Appendix 4: Report on Training and Standards for Private Investigators

• Author: Norman J. Groot
• Pages: 483-491

APPENDIX

4

REPORT

OF THE

BEST PRACTICES

AND

TRAINING

SUB-COMMITTEE

TO THE

PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY ADVISORY

COMMITTEE

by

William Urquhart

(22

April 1999)

OBJECTIVE

The

objective

of

this committee

is to

evaluate existing professional practices

and

training

of

Private Investigators

in

Ontario,

and to

provide recommendations

to

assist

in

establish-

ing

an

authoritative standard

for

investigative training, leading

to an

overall enhancement

of

standards

of

practice.

FOCUS

Private investigators

in

Ontario

who

fall

under

the

licensing provisions

of the

province's

Private

Investigators

and

Security Guards

Act

(the

Act),

of

which there

are

believed

to be

cur-

rently

approximately 3,400, plus those

new

applicants

to the

industry. (How those provi-

sions

are to be

interpreted

has

been

the

subject

of

study previously

by

this committee.)

REFERENCE

SOURCES

A.

The

Legislation governing Private Investigators

in all

provinces

and

territories

of

Canada,

and the

licensing practices

in

those jurisdictions

483

REPORT

ON

TRAINING

AND

STANDARDS

FOR

PRIVATE

INVESTIGATORS