Basics of Individual Locates, Backgrounds, Assets & Liabilities

Learn how professional investigators systematically find people, uncover reliable background information, and identify financial and liability indicators using lawful, ethical investigative methods.

1 CE HR(S)

Accepted for CE in: AL, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, MO, MN, NC, NM, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX

Presented By:

Dean Beers

$45.00

SKU: 96457 Categories: Alabama, Default, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

About this Course

Course Description:

An introduction to the foundational concepts that support nearly all locate, background, and asset investigations. You learn how to begin an investigation with little or no personal identifying information, develop those identifiers responsibly, and use them to locate individuals, confirm identities, and analyze background and financial data. Emphasis is placed on understanding how public records and databases are created, how information can be incomplete or misleading, and how to evaluate search results critically.

Understand how to apply permissible purpose correctly, improve your search criteria, and recognize how data can be altered intentionally or unintentionally through reporting practices, system limitations, or user error. The course also addresses practical case-management strategies, helping you organize information efficiently and increase the likelihood of successful case outcomes.

Course Objectives

Better find and use the resources available to investigators and manage their cases more effectively.
Begin without personal identifiers, develop them, and use them to identify and find the subject, their background, and their assets & liabilities.
Better understand the applicability of permissible purposes to public records and databases.
Improve search criteria and results in public records and database searches.
Understand how data from public records and databases can be altered or manipulated unintentionally, intentionally, and as a consequence of searches.
Using the resources of public records and databases, how to upsell clients from one service – i.e., skip tracing – to the next – i.e., individual backgrounds and assets & liabilities as recommendations and not giving additional information (profit) away.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Nuts & Bolts of Success
Lesson 2: Getting Started
Lesson 3: Developing Leads
Lesson 4: Using Personal Identifiers
Lesson 5: Common Informational Leads
Lesson 6: Thinking Outside the Box
Assessment/Quiz

Course Materials

1 hour of on-demand video lecture with practical and engaging content
Content authored by experts in their field
Supporting Downloadable/Printable Materials: Slide Deck/Handout
Quiz/assessment (unlimited attempts)
Certificate of completion
Online access for 6 months from the date of purchase

1 CE HR(S)

Accepted for CE Credit in:

AL, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, MO, MN, NC, NM, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX

GA Training Instructor License No: CLTR001024
MN Board Course Approval No.: CPD 463
MO Board Course Approval No.: 00130
NC PPSB Course Approval No.: PPSB-22-028
OK CLEET Course Catalog No.: PS24-0105
TN Course Approval No.: 2601.02
TX PI CE School License No: Y00170

North Carolina disclaimer: A maximum of 6 CE hours may be obtained from online, asynchronous courses per renewal period.

Required Oklahoma CLEET disclaimer: This class has been cataloged by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training for 1 hour of mandatory continuing education credit. Regarding any law enforcement concepts, practices, methods, techniques, products, or devices as might be taught, promoted, or otherwise espoused in outside schools or seminars, there is no intent, expressed or implied, that listing the course in the CLEET Course Catalog indicates or in any way conveys ‘CLEET approval’ of such concepts, practices, methods, techniques, products, or devices, unless such approval is explicitly stated by CLEET.

Course Format: This is an online, on-demand course with no scheduled login times. Participation and time spent are tracked through the learning platform, and active engagement is required for completion. Questions may be submitted by email.

Beginner Level: Whether you’re just starting out or looking for a structured refresher, this beginner-level course is designed to build a strong foundation and help you develop essential skills with clarity and confidence.

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TX CE School License No.: Y00170

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