for denial are invalid or insufficient, the director may require that the employer (licensee) provide the Bureau with all relevant employment records maintained regarding the applicant. The Bureau will use these records to substantiate the applicant's employment experience.
- Can an employee of a Private Investigator bill clients?
No. A licensee is solely responsible for the conduct of his or her business and may not allow anyone to independently advertise, engage clients, and furnish reports or bill clients. All business is under the control of the licensee and must be conducted under the name of the licensee.
- Must a Private Investigator's findings be submitted to the client in writing?
Investigative reports must be submitted in a manner agreed upon by the investigator and the client. If there is no agreement, oral reports are as acceptable as written reports. Investigative reports must be submitted to the client upon demand if payment has been rendered. Private investigators must make every effort to ascertain that the information acquired is factual and correct. While the Bureau has no jurisdiction over fees, licensees must provide clients with a fee schedule or reasonable explanation of how charges are calculated should the client question the licensee's billing.
- Can a Private Investigator represent themself as government officials?
No. Private Investigators may not present themselves as anyone other than a Private Investigator. The law prohibits the use of any title, uniform, insignia, identification card or any statement which gives the impression that they are connected with any federal or state agency.
- Can a Private Investigator enter property without an owner's consent?
No. A Private Investigator may not enter any private building without owner's consent.
- Can a Private Investigator use a badge?
No. A Private Investigator may not carry or wear a badge in connection with an investigation since it may mislead others to believe that he or she is a peace officer or other government official.
- Once a license is obtained, can the licensee conduct business at a location other than what appears in the Bureau's records?
No. A licensee may only conduct business at the location shown in the Bureau's records unless he or she obtains a branch office certificate.
- How do I notify the Bureau of my change of address?
You must notify the Bureau in writing within 30 days of such change. Be sure that you include your license number, name, previous address, the new address, date of birth and Social Security number. Please print information.
- I received a 1203.4 dismissal on my conviction. Do I still need to report the conviction on my application?
Yes. You must report the conviction.
- How Do I obtain a Private Investigator photo identification?
Private Investigators must contact PSI at (877) 392-6422. PSI staff will schedule appointments for photos at one of their California centers. The photo identification card costs $6 and is paid to PS.
REMINDER: these 28 questions above are NOT on the PI licensing test.
in regards to California Private Investigator licensing matters
(NOTE: these below are NOT questions from the test):
- What are the licensing requirements for a Private Investigator?
The general requirements for a Private Investigator are:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Three years of compensated experience totaling not less than 6,000 hours in investigative work, while employed by law enforcement agencies, collection agencies, insurance agencies, banks, courts, and other private investigation agencies, etc.
- A college degree in criminal law, criminal justice or police science can be substituted for part of the experience.
- Pass a written exam.
- Undergo a criminal history review.
- When does a Private Investigator license become delinquent?
The Private Investigator license becomes delinquent 30 days after expiration.
- How long after the expiration of my license am I able to renew it?
If after three years you fail to renew a delinquent license, you must submit a new application and begin the application process again.
- How do I change my business name?
To change your business name, you must submit a written request to the Bureau. Submit at least six names for consideration.
Note: If you are requesting your existing business name change to another business name other than your personal name, please send a change of business name fee in the amount of $25 with your request.
- Can a Private Investigator use a post office box for an address?
Yes. A Private Investigator may list a post office box only if mail delivery to the business address is not possible, or if the principal place of business is located at the licensee's personal residence. This request must be explained in writing. Otherwise, the company must state address by street, number and city. In addition, no licensee shall conduct business from any location other than the location for which a license or branch office registration was issued.
- How long does it take to process a new license following a request for a change of name, address or branch office?
Approximately four to six weeks.
- There has been a change in the type of ownership/entity after receiving the Private Investigator license. What do I have to do?
Licenses cannot be transferred or reassigned to new entities. A change of ownership constitutes a new entity. You must submit a new application with appropriate fees. For example, if you apply and become licensed as a sole owner and later decide to form a partnership or corporation, you must apply for a new license. Partners can be added to a partnership license without obtaining a new license.
- Can a Private Investigator carry a concealed weapon?
Yes. A Private Investigator may carry a concealed weapon on duty if he/she also has BSIS exposed firearms permit, and possesses a concealed weapons permit issued by local law enforcement or:
- Is a retired peace officer with an endorsement to carry a concealed weapon or
- Is an active duty peace officer
- Must Private Investigators who have concealed weapon permits, also have the Bureau's exposed weapons permit while on duty?
Yes. Even though a Private Investigator may possess a concealed weapons permit, he/she must also complete Bureau-approved firearms training course and obtain the Bureau's exposed firearms permit prior to carrying and using a firearm.
- Can a Private Investigator act as a bodyguard?
A Private Investigator may protect individuals. However, he/she may only do so in connection with a case that he/she has been previously hired to investigate.
- Must a Private Investigator carry liability insurance?
Private Investigators are only required to carry insurance if carrying a firearm. Investigators must maintain a minimum of $500,000 liability insurance for loss due to bodily injury or death and $500,000 for one loss due to injury or destruction of property.
- Can a Private Investigator "ambulance chase"?
No. Private Investigators are prohibited from soliciting business from anyone who has sustained a bodily injury as a result of an accident or from soliciting business from a family member of anyone who has sustained a bodily injury or death. However, they may solicit business from persons having an indirect interest in the injury, such as the injured person's attorney, insurance company or employer.
- A Private Investigator has been hired to conduct an investigation. Who must he/she divulge information to?
A Private Investigator may not release information acquired during an investigation to anyone other than his or her client, unless otherwise instructed by the client. However, if there are any criminal offenses, information may be released to local law enforcement or the district attorney.
- Can a Private Investigator do anything that a police officer can do?
No. A Private Investigator has no law enforcement authority even if he/she has been hired by law enforcement to perform an investigation. A Private Investigator is an ordinary citizen and can only make citizen's arrests.
- Can an unlicensed person who is working for a licensed private investigator make or distribute business cards?
No. An unlicensed person may not use any form of identification which gives the impression that he/she may be licensed.
- What type of information must appear on business cards and other forms of advertisements?
The name, addresses, and license number of the licensee as they appear in the Bureau's records.
- Can an applicant who has been denied a license or a licensee who has been served an accusation to revoke a license go before the Disciplinary Review Committee (DRC)?
No. He/she must make an appeal before an administrative law judge during an administrative hearing. Appeals may be made before DRC only with respect to firearms permits if there are allegations of firearms violations.
- How do I prove my investigative experience?
The claimed years of qualifying experience must be substantiated by a written certification from the employer, subject to verification by Bureau staff. Only an employer or his or her designated agent may certify this claimed experience.
- What if my employer (or certifier) is unwilling to certify my experience?
An employer who is a licensee shall respond in writing within 30 days to an applicant's written request for certification of the applicant's work experience and either provide the certification or the reason for denial. If the applicant is unable to obtain a written response or reason for denial and the applicant states under penalty of perjury that the employer (licensee's) reasons for denial are invalid or insufficient, the director may require that the employer (licensee) provide the Bureau with all relevant employment records maintained regarding the applicant. The Bureau will use these records to substantiate the applicant's employment experience.
- Can an employee of a Private Investigator bill clients?
No. A licensee is solely responsible for the conduct of his or her business and may not allow anyone to independently advertise, engage clients, and furnish reports or bill clients. All business is under the control of the licensee and must be conducted under the name of the licensee.
- Must a Private Investigator's findings be submitted to the client in writing?
Investigative reports must be submitted in a manner agreed upon by the investigator and the client. If there is no agreement, oral reports are as acceptable as written reports. Investigative reports must be submitted to the client upon demand if payment has been rendered. Private investigators must make every effort to ascertain that the information acquired is factual and correct. While the Bureau has no jurisdiction over fees, licensees must provide clients with a fee schedule or reasonable explanation of how charges are calculated should the client question the licensee's billing.
- Can a Private Investigator represent themself as government officials?
No. Private Investigators may not present themselves as anyone other than a Private Investigator. The law prohibits the use of any title, uniform, insignia, identification card or any statement which gives the impression that they are connected with any federal or state agency.
- Can a Private Investigator enter property without an owner's consent?
No. A Private Investigator may not enter any private building without owner's consent.
- Can a Private Investigator use a badge?
No. A Private Investigator may not carry or wear a badge in connection with an investigation since it may mislead others to believe that he or she is a peace officer or other government official.
- Once a license is obtained, can the licensee conduct business at a location other than what appears in the Bureau's records?
No. A licensee may only conduct business at the location shown in the Bureau's records unless he or she obtains a branch office certificate.
- How do I notify the Bureau of my change of address?
You must notify the Bureau in writing within 30 days of such change. Be sure that you include your license number, name, previous address, the new address, date of birth and Social Security number. Please print information.
- I received a 1203.4 dismissal on my conviction. Do I still need to report the conviction on my application?
Yes. You must report the conviction.
- How Do I obtain a Private Investigator photo identification?
Private Investigators must contact PSI at (877) 392-6422. PSI staff will schedule appointments for photos at one of their California centers. The photo identification card costs $6 and is paid to PS.
REMINDER: these 28 questions above are NOT on the PI licensing test.
Do you have a law-enforcement background? This big consultation package not only prepares you for the California Private Investigator license test,
but it also helps 'level the playing field' for you to soon match PIs with their years of private experience.
Look at the list a foot below this that shows the 100+ items included.
It would take you many many years of private practice to gather that knowledge!
Plus, we can help you make your first webpage: FREE.
More than half of those who have used our packages came from a police, sheriff, or corrections career.
We have assisted from all ranks, from Officer or Deputy and Detective through many Chiefs of Police!
Need to know all the steps of the PI process?
Then visit this super instructional website:
www.CaliforniaPrivateInvestigatorLicense.com
This 2012-2013 edition has FAR FAR more graphics & photos than ever before!
Yes-- the paper portion of the package really is 12 pounds-- so wear a back-brace!
Another 'secret' for you, from a 25-year teacher of BSIS occupations:
Multiple-choice is a good way to test somebody,
but it is the very very WORST way to study!
Don't worry-- we know the best way.
--For some items, we have modified state-issued data into more managable & absorbable data!--
---The consultation(s) and the accompanying paper materials were
written and compiled by a person who has been hired by BSIS
for the re-write of another BSIS PI test, thus learning some 'secrets'
behind their 'answer choices' and other test-question ideas!---
We have helped 3000 persons to pass their state licensing tests!
---also: author/compiler has taught PI, PPO,
and other BSIS at schools since the 1980s,
and has easily passed multiple BSIS qualified manager
licensing examinations the first time, including PI, himself!--
Also new for 2012:
The consultation and the accompanying materials include information on the new
2012 BSIS 'Potential License Denial or Suspension for Failure to Pay Taxes'
In May 2012, BSIS introduced the 'Veterans Come First' program.
In order to assist veterans in their transition from military service
to civilian employment, the Bureau of Security and Investigative
Services (BSIS) has implemented the Veterans Come First Program.
This program offers priority services to veteran applicants and assists
veterans by leveraging their transferable military experience and
training in order to meet all or part of the Bureau’s licensing qualifications.
The BSIS Veterans Come First Program provides the following support for veteran applicants:
- Provides veteran applicants with their own personal BSIS staff person to support them through the licensing process.
- Provides veteran applicants with direct line telephone numbers and email contact information.
- Provides veteran applicants priority in the licensure process.
- Email or telephone notification as soon as the veteran’s application is approved by the Bureau for licensure.
For Private Investigator:
Military veterans can use their military police officer experience
conducting investigations towards the hours required to
become a licensed Private Investigator.
You can receive reimbursement from the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) for many of the licensing and certification tests the State of California
administers. The PI license testing fee has been approved for VA reimbursement.
Program details included.
Students retain FAR MORE information if it includes VISUAL cues,
so we now include more than 200 supporting questions and/or datasheets with graphics, photos or drawings!
Many people have called our 200 datasheets with graphics
'like Giant Paper Flashcards'!
We hear the same thing, every week:
"The PI material from the State didn't help me at all".
- or -
"The PI stuff the State sent me was only good for about 10 of the 150 questions".
- or -
"I have failed the PI test 4 times, and each time it was a completely different test".
Well, this is TRUE. And here's why-it-is-what-it-is:
The State is here to regulate you, NOT to educate you.
They provide you information on things that they can fine ($) a PI for.
They do NOT help you with the majority of the test.
It is an 'experienced-based' examination.
Most of the test is about knowledge you supposedly have from not only
investigative work, but also from running a business and being an employer.
The truth is: you do not know these things, causing most to fail.
Students retain FAR MORE information if it includes VISUAL cues,
so we now include more than 200 supporting questions and/or datasheets with graphics, photos or drawings!
so we now include more than 200 supporting questions and/or datasheets with graphics, photos or drawings!
Many people have called our 200 datasheets with graphics
'like Giant Paper Flashcards'!
'like Giant Paper Flashcards'!
We hear the same thing, every week:"The PI material from the State didn't help me at all".
- or -
"The PI stuff the State sent me was only good for about 10 of the 150 questions".
- or -
"I have failed the PI test 4 times, and each time it was a completely different test".
Well, this is TRUE. And here's why-it-is-what-it-is:
The State is here to regulate you, NOT to educate you.
They provide you information on things that they can fine ($) a PI for.
They do NOT help you with the majority of the test.
It is an 'experienced-based' examination.
Most of the test is about knowledge you supposedly have from not only
investigative work, but also from running a business and being an employer.
The truth is: you do not know these things, causing most to fail.
Our copyrighted 2012-2013 California PI Business Consultation and its accompanying
Study Material & PI Business Help 12-pound 'Super Package' INCLUDES:
(more than 100 items numbered below
for easy discussion if you call us!)
1:--a 12-pound package, known as 'The PI-Academy-In-A-Box'!
(Note: It ships to you in a 14 X 14 box!)
2:-- complete general CA PI licensing information--
3:***--more than 1100 sample PI-knowledge questions, with answers:
from single-answer, multiple-choice, and true/false! --***
(these include and are also supported with more than 200
supporting questions and/or datasheets with graphics or photos!)
4:***--A. study the hundreds & hundreds & hundreds (1000+) of questions with answers
found packed in the front and rear sections of this BIG package;
and
B. also study the other data in the front and rear sections of this 11-pound package
such as Definitions, Acronyms, Terminology, Tests with Answers, Glossary, Topic Sheets, Terms, Abbreviations,
PI Quick Tests, Vocabulary Words, Graphic Data Sheets, and the Process Server Reference Guide,
(many many new items now contain graphics to help you retain the information);
200 pages with graphics 
enhance our 2012-2013 CA PI study material!
while you
C. complete each Pop Quiz, Review, Quiz, Test, Quick Test, and any other self-testing as they come;
D. also study both provided versions
(the regular version and the simplified/explained in layman's terms version)
of the State of California Private Investigator Act;
E. debate, research, and then study the 'PI Ethics and Integrity'
self-research questions with a trusted confidant;
F. (Optional) then attempt to pass a 500+ question multiple-choice test
in the center of the package that uses some of your retained knowledge.
G. (Optional) Then, use the 4-page answer key to self-correct some of your answers
to the 500+ question test, and use the items from steps A through E above
to self-correct some of your other answers, to teach yourself even further!
H. If you do optional steps F and G, then after that, repeat steps A through E again--***
5:-- copies of some government laws/codes important to CA PIs--
6: --a 'PI Ethics and Integrity' section for you to research with and discuss--
7.--includes more than 200 pages of question-based or question-supporting 'Key Data' sheets,
that have graphics & photos to help you remember important information!--
8: --'Quick Review' sheets--
9:--a PI Terms glossary--
10: ***--key information about 2 required government 'Financial Privacy Acts'
that most new --and old-- CA PIs know nothing about and can not answer!---***
11: ***--the 3 vocabulary words that virtually no PI license
applicant could correctly choose the correct definition!--***
12: --training information that you won't already
know if you never attended a detective academy--
13: --a 'secret' phone number to use that verbally tells
you the number of the phone you are calling from
(when you need it, it is invaluable)--
14: --an application for the state-issued CA PI Firearm FQ permit card--
15: --information about joining the 4000-member thePIgroup (www.thePIgroup.com) free!--
16: ***--information on the one CA specialty that allows you to legally
trespass while doing it, legally exempting you from the Penal Code trespass section!-***
17: ***--a complete copy from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics of their
'Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 (newest) Edition,
Private Detectives and Investigators'--***
18: --data presented in a keep-you-awake random &
scrambled order of continual topic changes; many parts even repeated
and/or re-worded as to reinforce several less-known items;
redundancy for certain items!--
19: --free database searches and/or trial periods from several of the main PI database companies--
20: --dozens of info sheets of items to help you start a PI business NOW--
21: ***--the current application package for obtaining your own CA DMV account,
so you can quickly and cheaply run CA plates, CA driver histories, etc!
For $50, you can have a 2-year DMV account of your own.
(for example, you can then run license plates for about $4.) --***
BONUS: Some PIs, once they have a DMV account,
choose to buy DMV info from restricted private sources
instead of directly from DMV. We tell you 3 sources!
22: --example of a No-PI-Work-Off-Duty order, which details restrictions
on when one large LE agency tells their off-duty personnel can do PI work--
23: ***--the 'Secret Six' list (the list of the 6 court
papers that a CA PI is NOT allowed to serve)--***
24: --a 'License Type Identification Guide' (issued for CA law enforcement to be
able to verify a PI license shown to them matches that currently issued by BSIS)--
25: ***--12 pounds; it is shipped inside a LARGE professional-graded
binder with section dividers, so bursting with information that its
pockets are likely to be exploded out by the time it arrives to you
(that's OK, the material in the pockets are
meant to be studied outside of the binder!)
and it is shipped in a 14 X 14 box--***
26: --also includes 10 pages of special information that applies only to
active and retired peace officers, in regards to CA PI licenses and the
carrying of firearms by active or retired law enforcement people
WHILE doing CA PI work--
27:***--a reminder, in case you missed it:
more than 1100 sample PI questions with answers--***
28: ***--CA PIs working unarmed are not required to be insured.
But many choose to be insured, usually for $1,000,000.
Included is a little-known source for this insurance at
about half the price that most PIs are now paying for it!--***
29: --First Aid, basic instructions--
30: ***--a private consultation, up to one hour, with a highly-experienced expert with
30-years private investigation industry experience, VALUABLE information
(this can re-direct your plans, or put them on the realistic real-world track) --***
31: --Learn some simple things that might make the difference between you being
A: a 'successful CA PI business'
-or-
B: 'just another CA PI licensee with a PI license
in your wallet that is doing nothing for you'--
32:--information on where to learn the highest-paid-per-hour
investigative specialty in California: Polygraph and Lie-Detection
(note: there is NO license required for polygraph work in California!) --
33:--advanced topics not needed for testing but to implant the
knowledge now that will be needed once your PI business is going!--
34: ***--the '4 CA PI reciprocity states' list published by the State of California
(the list of the 4 states that have at least some
reciprocity for California PIs to follow work there)--***
35: --study questions for the CA PI Firearm Carry registration test (FQ card)--
--many copies of public-domain local, state & federal documents and
other items provided as a courtesy and at no additional cost to you;
many have been improved from their original presentation into better for your use! --
36: --free help with your first PI business website or blog!--
37: --copies of the two important government codes
for if you ever do any kind of debt-collection work--
38:--'tricks of the trade' advice, such as
How to get addresses to many unlisted phone numbers instantly and for free!--
39: --Live Scan forms for CA PI license without firearm permit--
40:***--When, if ever, are you allowed to do this?
Looking through their trash for evidence- the court decision that covers this!-***-
41: --Live Scan forms for CA PI license with firearm permit--
42: --a copy of the state-issued 'CA PI Candidate Information Bulletin'--
43: --Pop quizzes--
44. Known as 'The PI Academy In-A-Box'!
45.--a Frequently Needed Sources for PIs list--
46.-- Learn the secret coding behind California Driver's License numbers
(Call us with your own first 3 digits, we'll instantly tell you when it was issued;
this is a great fraud-detection tool for spotting many fake CA DLs)
47: Got 10 minutes?
Call 818-883-6969 for the most valuable PI phone conversation you will ever have!
48: --can sometimes be shipped immediately (contact us for those optional details) --
49: --also used to prepare for the nationwide Certified Master Investigator certification testing--
50: --addresses of all CA PI license test centers--
51. --hundreds of questions to test your Investigative Proficiency --
52: --mini review tests--
53. Serve people with court papers, restraining orders, lawsuits, divorce papers, and more:
CALIFORNIA PROCESS SERVER'S REFERENCE COLLECTION
A 35-page compilation of datasheets and more, containing information
that even your favorite Process Server likely doesn't know!
(including a PS bond application that allows you to get the required 2-year,
$2000 bond for $50 instead of the $79 to $125 charged by some other insurance companies)
--also includes information about serving papers in Mexico
--also includes information about serving people
through the private mailbox service they are using
--also includes a source for free unlimited downloading
of blank 'Proof Of Service' forms for all CA court papers!
Delivering legal papers: an excellent source of extra $$$$ work for PIs!
--35 pages--
54. --a copy of the Federal form that requires the Post Office to give
you the Change Of Address information they have on file for your person --
55: --direction toward obtaining additional study reinforcement and preparation--
56.--Reminder: the majority of this package is copyrighted material--
57. --What a CA PI must know about the Federal
HIPAA laws or risk getting fined or sent to jail!--
58. --Installing electronic GPS live-tracking units on a car:
the one only exception that allows a CA PI to do this without
misdemeanor arrest and revocation of the PI's license!--
59. --What 3 rules a CA PI must know about the use of 'nanny cams',
and what wrong choice is a federal violation that could bring prison time!--
60: -- to-the-point guidelines for proper Report Writing--
61. --examples of forms used in a PI business environment
(Client Intake sheet, Contracts, Non-compete / Non-competition agreement,
Confidentiality Agreement, Independent Contractor agreement,
timesheets, daily time record, weekly time record, Missing Person worksheet,
Employment Application, Disclosure and Authorization for Background Investigation,
Employee Agreement and Consent to Drug and/or Alcohol Testing, etc)
THESE ALONE ARE OFTEN WORTH $$$ TO A NEW BUSINESS!!
Use for some of their wording, their legal terminology
and their ideas as you type your own; modify as needed.
62.--information on the #1 book to add to your PI library
(and it's less than $20!)
63. --Homeland Security and a PI licensing bureau developed
a wallet-sized reference for helping to spot that a potential client,
or someone you observe while on surveillance, might be a terrorist.
Included.64. --current version,
BSIS 'Report of Incident' 2 page form
(for any incident involving a physical altercation
or the use of a deadly weapon while working as
a licensee, a QM, or an employee of a licensee;
file per time requirement or you are fined )--
65. --So many people that fail the PI license test report that they
didn't finish the test, but that they 'only missed it by one question'.
We share the SECRET that could have got them a passing grade!--
66. --sample questions and/or information about the
quarterly wage and withholding report required of California employers:
the proper form to use, and instructions for its completion & filing (4 pages)--
67. --the real facts on when to pay employees 'over-time' or 'double-time'
(stop relying on old-wives' tales and other wrong information)
68 --sample questions and/or information about
the reporting of newly hired employees in California:
the proper form to use, why this is required,
and instructions about required time for reporting (3 pages)--
69. --sample questions and/or information about
the relatively-new State of California law requiring
mandatory sexual harassment training of supervisors--
70. The special report: 'CA PI Business-Name-Choice Secrets'!
The state will not issue a PI license to you until you give them
a business name for your new company that they can approve.
BUT:
with nearly 10000 CA PIs currently licensed, most 'generic names'
are already taken, and you will often get a 'Name Denial Letter'
(a copy of this letter is included!). Plus, there are other restrictions
involved in the choosing of names. This report will tell you how
to be pretty sure if a name will be approved, and not make
the same mistakes made by others every week.
WARNING: don't bother registering names for your business now,
or filing Fictitious Business Name statements, or pay for Internet
website addresses, until AFTER the Bureau approves your name
choice-- they don't care about what names you say you already 'own'!
Not choosing the right name now can slow the license by a month.
71. --sample questions and/or information about
California law regarding 'pay days' for employees
and related recordkeeping of wages (2 pages)--
72. ---nine pages of information known as
'The 7 Steps To Getting a California PI License in 2012,
from application through licensing test
through initial business set-up',
including exact web address to download applications,
LiveScan forms, detailed information on verifying
your required experience and for choosing a business
name that BSIS will approve, important information
regarding the preparation for and actual taking of the
licensing test, details about getting your first website
going and how to get approved for a business checking
account in the new PI business name, how to join the
biggest organization of PIs in the world for free, learn
which are the two main PI databases to subscribe to,
quick help to start your own DMV license plate account,
and more (9 pages)--
73. --a California County Codes sheet
(needed for decoding county-of-origin on many state documents)
74: --information and an application to become a person certified
by the Department of Justice to do ink or scanned fingerprinting;
the person who did your PI LiveScan has this same certification!--
75. --information about California Labor Code topics
that most PI applicants can not properly answer
76. --the correct employee tax terms, and sample tax forms,
that most new PPO businesses are confused by (9 pages)--
77. --verifying eligibility of your employees to work in the US:
the proper federal form to use, and instructions
for its completion & required retention (6 pages)--
78. --current version,
'Frequently Asked Questions:
Firearms Permit / FQ' (5 pages)
79. --current version,
'Branch Office Registration Application'--
80. --current version,
'BSIS Licensee
Request For Change Of Address' form--
81. --field manual,
'Is It Valid:
California Driver License
& Identification Card
Verification Procedures',
by the State of California
Department of Motor Vehicles;
includes 6 pages specifically about the newest
licenses and ID, including enlargements (16 pages)--
82.--a copy of the Constitution of the United States (26 pages)
(think about 'hearsay', 'searches', 'privacy', etc)
83: --A few 'contract tips' to keep in mind when writing a contract--
84: --free help with your first PI business webpage!
85. --sample questions and/or information
about the California Public Records Act
(NOT the same as the Freedom of Information Act!) --
86. --Want to be able to verify the immigration/citizenship status of the
new employees of other businesses for them, through Homeland Security?
Included are the initial details toward obtaining this little-known specialty!--
87. --the California law regarding the use of 'bulletproof vests'
(body-armor) by CA PIs and their employees
stop relying on 'old wives tales' for this!--
88. --information on the one reliable self-defense weapon
that any private investigator can carry with NO permit needed--
89. --key details for serving legal papers in Mexico
(very important to southern California PIs!)--
90. --How to quickly get a 'social security number' (an E-I-N) for your business,
so you don't have to give out your personal social security
number to your business & government clients)
Our copyrighted 2012-2013 California PI Business Consultation and its accompanying
Study Material & PI Business Help 12-pound 'Super Package' INCLUDES:
(more than 100 items numbered below
for easy discussion if you call us!)
1:--a 12-pound package, known as 'The PI-Academy-In-A-Box'!
(Note: It ships to you in a 14 X 14 box!)2:-- complete general CA PI licensing information--
3:***--more than 1100 sample PI-knowledge questions, with answers:
from single-answer, multiple-choice, and true/false! --***
(these include and are also supported with more than 200
supporting questions and/or datasheets with graphics or photos!)
4:***--A. study the hundreds & hundreds & hundreds (1000+) of questions with answers
found packed in the front and rear sections of this BIG package;
and
B. also study the other data in the front and rear sections of this 11-pound package
such as Definitions, Acronyms, Terminology, Tests with Answers, Glossary, Topic Sheets, Terms, Abbreviations,
PI Quick Tests, Vocabulary Words, Graphic Data Sheets, and the Process Server Reference Guide,
(many many new items now contain graphics to help you retain the information);
200 pages with graphics
enhance our 2012-2013 CA PI study material!while you
C. complete each Pop Quiz, Review, Quiz, Test, Quick Test, and any other self-testing as they come;
D. also study both provided versions
(the regular version and the simplified/explained in layman's terms version)
of the State of California Private Investigator Act;
E. debate, research, and then study the 'PI Ethics and Integrity'
self-research questions with a trusted confidant;
F. (Optional) then attempt to pass a 500+ question multiple-choice test
in the center of the package that uses some of your retained knowledge.
G. (Optional) Then, use the 4-page answer key to self-correct some of your answers
to the 500+ question test, and use the items from steps A through E above
to self-correct some of your other answers, to teach yourself even further!
H. If you do optional steps F and G, then after that, repeat steps A through E again--***
5:-- copies of some government laws/codes important to CA PIs--
6: --a 'PI Ethics and Integrity' section for you to research with and discuss--
7.--includes more than 200 pages of question-based or question-supporting 'Key Data' sheets,
that have graphics & photos to help you remember important information!--
8: --'Quick Review' sheets--
9:--a PI Terms glossary--
10: ***--key information about 2 required government 'Financial Privacy Acts'
that most new --and old-- CA PIs know nothing about and can not answer!---***
11: ***--the 3 vocabulary words that virtually no PI license
applicant could correctly choose the correct definition!--***
12: --training information that you won't already
know if you never attended a detective academy--
13: --a 'secret' phone number to use that verbally tells
you the number of the phone you are calling from
(when you need it, it is invaluable)--
14: --an application for the state-issued CA PI Firearm FQ permit card--
15: --information about joining the 4000-member thePIgroup (www.thePIgroup.com) free!--
16: ***--information on the one CA specialty that allows you to legally
trespass while doing it, legally exempting you from the Penal Code trespass section!-***
17: ***--a complete copy from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics of their
'Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 (newest) Edition,
Private Detectives and Investigators'--***
18: --data presented in a keep-you-awake random &
scrambled order of continual topic changes; many parts even repeated
and/or re-worded as to reinforce several less-known items;
redundancy for certain items!--
19: --free database searches and/or trial periods from several of the main PI database companies--
20: --dozens of info sheets of items to help you start a PI business NOW--
21: ***--the current application package for obtaining your own CA DMV account,
so you can quickly and cheaply run CA plates, CA driver histories, etc!
For $50, you can have a 2-year DMV account of your own.
(for example, you can then run license plates for about $4.) --***
BONUS: Some PIs, once they have a DMV account,
choose to buy DMV info from restricted private sources
instead of directly from DMV. We tell you 3 sources!
22: --example of a No-PI-Work-Off-Duty order, which details restrictions
on when one large LE agency tells their off-duty personnel can do PI work--
23: ***--the 'Secret Six' list (the list of the 6 court
papers that a CA PI is NOT allowed to serve)--***
24: --a 'License Type Identification Guide' (issued for CA law enforcement to be
able to verify a PI license shown to them matches that currently issued by BSIS)--
25: ***--12 pounds; it is shipped inside a LARGE professional-graded
binder with section dividers, so bursting with information that its
pockets are likely to be exploded out by the time it arrives to you
(that's OK, the material in the pockets are
meant to be studied outside of the binder!)
and it is shipped in a 14 X 14 box--***
26: --also includes 10 pages of special information that applies only to
active and retired peace officers, in regards to CA PI licenses and the
carrying of firearms by active or retired law enforcement people
WHILE doing CA PI work--
27:***--a reminder, in case you missed it:
more than 1100 sample PI questions with answers--***
28: ***--CA PIs working unarmed are not required to be insured.
But many choose to be insured, usually for $1,000,000.
Included is a little-known source for this insurance at
about half the price that most PIs are now paying for it!--***
29: --First Aid, basic instructions--
30: ***--a private consultation, up to one hour, with a highly-experienced expert with
30-years private investigation industry experience, VALUABLE information
(this can re-direct your plans, or put them on the realistic real-world track) --***
31: --Learn some simple things that might make the difference between you being
A: a 'successful CA PI business'
-or-
B: 'just another CA PI licensee with a PI license
in your wallet that is doing nothing for you'--
32:--information on where to learn the highest-paid-per-hour
investigative specialty in California: Polygraph and Lie-Detection
(note: there is NO license required for polygraph work in California!) --
33:--advanced topics not needed for testing but to implant the
knowledge now that will be needed once your PI business is going!--
34: ***--the '4 CA PI reciprocity states' list published by the State of California
(the list of the 4 states that have at least some
reciprocity for California PIs to follow work there)--***
35: --study questions for the CA PI Firearm Carry registration test (FQ card)--
--many copies of public-domain local, state & federal documents and
other items provided as a courtesy and at no additional cost to you;
many have been improved from their original presentation into better for your use! --
36: --free help with your first PI business website or blog!--
37: --copies of the two important government codes
for if you ever do any kind of debt-collection work--
38:--'tricks of the trade' advice, such as
How to get addresses to many unlisted phone numbers instantly and for free!--
39: --Live Scan forms for CA PI license without firearm permit--
40:***--When, if ever, are you allowed to do this?
Looking through their trash for evidence- the court decision that covers this!-***-
41: --Live Scan forms for CA PI license with firearm permit--
42: --a copy of the state-issued 'CA PI Candidate Information Bulletin'--
43: --Pop quizzes--
44. Known as 'The PI Academy In-A-Box'!
45.--a Frequently Needed Sources for PIs list--
46.-- Learn the secret coding behind California Driver's License numbers
(Call us with your own first 3 digits, we'll instantly tell you when it was issued;
this is a great fraud-detection tool for spotting many fake CA DLs)
47: Got 10 minutes?
Call 818-883-6969 for the most valuable PI phone conversation you will ever have!
48: --can sometimes be shipped immediately (contact us for those optional details) --
49: --also used to prepare for the nationwide Certified Master Investigator certification testing--
50: --addresses of all CA PI license test centers--
51. --hundreds of questions to test your Investigative Proficiency --
52: --mini review tests--
53. Serve people with court papers, restraining orders, lawsuits, divorce papers, and more:
CALIFORNIA PROCESS SERVER'S REFERENCE COLLECTION
A 35-page compilation of datasheets and more, containing information
that even your favorite Process Server likely doesn't know!
(including a PS bond application that allows you to get the required 2-year,
$2000 bond for $50 instead of the $79 to $125 charged by some other insurance companies)
--also includes information about serving papers in Mexico
--also includes information about serving people
through the private mailbox service they are using
--also includes a source for free unlimited downloading
of blank 'Proof Of Service' forms for all CA court papers!
Delivering legal papers: an excellent source of extra $$$$ work for PIs!
--35 pages--
54. --a copy of the Federal form that requires the Post Office to give
you the Change Of Address information they have on file for your person --
55: --direction toward obtaining additional study reinforcement and preparation--
56.--Reminder: the majority of this package is copyrighted material--
57. --What a CA PI must know about the Federal
HIPAA laws or risk getting fined or sent to jail!--
58. --Installing electronic GPS live-tracking units on a car:
the one only exception that allows a CA PI to do this without
misdemeanor arrest and revocation of the PI's license!--
59. --What 3 rules a CA PI must know about the use of 'nanny cams',
and what wrong choice is a federal violation that could bring prison time!--
60: -- to-the-point guidelines for proper Report Writing--
61. --examples of forms used in a PI business environment
(Client Intake sheet, Contracts, Non-compete / Non-competition agreement,
Confidentiality Agreement, Independent Contractor agreement,
timesheets, daily time record, weekly time record, Missing Person worksheet,
Employment Application, Disclosure and Authorization for Background Investigation,
Employee Agreement and Consent to Drug and/or Alcohol Testing, etc)
THESE ALONE ARE OFTEN WORTH $$$ TO A NEW BUSINESS!!
Use for some of their wording, their legal terminology
and their ideas as you type your own; modify as needed.
62.--information on the #1 book to add to your PI library
(and it's less than $20!)
63. --Homeland Security and a PI licensing bureau developed
a wallet-sized reference for helping to spot that a potential client,
or someone you observe while on surveillance, might be a terrorist.
Included.64. --current version,
BSIS 'Report of Incident' 2 page form
(for any incident involving a physical altercation
or the use of a deadly weapon while working as
a licensee, a QM, or an employee of a licensee;
file per time requirement or you are fined )--
65. --So many people that fail the PI license test report that they
didn't finish the test, but that they 'only missed it by one question'.
We share the SECRET that could have got them a passing grade!--
66. --sample questions and/or information about the
quarterly wage and withholding report required of California employers:
the proper form to use, and instructions for its completion & filing (4 pages)--
67. --the real facts on when to pay employees 'over-time' or 'double-time'
(stop relying on old-wives' tales and other wrong information)
68 --sample questions and/or information about
the reporting of newly hired employees in California:
the proper form to use, why this is required,
and instructions about required time for reporting (3 pages)--
69. --sample questions and/or information about
the relatively-new State of California law requiring
mandatory sexual harassment training of supervisors--
70. The special report: 'CA PI Business-Name-Choice Secrets'!
The state will not issue a PI license to you until you give them
a business name for your new company that they can approve.
BUT:
with nearly 10000 CA PIs currently licensed, most 'generic names'
are already taken, and you will often get a 'Name Denial Letter'
(a copy of this letter is included!). Plus, there are other restrictions
involved in the choosing of names. This report will tell you how
to be pretty sure if a name will be approved, and not make
the same mistakes made by others every week.
WARNING: don't bother registering names for your business now,
or filing Fictitious Business Name statements, or pay for Internet
website addresses, until AFTER the Bureau approves your name
choice-- they don't care about what names you say you already 'own'!
Not choosing the right name now can slow the license by a month.
71. --sample questions and/or information about
California law regarding 'pay days' for employees
and related recordkeeping of wages (2 pages)--
72. ---nine pages of information known as
'The 7 Steps To Getting a California PI License in 2012,
from application through licensing test
through initial business set-up',
including exact web address to download applications,
LiveScan forms, detailed information on verifying
your required experience and for choosing a business
name that BSIS will approve, important information
regarding the preparation for and actual taking of the
licensing test, details about getting your first website
going and how to get approved for a business checking
account in the new PI business name, how to join the
biggest organization of PIs in the world for free, learn
which are the two main PI databases to subscribe to,
quick help to start your own DMV license plate account,
and more (9 pages)--
73. --a California County Codes sheet
(needed for decoding county-of-origin on many state documents)
74: --information and an application to become a person certified
by the Department of Justice to do ink or scanned fingerprinting;
the person who did your PI LiveScan has this same certification!--
75. --information about California Labor Code topics
that most PI applicants can not properly answer
76. --the correct employee tax terms, and sample tax forms,
that most new PPO businesses are confused by (9 pages)--
77. --verifying eligibility of your employees to work in the US:
the proper federal form to use, and instructions
for its completion & required retention (6 pages)--
78. --current version,
'Frequently Asked Questions:
Firearms Permit / FQ' (5 pages)
79. --current version,
'Branch Office Registration Application'--
80. --current version,
'BSIS Licensee
Request For Change Of Address' form--
81. --field manual,
'Is It Valid:
California Driver License
& Identification Card
Verification Procedures',
by the State of California
Department of Motor Vehicles;
includes 6 pages specifically about the newest
licenses and ID, including enlargements (16 pages)--
82.--a copy of the Constitution of the United States (26 pages)
(think about 'hearsay', 'searches', 'privacy', etc)
83: --A few 'contract tips' to keep in mind when writing a contract--
84: --free help with your first PI business webpage!
85. --sample questions and/or information
about the California Public Records Act
(NOT the same as the Freedom of Information Act!) --
86. --Want to be able to verify the immigration/citizenship status of the
new employees of other businesses for them, through Homeland Security?
Included are the initial details toward obtaining this little-known specialty!--
87. --the California law regarding the use of 'bulletproof vests'
(body-armor) by CA PIs and their employees
stop relying on 'old wives tales' for this!--
88. --information on the one reliable self-defense weapon
that any private investigator can carry with NO permit needed--
89. --key details for serving legal papers in Mexico
(very important to southern California PIs!)--
90. --How to quickly get a 'social security number' (an E-I-N) for your business,
so you don't have to give out your personal social security
number to your business & government clients)
91. --REPORT:
Are you thinking about doing employee
applicant 'background checks' for clients?
You must know the laws on what you can report, what you can
not report, and for how many years back you can report on each.
(Secret: jobs paying over a certain amount are exempted from many of the restrictions!)
This report covers the time limits on reporting: bankruptcies, civil suits, civil
judgments, records of arrest, paid tax liens, accounts placed on collection, marijuana
convictions, other negative information, criminal history, and Workers Compensation.
There are half-day classes based just on the information contained in this report!
Which ones are: 3 years? 5 years? 7 years? 10 years?
Violating these time-restrictions can bring large federal and state penalties;
don't risk your business by listening to old wives tales or other bad advice--
92. --If a California PI who is an employer fails to have Workers' compensation insurance:
basic data about this misdemeanor, including fines, penalties, and other costs--
93. --The answer to this common investigative research question:
How can I find out who provides workers' compensation
insurance for another business in California?--
94. --'PI QUICK TEST', specifically just on important 'Time Limits' questions(25 questions, with verified answers on a separate page)
95. --'PI QUICK TEST', specifically just on important 'Employee' questions(20 questions, with verified answers on a separate page)
96.-- an organizing of many of the multiple-choice questions into one large test of general investigative proficiency,(250 questions, with the correct answer for each already marked for quicker study & retention)
97. -- an organizing of many other study questions into another large test of general investigative proficiency,(300 questions, with the correct answer for each already marked for quicker study & retention)
98. --What special document you need before a bank will let you
open a checking account in the name of your Private Investigator agency
(they will say No if you don't have it!)--
99.--case/client management software listings
100. --The 'Americans With Disabilities Act'
(ADA, the Federal law that protects the rights of personnel with disabilities)
and what a Private Investigator needs to know about it as an employer.
Note: businesses with less than a certain amount of employees
are not covered by the employment provisions of the ADA.
from the United States Department of Labor:
Federal 'Myths and Facts' datasheets, 3 pages.---
101. Included: Another free DMV data tool--
without actually running the plate, take
almost any license plate and instantly learn
1) its make and year model and 2) exactly when/where it
was last smog-checked (usually near its owner's residence);
often useful when dealing with a known common name with no city.
102. Insurance price secrets!
Here is an insurance mystery.
PI John and PI Bob both get their new PI licenses the same day.
They both plan to run the same exact unarmed PI business.
Liability insurance is not required by law unless you are going to
work armed, but they know that some big clients may be requesting it.
They both fill out the same million-dollar liability insurance application.
But John is charged far more for the base price than Bob was!
If their companies are identical, why was Bob quoted $500 to $1000 less than John was?
We know the 'secret'!
On the application, there are usally two dozen 'types of investigation service'
that they ask you to check off if you plan to offer each.
Some of those choices are secretly considered to be 'low risk',
some choices are secretly considered to be 'high risk'.
Many of those risk-ratings are not easy to spot for many PIs.
Just clicking one wrong choice can adds $1000 to your base insurance price.
We have the secret list that shows which is low-risk and
which is high-risk to some insurance companies . . . .
103. --Will you be working 'Missing Person' cases?
Then to start the case properly, you might want to use this
2-page fill-in-the-blanks Missing Person Worksheet developed
by the Department of Justice for law enforcement agencies--
104. --Basic instructions, and contact information,
about obtaining military personnel records--
105. --The 2 things you need to know about LiveScan--
106. -CA DataSheet: The new 2012 BSIS
'Potential License Denial or Suspension for Failure to Pay Taxes'
107. ---Key-facts knowledge datasheet:
'Five questions about Workers Compensation insurance
coverage that a CA PI must be able to answer!' (with answers)---
108. --Key-facts knowledge datasheet: 'State law: employing your own family members'--
109. --A 22-page compilation of key-facts knowledge datasheets:
a 'Sexual Harassment in the Workplace' section--
110. --New 2012 law restricting use of credit reports in connection with employment--
111. --3 pages about BSIS's 'Veterans Come First' program--
112. --and more--
---Written and compiled by a person who has been hired by BSIS
for the re-write of a CA PI license test, thus learning some 'secrets'
behind their 'answer choices' and other test-question ideas!---
We have helped 3000 persons to pass their state licensing tests!
The initial consultation sets the foundation and gives you the 'real story'.
--also: author/compiler has taught PI, PPO, and other BSIS at schools since the 1980s,
and has easily passed both the PI and PPO qualified manager examinations himself!--
Another note: as a licensed CA PI, the author/editor of this package
shot two armed robbers in a gun battle while working-- he surviving that
situation and the follow-up steps brings you information available nowhere else!
We don't give you the exact test questions, word for word, of the 5 tests, but we have BETTER than that!
The success record of our clients for more than 20 years proves that our many years of actual PI experience
and teaching PI and the following of the information provided by the state all can produce your success!
And when it helps, we also mix in some state-issued data modified into more managable & absorbable data!
Can't beat this:
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
And we have the 'Thank You' letter from BSIS on our wall!
We don't 'give you the answers' to the test-- we TEACH you the important information
you need to operate a PI business, which is what you need to know to PASS the test!
Additionally, author has a law degree and 3 years of law school,
allowing him to explain the legal portions to you more simply than others.
Call 818-883-6969 for a VALUABLE 10-minute informative PI discussion!
Simulated Testing
for California PI
license examination
Also optionally available is our Internet on-line or cellular phone instructional texts that include
simulated practice license test questions for the California Private Investigator PI license examination test,
a simulator to a computer-testing as it advises the 48-seconds time limitations to answer each.
See www.thePIgroup.com/seminars.htm for more information about this option.
(In the 1990s, thePIgroup (www.thePIgroup.com)
pioneered the use of online investigative interactive training and 'webinars':
interactive training via the Internet amongst the investigative professions)
FlashCards
Also available are our smaller FlashCards of vocabulary and practice license test
questions for the California Private Investigator PI license examination test.
Pocket-sized as to study anywhere you go,
they include instructions for studying them using the 'Leitner System'
(a proven way of increasing the retention of data from flash cards).
These are NOT generic 'nationwide' PI flashcards!
Call (818) 883-6969 for more information
Don't waste time with study help that doesn't include a PASS guarantee!
Also available:
Study material for the PI licensing examination tests of
New York, Nevada, Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois,
Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and Washington;
and for the California PPO (Private Patrol Operator) license test,
the California Alarm Company Operator & the California
Repossession Agency licensing examination tests!
A SECRET!
Trying to learn this on-line, at a seminar, or on a CD, is an ineffective waste of time.
Reading the high-quality printed paper
portions of our 2012-2013 PI business package,
over and over, studying around your daily duties,
or sitting in your car, or even while resting in bed,
is FAR more effective then trying
to study 'on-line' or at a 'seminar'.
Do one final review while parked outside
the test center for your PI test appointment.
And only WE have the new 2012-2013 study material!
Additionally available options include same-day or even
same-HOUR shipping of the paper portions of the package!
--many copies of public-domain local, state & federal documents and
other items provided as a courtesy and at no additional cost to you;
many have been improved from their original presentation into better for your use! --
We have helped more than 3000 persons pass their license tests; more than 300 in the past year!
TRUTH: Most of us started a 
PI business to make money.
So here's a scary truth: only ONE person who offers to help you with this
PI test has ever earned a great living just from a CA PI business. That is ME.
If someone hasn't done that, then how dare they say that they teach it?!
Offering private investigator and bodyguard services in California made me a lot of money.
I've sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of regular work, but think about this--
Not bragging, but proud that only I can say:
NO other CA PI has received advance 
payments of $50,000 AND $100,000
for personal PI & bodyguard work, IN ADVANCE of doing the work. I have. NO OTHER CA PI HAS!
Why is this important? Because only I can share with you some tips that might someday help this happen for you too.
And no other PI has ever directly contacted as many celebrities as I have-- I might share some of those secrets too!
There is no other source for PI test help that can say this:
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
(And we have the 'Thank you' letter from BSIS on our wall!)
We can also assist you with the California PPO (protection/bodyguard) license test,
since many PIs obtain this PPO license as to legally provide bodyguard services.
(Note: It ships to you in a 14 X 14 box)
These additional options are often available-- ask for details:
Reminder:
200 pages with graphics enhance our 2012-2013 CA PI study material!
This new 2012-2013 package includes more than 137 pages of the new updates!
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are part of a through & valuable consultation.
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and is only to assist that sole
purchaser in his/her new PI business and in preparing
for his/her own upcoming PI licensing test.
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Here is an insurance mystery.
PI John and PI Bob both get their new PI licenses the same day.
They both plan to run the same exact unarmed PI business.
Liability insurance is not required by law unless you are going to
work armed, but they know that some big clients may be requesting it.
They both fill out the same million-dollar liability insurance application.
But John is charged far more for the base price than Bob was!
If their companies are identical, why was Bob quoted $500 to $1000 less than John was?
We know the 'secret'!
On the application, there are usally two dozen 'types of investigation service'
that they ask you to check off if you plan to offer each.
Some of those choices are secretly considered to be 'low risk',
some choices are secretly considered to be 'high risk'.
Many of those risk-ratings are not easy to spot for many PIs.
Just clicking one wrong choice can adds $1000 to your base insurance price.
We have the secret list that shows which is low-risk and
which is high-risk to some insurance companies . . . .
103. --Will you be working 'Missing Person' cases?
Then to start the case properly, you might want to use this
2-page fill-in-the-blanks Missing Person Worksheet developed
by the Department of Justice for law enforcement agencies--
104. --Basic instructions, and contact information,
about obtaining military personnel records--
105. --The 2 things you need to know about LiveScan--
106. -CA DataSheet: The new 2012 BSIS
'Potential License Denial or Suspension for Failure to Pay Taxes'
107. ---Key-facts knowledge datasheet: 'Five questions about Workers Compensation insurance
coverage that a CA PI must be able to answer!' (with answers)---
108. --Key-facts knowledge datasheet: 'State law: employing your own family members'--109. --A 22-page compilation of key-facts knowledge datasheets: a 'Sexual Harassment in the Workplace' section--
110. --New 2012 law restricting use of credit reports in connection with employment--111. --3 pages about BSIS's 'Veterans Come First' program--112. --and more--
---Written and compiled by a person who has been hired by BSIS
for the re-write of a CA PI license test, thus learning some 'secrets'
behind their 'answer choices' and other test-question ideas!---
We have helped 3000 persons to pass their state licensing tests!
The initial consultation sets the foundation and gives you the 'real story'.
--also: author/compiler has taught PI, PPO, and other BSIS at schools since the 1980s,
and has easily passed both the PI and PPO qualified manager examinations himself!--
Another note: as a licensed CA PI, the author/editor of this package
shot two armed robbers in a gun battle while working-- he surviving that
situation and the follow-up steps brings you information available nowhere else!
We don't give you the exact test questions, word for word, of the 5 tests, but we have BETTER than that!
The success record of our clients for more than 20 years proves that our many years of actual PI experience
and teaching PI and the following of the information provided by the state all can produce your success!
And when it helps, we also mix in some state-issued data modified into more managable & absorbable data!
Can't beat this:
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
And we have the 'Thank You' letter from BSIS on our wall!
We don't 'give you the answers' to the test-- we TEACH you the important information
you need to operate a PI business, which is what you need to know to PASS the test!
Additionally, author has a law degree and 3 years of law school,
allowing him to explain the legal portions to you more simply than others.
Call 818-883-6969 for a VALUABLE 10-minute informative PI discussion!
for California PI
license examination
simulated practice license test questions for the California Private Investigator PI license examination test,
a simulator to a computer-testing as it advises the 48-seconds time limitations to answer each.
See www.thePIgroup.com/seminars.htm for more information about this option.
(In the 1990s, thePIgroup (www.thePIgroup.com)
pioneered the use of online investigative interactive training and 'webinars':
interactive training via the Internet amongst the investigative professions)
questions for the California Private Investigator PI license examination test.
Pocket-sized as to study anywhere you go,
they include instructions for studying them using the 'Leitner System'
(a proven way of increasing the retention of data from flash cards).
These are NOT generic 'nationwide' PI flashcards!
Don't waste time with study help that doesn't include a PASS guarantee!
Study material for the PI licensing examination tests of
New York, Nevada, Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois,
Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, and Washington;
and for the California PPO (Private Patrol Operator) license test,
the California Alarm Company Operator & the California
Repossession Agency licensing examination tests!
A SECRET!
Trying to learn this on-line, at a seminar, or on a CD, is an ineffective waste of time.
Reading the high-quality printed paper
portions of our 2012-2013 PI business package,
over and over, studying around your daily duties,
or sitting in your car, or even while resting in bed,
is FAR more effective then trying
to study 'on-line' or at a 'seminar'.
Do one final review while parked outside
the test center for your PI test appointment.
And only WE have the new 2012-2013 study material!
Additionally available options include same-day or even
same-HOUR shipping of the paper portions of the package!
--many copies of public-domain local, state & federal documents and
other items provided as a courtesy and at no additional cost to you;
many have been improved from their original presentation into better for your use! --
We have helped more than 3000 persons pass their license tests; more than 300 in the past year!
TRUTH: Most of us started a PI business to make money.
So here's a scary truth: only ONE person who offers to help you with this
PI test has ever earned a great living just from a CA PI business. That is ME.
If someone hasn't done that, then how dare they say that they teach it?!
Offering private investigator and bodyguard services in California made me a lot of money.
I've sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of regular work, but think about this--
Not bragging, but proud that only I can say:
NO other CA PI has received advance payments of $50,000 AND $100,000
for personal PI & bodyguard work, IN ADVANCE of doing the work. I have. NO OTHER CA PI HAS!
Why is this important? Because only I can share with you some tips that might someday help this happen for you too.
And no other PI has ever directly contacted as many celebrities as I have-- I might share some of those secrets too!
There is no other source for PI test help that can say this:
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
(And we have the 'Thank you' letter from BSIS on our wall!)
We can also assist you with the California PPO (protection/bodyguard) license test,
since many PIs obtain this PPO license as to legally provide bodyguard services.
Additionally available options include same-day or even
same-HOUR shipping of the paper portions of the package!
--many copies of public-domain local, state & federal documents and
other items provided as a courtesy and at no additional cost to you;
many have been improved from their original presentation into better for your use! --
We have helped more than 3000 persons pass their license tests; more than 300 in the past year!
TRUTH: Most of us started a PI business to make money.
So here's a scary truth: only ONE person who offers to help you with this
PI test has ever earned a great living just from a CA PI business. That is ME.
If someone hasn't done that, then how dare they say that they teach it?!
Offering private investigator and bodyguard services in California made me a lot of money.
I've sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of regular work, but think about this--
Not bragging, but proud that only I can say:
NO other CA PI has received advance payments of $50,000 AND $100,000
for personal PI & bodyguard work, IN ADVANCE of doing the work. I have. NO OTHER CA PI HAS!
Why is this important? Because only I can share with you some tips that might someday help this happen for you too.
And no other PI has ever directly contacted as many celebrities as I have-- I might share some of those secrets too!
There is no other source for PI test help that can say this:
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
(And we have the 'Thank you' letter from BSIS on our wall!)
We can also assist you with the California PPO (protection/bodyguard) license test,
since many PIs obtain this PPO license as to legally provide bodyguard services.
Additionally available options include same-day or even
same-HOUR shipping of the paper portions of the package!
--many copies of public-domain local, state & federal documents and
other items provided as a courtesy and at no additional cost to you;
many have been improved from their original presentation into better for your use! --
We have helped more than 3000 persons pass their license tests; more than 300 in the past year!
TRUTH: Most of us started a PI business to make money.
So here's a scary truth: only ONE person who offers to help you with this
PI test has ever earned a great living just from a CA PI business. That is ME.
If someone hasn't done that, then how dare they say that they teach it?!
Offering private investigator and bodyguard services in California made me a lot of money.
I've sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of regular work, but think about this--
Not bragging, but proud that only I can say:
NO other CA PI has received advance payments of $50,000 AND $100,000
for personal PI & bodyguard work, IN ADVANCE of doing the work. I have. NO OTHER CA PI HAS!
Why is this important? Because only I can share with you some tips that might someday help this happen for you too.
And no other PI has ever directly contacted as many celebrities as I have-- I might share some of those secrets too!
There is no other source for PI test help that can say this:
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
(And we have the 'Thank you' letter from BSIS on our wall!)
We can also assist you with the California PPO (protection/bodyguard) license test,
since many PIs obtain this PPO license as to legally provide bodyguard services.
Additionally available options include same-day or even
same-HOUR shipping of the paper portions of the package!
same-HOUR shipping of the paper portions of the package!
TRUTH: Most of us started a
PI business to make money.So here's a scary truth: only ONE person who offers to help you with this
PI test has ever earned a great living just from a CA PI business. That is ME.
If someone hasn't done that, then how dare they say that they teach it?!
Offering private investigator and bodyguard services in California made me a lot of money.
I've sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of regular work, but think about this--
Not bragging, but proud that only I can say:
NO other CA PI has received advance
payments of $50,000 AND $100,000for personal PI & bodyguard work, IN ADVANCE of doing the work. I have. NO OTHER CA PI HAS!
Why is this important? Because only I can share with you some tips that might someday help this happen for you too.
And no other PI has ever directly contacted as many celebrities as I have-- I might share some of those secrets too!
There is no other source for PI test help that can say this:
Having been actually hired by BSIS as a CA PI SME (Subject Matter Expert) for
the re-write of a CA PI license test gives us insight NOT available elsewhere.
Those 3 days spent in Sacramento with the state test-writers SAYS IT ALL.
The State of California sent me a round-trip airplane ticket.
The State of California gave me a hotel room for 3 days.
And the State of California paid me for my 3 days of time.
(And we have the 'Thank you' letter from BSIS on our wall!)
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These additional options are often available-- ask for details:
Reminder:
200 pages with graphics enhance our 2012-2013 CA PI study material!
This new 2012-2013 package includes more than 137 pages of the new updates!
(Note: It ships to you in a 14 X 14 box)
These additional options are often available-- ask for details:
Reminder:
200 pages with graphics enhance our 2012-2013 CA PI study material!
This new 2012-2013 package includes more than 137 pages of the new updates!
(Note: It ships to you in a 14 X 14 box)
These additional options are often available-- ask for details:
Reminder:
200 pages with graphics enhance our 2012-2013 CA PI study material!
This new 2012-2013 package includes more than 137 pages of the new updates!
These additional options are often available-- ask for details:
This new 2012-2013 package includes more than 137 pages of the new updates!
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