8
one-hour modules
Every licensed Illinois private detective needs eight hours of continuing education a year. This is the whole requirement — eight one-hour modules of current Illinois law, self-paced online, with your certificate the moment you finish.
State-approved · Self-paced online · Certificate included
What this is
Illinois requires eight hours of training a year on subjects reasonably related to private detective work, and the rules recognize online and recorded courses. This course is built to be those eight hours — not a sampler, not one topic stretched thin, but eight focused hours on the Illinois law you actually work under.
Each module is one hour: a few short reading pages, a plain-spoken instructor video that pulls the key points together, and two or three ungraded check questions to keep you engaged. Do one on a lunch break or all eight in an afternoon. When the last hour is done, your certificate lists every topic you covered.
Why it holds up
Drafted straight from the Illinois Act, Part 1240, and the governing federal statutes — cited, current, and reviewed by a licensed instructor.
The course tracks active time and the videos can't be skipped, so your eight hours are genuine — and defensible if the Department ever asks.
Your dated certificate is ready the moment you finish — no waiting, no fee to re-download, no holding your completion hostage.
The eight modules
Every module is drafted from Illinois and federal law with pinpoint citations.
The statute that governs your license (225 ILCS 447), what keeps it in good standing, and the ethics lines you never cross.
Illinois's all-party recording rule, when you can and can't record, and the felony traps that end careers.
Trackers, trespass, stalking law, and the privacy lawsuits that follow surveillance done carelessly.
The four data-privacy laws that decide which records you may pull, for which purposes, and how.
Open-source and social-media work that stays on the right side of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Reports that hold up, chain of custody, and testifying as a fact witness without overstepping.
Claim investigations and surveillance that prove the case without crossing into a crime.
Finding people and supporting service of process, lawfully, under the DPPA and the FDCPA.
How it works
Enter your name and license number and confirm it's you. Takes a minute.
Read each page, watch the instructor video, answer the check questions. Stop and pick up where you left off, anytime.
Finish all eight hours and your dated certificate — listing every topic — is ready to keep.
Pricing
Private detective CE
A single purchase covers all eight hours for your current continuing-education year. No subscription, no auto-renew.
The four-hour annual requirement for PERC-registered private security contractors.
Agencies keeping several investigators current can enroll staff together — get in touch and we'll set it up.
Questions
Yes. This course provides the full eight hours of continuing education Illinois requires of licensed private detectives each year, on subjects related to the work, delivered online as the rules allow.
Yes. The Illinois rules recognize online and recorded continuing education, which is why a self-paced course like this one qualifies. Keep the certificate you receive as your proof.
No graded final exam. Each module has a few short, ungraded check questions to keep you engaged and reinforce the material — you can't fail them.
Eight hours total. It's self-paced, so you can do one module at a time and come back later; your progress is saved as you go.
A dated certificate of completion listing every topic you covered, ready to download and keep for your records or your agency's training file.
The instructors of record are Robert Bevis and John Frycek. The written material is drafted from primary Illinois and federal law and reviewed by a licensed instructor.
Enroll, work through the modules at your pace, and walk away with your certificate today.