National Investigative Training Academy

So glad I was recommended to NITA. Had to redo my D license and must say these guys have their act together. 2024, Zoom classes way to go! Thanks to Courtney and Sandra for your effort & dedication!!!
Jan 26th, 2024

I've had such a hard time getting my license to the department of agriculture due to their negligence of certificate that they give you at the end of the course, And never stated during the course. And so many technical issues.
Dec 14th, 2023

Nita has been amazing. I was a little worried at first with taking the CC investigator intern course. But rest assured theyll cover every aspect to prepare you to be successful. 10/10 rating
Nov 26th, 2023

Great way to get a class D or any other license course they offer online. Cannot recommend enough!
Oct 19th, 2023

I took the mental health course as part of a professional development requirement for my license. I maintain my license, but I am also an adjunct instructor at the local law school. I teach a course on mental health and the law in conjunction with the school of psychology (in addition to other courses on investigation). I was pleased that there was a focus in this course on therapy, self-reflection, and community. The four stars instead of five is for a couple of reasons. First, the grammar and punctuation errors were numerous enough to be a distraction. Please have a proofreader or editor look over your courses. We investigators must pay careful attention to detail and be meticulous in our reports. We all make mistakes. It is very hard to proofread and edit yourself. But having someone else review this course before publishing it would help lend credibility to the material and minimize distractions. Second, this course is full of some interesting statistics. What it didnt have as much of, though, were research-based solutions and content after the first two introductory videos. There is no bibliography for sources, either. And there is some advice that goes counter to research-based best practices. For example, writing out questions before an interview is a good way to prepare. But then you should throw those question away or leave them in the car. Research in the fields of sales, psychology, and law enforcement say that checklists or lists of questions can be counterproductive in non-diagnostic settings (such as sales and PI interviewing). Going in with a framework or structure is much more conducive to information-gathering than a list of questions. A checklist can cause you gloss-over important followup questions and narrow the focus of your interview. Rapport is built on a foundation of active listening to build mutual trust. You cant do that if your moving on to the next question on the list. Rather than list statistics about mental health, cite the research you used to convey the importance of community and socialization (because this section was excellent and important), and finish the research needed to back up (or throw out) some of your other suggestions. I have the benefit of being a trainer myself for both investigators and attorneys. I would like to see investigations and investigators be taken more seriously by using research-backed methods, citing to that research, and conveying it in a professional way. I think we hurt ourselves when errant commas distract from the message. (Again, no one is perfect. We make mistakes. Editing ourselves is hard. This is why I work with a team.) I have seen a lot of really good investigators INTUIT these research-backed practices, but I also see a lot of training and teaching material that reads more like a memoir than a textbook. This training on mental health is vital. This training contains so much good information. It could be nearly perfect with a few changes.
Mar 17th, 2024