Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 24 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 24.182 - BOARD OF PRIVATE SECURITY
Subchapter 24.182.8 - Training Programs
Rule 24.182.804 - PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TRAINING PROGRAM
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 24.182.804
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) To receive experience credit for on-the-job training for licensure as a private investigator, the training must be:
(a) conducted under an employer-employee
relationship with a private investigator supervisor who is licensed in good
standing and without disciplinary action in the past five years;
(b) directly supervised to include daily
contact and weekly meetings (in person or by videoconference); and
(c) documented by the trainee and signed off
by the supervisor as directed by a form or online submission to the department
on a quarterly basis.
(2) The content of the training must include:
(a)
role and function of the private investigator;
(b) federal, state, and local statutes and
rules applicable to the practice of private investigators;
(c) interaction and cooperation with law
enforcement;
(d) criminal justice
administration and information;
(e)
limitations on the use of force and self-defense and the use-of-force
continuum;
(f) emergency procedures
and hazardous material preparedness;
(g) interviews, interrogations, and report
writing;
(h) crisis
intervention;
(i) preservation of
crime scene and handling of evidence;
(j) ethical and legal issues, including, but
not limited to:
(i) Private Investigator
Practice Act and related rules;
(ii) criminal law and criminal
procedure;
(iii) confidentiality
and right of privacy;
(iv) searches
of persons and property;
(v)
limitations on the power to arrest and detain suspects; and
(vi) treatment of juveniles, persons with
physical or mental disabilities, and other special classes (e.g., gender,
racial, religious, or cultural);
(k) distinctions between and special issues
involved in the following types of investigations: accidents, arson, assets,
background, civil, criminal, domestic, industrial/employee conduct, insurance,
personal injury (other than auto), and missing person;
(l) investigative photography;
(m) surveillance; and
(n) skip tracing.
(3) Both a supervisor and a trainee must notify the department within 10 days of the termination of the trainee's employment.
AUTH: 37-60-202, 37-60-303, MCA; IMP: 37-60-202, 37-60-303, MCA
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