What is a Private Investigator or Private Detective?
In Connecticut, the terms ‘private investigator’, or ‘private detective’, are interchangeable. The state issues several types of private detective licenses. Some of these licenses are restricted to a particular area of investigations for example ‘ Fire’. Connecticut Investigative Services has no investigative restriction and our experience allows us to handle even the most challenging investigations. A private investigator (detective) should be a professional that is trained in investigations, surveillance, and information gathering, to name a few areas. The investigator should have contacts and professional associations with members of law enforcement, private sector investigators, the courts, attorneys and other individuals that can supply information when needed. Every Private Investigator or Detective agency in Connecticut is licensed, bonded and insured either through the company they work for or as the licensee. If they are not, they can not practice as private investigators in t
