In general, the job of a private investigator is commonly stereotyped as glamorous and dangerous. On television, PIs such as Magnum kept many viewers entranced and on the edge of their seats. Many fictional PIs, such as Sam Spade, would be characterized as ‘hard boiled’, meaning they have seen it all, done it all, and it all falls right off their backs at the end of the day. Private investigators in real life lead a much different and pretty mundane existence. Much of the work they do is termed as ‘hurry up and wait’. For every assignment they take on, there is usually hours of mundane research, investigation, surveillance, and various paperwork-related duties, compared to a very few minutes of action, if any.
Are There Different Types of PIs
