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\nUK Still has no licencing for PI\u2019s – Can NZ Learn from the UK\u2019s Mistakes?
\nNew Zealand has had licensing of Private Investigators since 1974 with a major overhaul conducted in 2009 resulting in the 2010 new legislation.<\/p>\nYet, incredible as it seems, the UK has never had any licensing and despite Theresa May promising in 2013 The Home Office is to introduce a new system of regulation for private investigators to protect the public from unscrupulous activity.\u201d Nothing has eventuated. The problem was the government wanted mandatory training courses for everyone and no \u201cgrandfathering\u201d which is a system where people who have been established for a long time in the industry would automatically be granted a licence.<\/p>\n
The process the UK looked at meant that anyone, with no PI experience, could set up a training establishment, run a course and issue a licence. When the folly of this was pointed out by the industry associations, the government just put the topic on the too hard basket.<\/p>\n
The UK could have simply looked at New Zealand that has been well ahead of the game for decades, with Private Investigators having to work to set legislation, enforced by the Department of Internal Affairs (who also investigate non-licensed operators).<\/p>\n
However, in some form of backward move, New Zealand is considering some form of mandatory training before a Private Investigators licence is issued. Hopefully, New Zealand will learn from the UK experience and will work with the industry and the New Zealand Institute of Professional Investigators, instead of going off and talking to trainers who have no industry experience. Sounds crazy, but that is what occurred in the NZ security guard side of the legislation which meant ex-detectives and long-time operators had to pay for and complete a training course aimed at the lowest level of guard duties and bouncers, resulting in many losing that part of their licence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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