PNP-SOSIA Private Detective study plan

Differentiate the licensing and registration categories for private security and detective agencies under RA 11917 and RA 5487, including which activities require a detective license versus a security agency license.

Map the documentary, capitalization, training, and bonding requirements for new licenses and renewals into a single comparison table with the specific implementing-rule provisions.

Identify at least ten prohibited acts and the corresponding administrative and criminal penalties, explaining who bears liability (agency, licensee, or individual guard/detective).

Outline the scope of a private detective's authority, including limits on arrest, search, detention, and use of force, and distinguish these from police powers.

Apply the licensing rules to three hypothetical agency scenarios and determine whether each operation is lawful, conditional, or prohibited, citing the controlling provision.

Draft a compliance checklist an agency owner could use before accepting a surveillance or background-investigation engagement.

Sequence the phases of a criminal case build-up from initial report through case filing, naming the evidence and documentation required at each phase.

Construct an evidence-log template that records source, custody, and relevance for every item collected during an investigation.

Build a full case build-up for a simulated robbery, a estafa/fraud complaint, and a homicide, listing the elements to prove and the evidence needed for each element.

Draft witness statements and a suspect interview plan that avoid leading questions and preserve voluntariness.

Prepare a chain-of-custody procedure and an arrest/search operational plan with assigned roles, timing, and contingency steps.

Evaluate three weak case files and identify the specific evidentiary gaps that would cause prosecutors to reject or downgrade the charge.

Analyze warrantless arrest and search situations against the constitutional requirements and determine the admissibility of the resulting evidence.

Draft a search-warrant affidavit that establishes probable cause with particularity as to place, person, and items.

Apply the exclusionary rule and the fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine to five fact patterns and predict whether each item is admissible.

Map the rules on electronic evidence, documentary evidence, and object evidence to the investigative steps that preserve them.

Classify forensic evidence by type (biological, latent print, ballistic, digital, questioned document) and state the collection and preservation requirement for each.

Describe the correct handling sequence for DNA, fingerprint, and firearm evidence from scene to laboratory, including contamination controls.

Draft a laboratory request that specifies the question to be answered, the samples submitted, and the chain-of-custody documentation.

Evaluate how forensic reports are authenticated and admitted in court, and identify common defense challenges to laboratory results.

Distinguish the elements of major crimes against persons, property, and public interest, and compute penalties for two sample fact patterns.

Compare the elements of related offenses (for example, theft versus robbery versus estafa) and select the correct charge for five fact patterns.

Design a standard operating procedure for an investigative agency covering intake, case assignment, supervision, and records retention.

Outline a staffing and deployment plan that matches investigator workload to case volume and identifies training and equipment needs.

Apply the professional code of conduct to six ethical dilemmas involving confidentiality, conflict of interest, evidence handling, and client pressure.

Draft an incident report, an investigation report, and an executive summary that state facts chronologically and separate observation from inference.

Revise two weak reports for clarity, conciseness, active voice, and proper use of headings, dates, and exhibit references.

Prepare and deliver a five-minute oral briefing from a written report, keeping the facts accurate and the conclusions supported.

Complete a timed 100-item mock examination spanning all eight domains and score at least 75%.

Categorize every missed item by domain and root cause (knowledge gap, misreading, or rule confusion) and rank the top three weak areas.

Re-study the three weakest areas and re-answer at least 30 targeted items until reaching 85% accuracy.

Summarize each domain in a one-page review sheet that can be used for final rapid recall.