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The My name is Andrew. I'm from Witness and Northwestern England, and I'm a huge fan of the channel,

particularly the dedicated true crime videos that you upload from time to time.

And I'm really interested in the subject of criminality,

and although I've never worked within the police service,

I've been involved in private security investigation for the last 22 years.

You see, here in England, you don't really need any policing experience to become a PI.

All you have to do is obtain a license from the security industry authority,

attend the relevant training courses, and boom, you're free to start practicing as a fully licensed

private investigator. Don't get me wrong. I'd consider becoming a police officer for quite some time,

but when push came to shove, the antisocial hours

and shockingly low wages had me considering many other options. I worked odd jobs for a few years,

just kind of mulling over what I wanted to do in my life, and in my late 20s, I came up with

the idea to get into private investigations.

My first job was essentially a low-paid, 12-month-long apprenticeship, but since my income was supplemented by the Department of Work and Pensions, it wasn't like I was having to pinch every penny

in order to get by.

I used those 12 months to advance my knowledge of the trade, and my boss was a former

member of the criminal investigation department, meaning he had an awful lot of skill and experience

to pass on. I mostly shadowed him during that first year, helping out on the clerical side of things,

running small errands and making copious cups of tea.

I wasn't massively hands-on at first, but by the end of the 12 months, I was being treated

as a capable member of the investigations team, and that led to a formal job offer at the end

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