Levels & Dues
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Annual Requirements
Trainings offered at regular monthly meetings are open to guests, who are welcome to attend a total of two meetings prior to obtaining membership in PPIAC. Any additional attendance will require a membership application in process.
Guests are encouraged to register in advance for attendance and must sign in. If you have additional questions or would like to email RSVP to a training event, please contact the VP of Membership at [email protected] for additional details.
Membership Levels & Dues
Members can renew by logging into your account and paying via PayPal using the provided interface or sending your check, payable to PPIAC, to Attn: Membership Dues, 1411 Cortez St., #21433, Denver, CO 80221. Please note there is a one-time, non-refundable $50 application fee. If an application is not accepted, the $125 or 150 dues (membership level dependent) will be refunded.
Senior:
An individual who is licensed, when licensing or the equivalent is required by the state or
jurisdiction in which they do business, to provide private sector investigative or security guard services, or is an
officer, partner, employee or designated representative of a duly licensed investigative or security service
provider. To qualify as a senior member this individual must be no less than 21 years of age, have no less than
6,000 hours of relevant professional experience. Senior members shall have access to such services as the
listserv, members’ area on the website, website database placement and voting rights or other such services as
decided by the Board.
Dues – $150
Associate:
An individual who is licensed, when licensing or the equivalent is required by the state
or jurisdiction in which they do business, to provide private sector investigative or security guard services, or is
an officer, partner, employee or designated representative of a duly licensed investigative or security service
provider. To qualify as an associate member this individual must be no less than 21 years of age, have not less
than 2,000 hours of relevant professional experience. Associate members shall have the right to vote. Associate
members shall not have the right to hold office other than the Associate Director-At-Large board position.
Associate members shall have access to such services as the listserv, members area on the website, website
database placement or other such services provided by the PPIAC that are specific for Private Investigator.
Dues – $150
Affiliate:
An individual employed by a government entity, law firm, insurance firm as a SIU investigator or
holds a similar investigative or security related position with a governmental, corporate or other business related
entity; 2) or is an individual not licensed or conducting business in Colorado, and is licensed and conducting
business and is residing outside the state of Colorado who, in his or her own jurisdiction, is licensed and
operating under the respective laws or regulations to operate as a private investigator. Affiliate members may
not hold office and shall not have voting rights. Affiliate members may not serve on committees. Affiliate
membership is made available for the sole purpose of allowing such qualified individuals to have access to the
organizations training and networking benefits and to add value to the membership. Affiliate Members shall
have access to such services as the listserv, monthly training, discounted training and discounted conference
rate.
Dues – $150
Entry:
An individual who is licensed, when licensing or the equivalent is required by the state or jurisdiction in
which they do business, has a registered business with the Secretary of State and has less than 2000 hours of
relevant investigative or security services experience. To qualify as an Entry member this individual must be no
less than 21 years of age, have no less than 500 hours of relevant professional experience or have taken a full
CIDI (Colorado Investigative Development Institute Course). Entry members who qualify as an Investigative or
Security member shall have access to such services as the listserv, members’ area on the website, website
database placement or other such services provided by the PPIAC specific for Licensed Private Investigator.
Entry members shall not have the right to vote or hold office. Entry membership is limited to two full years at
the Entry level and shall at that time become eligible by the necessary qualifications to become an Associate
member or must re-apply for continuation as an Entry member showing acceptable reason why he/she has not
obtained the necessary 2,000 hours. The Board of Directors shall have the sole discretion as to whether to
continue the Entry membership or not.
Dues – $150
Affiliate Association Membership :
A state association will officially sponsor their membership as Affiliate Association Members, and pay the annual dues
based on the full membership count [$10 per member annually). This would apply to the state association members who,as an individual, is not licensed or conducting business in Colorado; and is licensed, conducting business, is residing outside the state of Colorado, and who in his or her own jurisdiction is licensed and operating under the respective laws or regulations to operate as a private investigator. Affiliate Association members shall not have the right to vote, shall not have the right to hold office or serve on committees, and shall not have voting rights. Affiliate Association shall not have access to the members area on the
website, website database placement, or other such services provided by the PPIAC that are specific for regularly listed individual members. Affiliate Association membership is made available for the sole purpose of allowing such qualified individuals to have access to the organizations monthly training and networking benefits, discounted rates for CIDI and the annual conference the same fees as a regularly listed membership class, and to add value to the membership. This
class of membership is not individual and is not transferable should the member leave their perspective association as a member.
Dues – $10 per association member