Certified Trainer Applicant Requirements

(1) Each individual applicant for a certified trainer certificate must: (a) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; (b) Hold a four (4) year degree from an accredited college or university acceptable to the Commissioner; (c) Have at least three (3) years of supervisory experience, satisfactory to the Commissioner, with an investigative company, proprietary entity, or any federal, United States military, state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency; (d) Have an active Tennessee private investigator license; (e) Be personally qualified to conduct the training the applicant intends to offer; (f) Not have been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TRAINING CHAPTER 1175-03 (g) Not be addicted to alcohol or drugs to the extent that it interferes with the applicant’s ability or capacity to perform his or her professional duties or responsibilities as a certified trainer; and (h) Have a set of classifiable fingerprints on file with the Commissioner.