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P.I.C.A.
P.O. Box 568
Verdugo City, CA 91046
800-765-7422

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• Professional Investigators Of California
  Membership Benefits

• CONTINUING EDUCATION: PICA has partnered with North American Training Group to provide our members with comprehensive, affordable, investigative Online Training and Continuing Education courses to include an immediate Certificate of Completion.
  A few courses offered include:
  
  • Concepts of Product Liability
  • Ethics for Private Investigators
  • Health Care Fraud
  • Insurance Overview
  • Pretext and Privacy
  • Recorded Statements
  • Staged Automobile Accidents
  • Surveillance Challenges
  • Neighborhood Canvass Investigations
  • Understanding Clients Objectives
  • Workers' Compensation Fraud
  • Auto Theft 101
  • Catastrophes and Fraud
  

• MEMBERS ONLY WEBSITE: PICA members have access to a “Members Only” website to exchange information, post articles, promote their business and services.
  This website includes the following:
  
  • Member Profile
  • Forums
  • Blogs
  • Articles
  • Event Calendar
  • Live Chat
  • Classified Ads
  

• DENTAL AND VISION: PICA members, their employees and all extended family members are eligible to enroll in a dental and vision Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) network through Dental Club One. It is an affordable alternative to insurance.

• VOTING BY MAIL: PICA members vote for their Board of Directors and their local district directors by mail.  Voting by mail is a way to ensure that every PICA member has the opportunity to get involved and voice their opinion.

• EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Not only do our local districts hold regular meetings with industry related speakers, in November we hold a major two day conference that is attended by some of the best speakers in the country and by an interesting array of vendors that provide conference discounts on their services and wares.

• LEGISLATIVE ACTION: Join us in staying on top of the latest State and Federal legislation that impacts our industry. PICA takes an aggressive approach in contacting key politicians to register our voice and opinion on issues of importance to us.

• INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER:  Our "PICA Investigative Reporter" has been called "The best in the industry" by PI Magazine publisher/owner Jimmie Mesis. It provides both regular and guest columns on tips and subjects of interest to industry professionals. Our business card advertisement section allows you to reach out to other member investigators and professional services. The PICA Investigative Reporter is published and distributed semi-annually with weekly    E-mail blasts sent to PICA members. 
   

• WEBSITE & MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: PICA'S webpage is update frequently with dates and locations of upcoming district meetings, legislative issues, educational opportunities, and other important issues. The general public, as well as the legal community, can access our online Membership Directory and an investigator can be selected by name, county, zip code, or specialty.

• MEMBERSHIP LISTSERVE:  The PICA Listserve is available for all members and is a forum in which the members can post and respond to job offers, contribute ideas, ask questions, exchange information and express their opinion, professionally, without the fear of reprisals or suspension.

• INDUSTRY DISCOUNTS:  PICA members are offered substantial discounts by industry related vendors, data information brokers, other investigators, transcription specialists, professional process servers and industry publications.  Discounts are provided on continuing educational seminars and conferences.