The Institute of Professional Investigators
The Institute of Professional
Investigators was founded in 1976 and is now the largest organisation of
its kind in the world, yet emphasis is on quality rather than quantity.
Current representation within the Institute membership includes:
- Private investigators,
- Serving police investigators
- Her Majesty's Forces investigators
- Her Majesty's Customs & Excise investigators
- Insurance investigators
- Accident investigators
- Royal Mail investigators
- Department of Social Security investigators,
- Arson, fraud, forensic and in-house corporate investigators based and operating nationally or internationally who recognise the need for an academic/vocational Institute, acting not only in the interests of its Members but also in the public interest.
The management of the Institute is vested in a Board of Governors (see right) consisting of elected participants.
Code of Ethics
I promise
-
To conduct myself with Honesty, Integrity and uphold the highest Moral Principles and avoid conduct detrimental to my Profession
-
To conduct all investigations within the bounds of Legality, Morality and Professional Ethics
-
To guard my own Professional reputation and that of my Professional Associates
-
To uphold the Objects of the Institute and abide by the Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Institute of Professional Investigators Ltd
Objects
-
To provide an organisation to assist, regulate or control those engaged in investigation
-
To assist participants to improve their academic and business knowledge in investigation by provision of categories of participation based upon an approved examination structure
-
To provide a system of regulation of the conduct of participants to ensure that they operate within such principles and Code of Ethics as the Institute may prescribe
-
To ensure persons engaged in their investigative profession achieve internationally recognised professional academic and vocational standards and distinctions and to improve their technical expertise by promoting, organising and recommending courses, including correspondence courses, seminars, lectures and by other education means and to recommend examination structures for the purpose of enabling participants to carry out Object 2
-
To promote the recognition of professional investigation as a profession by government, law and public