OREP Membership – Private Investigators

Conducting surveillance correctly is truly an art. This book is designed for both the novice and experienced investigator. In this book the methods for all types of surveillance will be outlined as well as how to avoid common mistakes. 

Proper equipment and concealment techniques are essential parts of surveillance. The use of technology will be outlined as well as the legalities of surveillance. International investigations are outlined to assist the PI in developing skills beyond domestic cases.

Why struggle to get your business up and running when you can rely on the experience of someone who has been in business for more than 40 years? This book is a road map for anyone serious about starting their own private investigation business!

With more than 40 years as a Private Investigator, Kelly E. Riddle provides insight for those wanting to become a PI and start their own business. Learn the answers to the questions you didn’t know you should ask. 

Learn valuable techniques and strategies for marketing your agency to plaintiff attorneys! Are you tired of arguing with insurance companies over your hourly rate? Are you working serious criminal cases for about a third of your regular rate, jumping through hoops to get paid by the state? Plaintiff lawyers provide an entire market for PI services that most investigators ignore, a market that pays a higher hourly rate. Marketing to Plaintiff Attorneys is an easy-to-follow guide to getting more profitable cases!

Many investigators ignore this high-value niche that pays higher hourly rates to PIs.

OREP Members enjoy “Surveillance Strategies for Success,” an online, on-demand approved course, approved for 8 hours of Continuing Education (6 hours in North Carolina).

A course for active, “boots on the ground” private investigators. It’ll help bring you into competency to start marketing and accepting criminal defense assignments. It will also help you understand, more fully, the process of criminal defense investigations. Accepted for PI CE Credit in: AL, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, MO, MN, MT, *NC, NM, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX. The course is available for 6 hours of CE in NC.

Carefully outline the value of your PI business.

In this Business Plan template you’ll learn from Kelly E. Riddle how to describe your services apart from others, define what market you serve, the types of services you provide, how you market the business, its financial history, business expansion, and more. 

Enjoy a templated Engagement Contract prepared by an attorney and former FBI agent. 

While an attorney at OREP’s request prepared this, it is your responsibility to review it in full and customize them to your unique situation and/or state law (if applicable).

FREE to OREP Members.