Membership Benefits
By becoming a member of PIAVA, you will:
- Demonstrate that your investigative credentials have been reviewed and accepted by the premier association of private investigative professionals in Virginia.
- Help increase consumer awareness about the value of selecting licensed professionals to perform private investigative services.
- Enhance the scope of your professional network, obtain business opportunities, and access to the collective experience and knowledge of a seasoned cadre of investigative professionals.
- Gain access to investigative resources identified by other PIAVA members and determined well-suited to the needs of today’s investigative professional
Join other professionals in working to improve the private investigative industry through:
- The positive relationship which PIAVA maintains with Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services, Private Security Section.
- PIAVA’s membership and participation in The National Council of Investigation and Security Services, Inc. (NCISS). NCISS is a cooperative national effort of business entities and associations responsible for providing private security and investigative services to the legal profession, business community, government and the public. Through the cooperative and collaborative efforts of its membership, NCISS seeks to meet and solve problems facing private investigative and security services industry.
If you are a Private Security Business licensee in Virginia or a DCJS Certified Training School, your firm/school will
- Be authorized to use the PIAVA logo on your website and business correspondence to highlight your PIAVA membership.
- Enhance your firm/school’s presence on the internet and facilitate search queries by individuals and entities seeking licensed, qualified, and experienced private investigative services in Virginia.