The Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI) is committed to promoting professionalism and integrity within the private investigation industry. One important way we uphold these standards is by reporting unlicensed individuals who are illegally operating as private investigators in the state of Texas. Unlicensed activity undermines public safety and unfairly competes with licensed, qualified professionals. To assist our members and the public, TALI has developed the following checklist to streamline the process of reporting suspected unlicensed private investigative work to the Texas Department of Public Safety. By working together to identify and stop these illegal practices, we can protect consumers and maintain the high caliber of private investigation services that Texans deserve.

The role of the Unlicensed Activity Committee it to report unlicensed activity to the Department of Public Safety on behalf of our members. This adds weight of the entire membership which can be more impactful than individual reports. It is not the Unlicensed Activity Committees role to conduct the investigation into the activity, that is the role of the DPS.

The more information submitted to support your complaint, the more effective the complaint will be. A checklist [insert hyperlink] has been developed to help you make a successful complaint. As such the following form should be completed: