Why Is Private Investigation a Job of Tomorrow?
The country is growing more security conscious, thereby increasing the demand for law enforcement officials, especially in areas of high population density. In fact, in the 2006 fiscal year, federal, state, and local government spending for police protection, corrections, judicial activities, and legal activities increased by 5.1 percent from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. The trend in increased spending for law enforcement is expected to continue well into the future as the population figures continue to multiply, making it more necessary to have bigger police departments and other security forces to properly maintain the crowded communities. Private investigation will do particularly well, as businesses turn to private investigators to handle business-related and electronic crimes that are often overlooked by government-employed detectives. Employment opportunities for private detectives and investigators are expected to