AUSTIN, TX, July 1, 2002 – PIEducation.com today announced the formal acceptance of its online courses for completion of all continuing education requirements mandated for license renewal by the Texas Commission on Private Security.

 

“We worked closely with he Texas Commission on Private Security during the curriculum review process.” said PIEducation.com President L. Scott Harrell. “The Commission in Texas wanted to insure our training met their professional standards and that we would serve the licensees of Texas with quality training opportunities.  We’re proud to have met and exceeded their expectations.” Harrell concluded.

 

PIEducation is approved by TCPS to provide continuing education via the internet under the trade name CompassPoint Investigations, PI CEU School number is N-235 and L. Scott Harrell's CEU Instructor number is I-521.  Both approval numbers can be verified on the TX Commission's website at the following links:

 

Private Investigator Continuing Education Instructor

 

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Tennessee licensed private investigator and Claims Verification Incorporated District Manager, Travis Borden, said of his recent experience with PIEducation.com, “Having five other private investigators licensed in Tennessee, all requiring continuing education, used to be a very expensive and inconvenient process.  First, we had to find an affordable class and then pull all of our investigators out of the field while they traveled to and from the course; we oftentimes had associates away from their assignments for 3 days.  Then we had to make travel and hotel arrangements, which could get very expensive.  Finally, we had to pay our investigators for their time.”  “The whole process was made extremely easy when we were allowed to have our investigators attend online training. No travel expenses and very little time detracting from our billable hours.”

 

Designed to meet continuing education requirements within the private investigator industry, the company first began offering Internet training courses in Texas when the Texas Commission on Private Security approved its online course curriculum in July 2002. In May 2003, the company was also accepted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety Program Services Bureau to provide online continuing education to its private investigator, security, and bail enforcement agent licensees.  In June 2003, PIEducation was also accepted by the Tennessee Private Investigator and Polygraph Commission. Further plans for expansion include Georgia, Oklahoma, Oregon and Virginia. 

 

MJM Investigations Director of Investigations, Cheryl Senker, added, ”Continuing Education for large companies with many investigators can be a hardship.”  “We have increased our division’s profitability and efficiency simply by putting our eligible associates through PIEducation.com’s online courses.  The Surveillance Strategies for Success course has also augmented our own company’s in-house investigator training and orientation.”

 

About PIEducation.com

 

PIEducation.com has provided CEUs to Investigation Agencies and their employees via Internet and distance education since July 1, 2002.  As of June 2003, the company has conferred over 5600 CE hours to 358 licensees in the states of Texas, Tennessee, and Iowa.

 

Current training courses currently cover topics in Surveillance, Pre employment Investigations, Safe Haven Investigations, Bail Enforcement, and Industry Ethics and Laws for Texas Private Investigators.  New course offerings are planned in a few weeks with classes in Marketing and Competitive Intelligence.     

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