Complaint Review: DETECTIVE TRAINING INSTITUTE - DTI - ART KASSEL - San Clemente California

I have to agree with Jim on this one.  I was deployed to  Baghdad, Iraq for two years.  While in Iraq, I wanted to pursue and expand my skills as a former police officer by beginning my own Private Investigator's business.  I looked into DTI and liked the Advanced Detectives Training Course and ordered it.  I was informed that DTI was nationally credited and thought it would be a good check mark on the resume.  I took the course and every email and/or phone call I made when I had questions or concerns was answered by Art Kassel.  He was extremely professional at all times with me and was always there when I needed information pertaining to the course.  And like Jim, I too find myself referring back to the course materials from time to time because there is an enormous amount of supportive and resourceful information provided within the materials that Art Kassel and his school provides. 

Elizabeth, I have visited every website that you mentioned. DTI has a valid school license. Kassel has a valid PI license with no record of disciplinary action. DTI is an AAA rated member of the BBB. When I compare to that claims you have made against DTI, the only conclusion I can come up with is that you are either mentally disturbed or a competitor of DTI.

I am not sure about all of the other things that are being said here, but I paid for the DTI course and chose to look carefully at their website because of this report and because of all of the denials and because Mr. Kassel has not answered the reason why he things he has the right to use the BBB reports even though the BBB website shows it is illegal. I don't know about the BBB logo, but I have found that Detective Training Institute is very much using the BBB reports illegally. It's all over their website. I will be calling Shauna Blair at the BBB Trademark Protection. I will be determining if I should seek a refund.

I am not sure about all of the other things that are being said here, but I paid for the DTI course and chose to look carefully at their website because of this report and because of all of the denials and because Mr. Kassel has not answered the reason why he things he has the right to use the BBB reports even though the BBB website shows it is illegal. I don't know about the BBB logo, but I have found that Detective Training Institute is very much using the BBB reports illegally. It's all over their website. I will be calling Shauna Blair at the BBB Trademark Protection. I will be determining if I should seek a refund.

I am not sure about all of the other things that are being said here, but I paid for the DTI course and chose to look carefully at their website because of this report and because of all of the denials and because Mr. Kassel has not answered the reason why he things he has the right to use the BBB reports even though the BBB website shows it is illegal. I don't know about the BBB logo, but I have found that Detective Training Institute is very much using the BBB reports illegally. It's all over their website. I will be calling Shauna Blair at the BBB Trademark Protection. I will be determining if I should seek a refund.

I am not sure about all of the other things that are being said here, but I paid for the DTI course and chose to look carefully at their website because of this report and because of all of the denials and because Mr. Kassel has not answered the reason why he things he has the right to use the BBB reports even though the BBB website shows it is illegal. I don't know about the BBB logo, but I have found that Detective Training Institute is very much using the BBB reports illegally. It's all over their website. I will be calling Shauna Blair at the BBB Trademark Protection. I will be determining if I should seek a refund.

Claim: "Call Shauna Blair of the Better Business Bureau and verify what I said is true about Art Kassel's violations." FACT: Detective Training Institute has an AAA rating form the Better Business Bureau CLAIM: "Have you gone to the state PI licensing web site and compared what Art Kassel is SUPPOSED TO DO and how he has VIOLATED HIS PI LICENSE???" FACT: Per the web site for the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Art Kassel's PI license is valid in in good standing. There is NO HISTORY is disciplinary action against the license. CLAIM: "Have you gone to the State Education licensing web site and compared how Art Kassel and his scam school HAS VIOLATED HIS EDUCATION LICENSE?" FACT: The license for DTI is valid and in good standing as confirmed the the state education licensing web site.

A lot of what you have said does not make any sense, and is lacking in common sense. And you keep changing your story, also you have said that you have not been telling the truth in your posts. In one of your last posts you stated that you have paid for 3 different schools for the same course. Why would you pay for the same course at three different schools? Why would you pay thousands of dollars to go to work for someone? When you work for someone they are suppose to pay you. I agree with what other people posts have said. You need to provide information like names, file and or case numbers of the agencies that are working with you. You need to provide evidence. I am not affilated with any of the schools. I have been watching this post for a few days.

I graduated from DTI in 2000. I found Art Kassel to be very professional and forthright about his school, program, and himself personally. The program at DTI is the finest you will find anywhere in your search to find a school to learn the beginning ropes in working as an investigator. As any good investigator will tell you, first, you must look at all the evidence presented before you make a final judgement call about any case or situation. Remember to do this before you jump to conclusions. Things are not always as they appear. That, my friend, is one of the first things I learned from attending this school. On the other hand, that is not to say that our "gut" feelings don't play a role in our evaluations. However, we must, as a civilized society, remain true to our beliefs that each of us is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law despite the allegations. The DTI program was very beneficial to me in my job as a Legal Investigator for a large criminal law firm in Minneapolis/St.Paul. The training I received at DTI really prepared me for what was about to come starting with my first case in the real world of investigating. Since graduating, over five years ago, I have worked on multiple homicides, CSC cases, assaults, shootings, robberies, and many more. Even to this day, I refer often to my training materials I received from DTI. The training materials you receive from DTI are going to save your butt someday out in the real world. I know. It saved mine on several occasions. Finally, if you want to ask any specific questions about the training at DTI, or Art Kassel, please feel free to email me at pijim. I will be happy to share the knowledge I learned from DTI, and the respect I have for Art and his school. I am forever grateful to DTI for the skills they taught me in working safely as an investigator in the real world, where life is not like the Beaver Cleaver family.

I graduated from DTI in 2000. I found Art Kassel to be very professional and forthright about his school, program, and himself personally. The program at DTI is the finest you will find anywhere in your search to find a school to learn the beginning ropes in working as an investigator. As any good investigator will tell you, first, you must look at all the evidence presented before you make a final judgement call about any case or situation. Remember to do this before you jump to conclusions. Things are not always as they appear. That, my friend, is one of the first things I learned from attending this school. On the other hand, that is not to say that our "gut" feelings don't play a role in our evaluations. However, we must, as a civilized society, remain true to our beliefs that each of us is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law despite the allegations. The DTI program was very beneficial to me in my job as a Legal Investigator for a large criminal law firm in Minneapolis/St.Paul. The training I received at DTI really prepared me for what was about to come starting with my first case in the real world of investigating. Since graduating, over five years ago, I have worked on multiple homicides, CSC cases, assaults, shootings, robberies, and many more. Even to this day, I refer often to my training materials I received from DTI. The training materials you receive from DTI are going to save your butt someday out in the real world. I know. It saved mine on several occasions. Finally, if you want to ask any specific questions about the training at DTI, or Art Kassel, please feel free to email me at pijim. I will be happy to share the knowledge I learned from DTI, and the respect I have for Art and his school. I am forever grateful to DTI for the skills they taught me in working safely as an investigator in the real world, where life is not like the Beaver Cleaver family.

I graduated from DTI in 2000. I found Art Kassel to be very professional and forthright about his school, program, and himself personally. The program at DTI is the finest you will find anywhere in your search to find a school to learn the beginning ropes in working as an investigator. As any good investigator will tell you, first, you must look at all the evidence presented before you make a final judgement call about any case or situation. Remember to do this before you jump to conclusions. Things are not always as they appear. That, my friend, is one of the first things I learned from attending this school. On the other hand, that is not to say that our "gut" feelings don't play a role in our evaluations. However, we must, as a civilized society, remain true to our beliefs that each of us is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law despite the allegations. The DTI program was very beneficial to me in my job as a Legal Investigator for a large criminal law firm in Minneapolis/St.Paul. The training I received at DTI really prepared me for what was about to come starting with my first case in the real world of investigating. Since graduating, over five years ago, I have worked on multiple homicides, CSC cases, assaults, shootings, robberies, and many more. Even to this day, I refer often to my training materials I received from DTI. The training materials you receive from DTI are going to save your butt someday out in the real world. I know. It saved mine on several occasions. Finally, if you want to ask any specific questions about the training at DTI, or Art Kassel, please feel free to email me at pijim. I will be happy to share the knowledge I learned from DTI, and the respect I have for Art and his school. I am forever grateful to DTI for the skills they taught me in working safely as an investigator in the real world, where life is not like the Beaver Cleaver family.

I graduated from DTI in 2000. I found Art Kassel to be very professional and forthright about his school, program, and himself personally. The program at DTI is the finest you will find anywhere in your search to find a school to learn the beginning ropes in working as an investigator. As any good investigator will tell you, first, you must look at all the evidence presented before you make a final judgement call about any case or situation. Remember to do this before you jump to conclusions. Things are not always as they appear. That, my friend, is one of the first things I learned from attending this school. On the other hand, that is not to say that our "gut" feelings don't play a role in our evaluations. However, we must, as a civilized society, remain true to our beliefs that each of us is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law despite the allegations. The DTI program was very beneficial to me in my job as a Legal Investigator for a large criminal law firm in Minneapolis/St.Paul. The training I received at DTI really prepared me for what was about to come starting with my first case in the real world of investigating. Since graduating, over five years ago, I have worked on multiple homicides, CSC cases, assaults, shootings, robberies, and many more. Even to this day, I refer often to my training materials I received from DTI. The training materials you receive from DTI are going to save your butt someday out in the real world. I know. It saved mine on several occasions. Finally, if you want to ask any specific questions about the training at DTI, or Art Kassel, please feel free to email me at pijim. I will be happy to share the knowledge I learned from DTI, and the respect I have for Art and his school. I am forever grateful to DTI for the skills they taught me in working safely as an investigator in the real world, where life is not like the Beaver Cleaver family.

Licensee Name: ART KASSEL INVESTIGATIONS License Type: Private Investigator License Number: 7423 License Status: CLEAR Definition Expiration Date: June 30, 2005 Issue Date: March 27, 1979 City: SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO County: ORANGE Actions: No Business Owners KASSEL ARTHUR III Related Licenses/Registrations/Permits No records returned Disciplinary Actions No records returned. You need help. Please check yourself into the nearest Emergency Room and they will make sure you get it. It appears to me that the man has been in business for 26 years without any disciplinary actions taken. Just because you want there to be investigations and complaints doesn't make it so.

You know, I've been to all of the web sites that you mentioned to check out Mr. Kassel and DTI and every bit of information you have given is FALSE. DTI has a AAA rating with the BBB. The school is fully licensed and in good standing and Mr. Kassel's private investigator's license has NO RECORD if disciplinary history.

Call Shauna Blair of the Better Business Bureau and verify what I said is true about Art Kassel's violations. She has CONFIRMED he has VIOLATED his BBB membership by unlawfully using their trademark and reports on one of the 3 or 4 schools he slanders. Here is her name and phone. Shauna Blair Trademark Protection Better Business Bureau 604-682-2711 You accuse me of a lot of things. You accuse me of working for one of the schools. You accuse me of not seeing any of the facts. But you're not willing to look at the same things that anyone can see for themselves. Have you gone to the state PI licensing web site and compared what Art Kassel is SUPPOSED TO DO and how he has VIOLATED HIS PI LICENSE??? Have you gone to the State Education licensing web site and compared how Art Kassel and his scam school HAS VIOLATED HIS EDUCATION LICENSE? I don't believe you have because you're more interested in accusing me of something else. Are you a owner in the dti scam school? Sorry, but your mesages seem to be attacking me without even looking at the facts or helping me warn others of things that his school is doing more than what my husband and I have witnessed.

Elizabeth, You do not have the ability to comprehend messages in this forum so how could you ever comprehend an agreement with DTI or any other group. You need allot more than what any of those schools can teach you. You lack the most important quality of all, "Common Sense". It has become obvious by your posts that you want nothing more than to smear the name of DTI while you hide in this forum. Your agenda is unclear but my guess would be that you are working your campaign for the benefit of IPIU. Wannabe's like you hurt the profession of Private Investigation. Even though you have been given opportunity to back up your claims you continue with the they told me this and they told me that comments. Most people are intelligent enough to see your smear campaign for what it is. Your refusal to prove your claims make your stories even less convincing. As I have said on one of your other threads, PUT UP or SHUT UP!" Since you are unable to "PUT UP", maybe it is time for you to return to your PI studies at IPIU in the fields of "Mystery Shopping" & "Signal Privacy cases". Both of which I might add you can do on your own for free and for better money. I am sure by the evidence you have presented thus far, that DTI will probably be around when you retire from your job at Mickey D's. Please stop insulting people's intelligence with you gibberish.

Thank you for your help. Yes, I am not a private investigator. I am just a consumer who has been lied to by Art Kassel in trying to take our hard earned money, that's all. I have no clients. It's just my husband and I. But I have just paid for three other PI programs that I will be starting very shortly. And all three schools have a LOT to say about the scam and lies that Art Kassel says about any other school. I have also received emails from the Better Business Bureaus who confirmed they are handling Art Kassels violations and abuses of their copyrighted logos on his website by showing people what he thinks of ipiu. I don't care what he thinks about ipiu as much as I care that he advertises he is a BBB member and then violates his BBB agreement. But in the meantime, the state authorities did tell me that if I knew others were walking into a scam and a fraud and that the evidence of the 34 violations is there for others to see, then they did tell me to do the right thing and warn others. They did not tell me where to warn, but this web site is one that they want us to warn others. I received an email from the owner of this web site thanking me for warning others. The state authorities ALSO said that the evidence is not going to disappear or go away because they have the means to make sure because the school is licensed. And thank you again for suggesting that I get others to assist. I have had several offers already, and I get emails every day. As you can see, I am less frantic because others have been so helpful in making sure Art Kassel and Detective Training Institute will no longer be able to hide under his "good" record by scamming others.

If DTI is being investigated and the imaginary investigators are being discreet, they are NOT going to tell you to "warn other" and tell everyone that DTI is under investigation on a public message board. Do you see how that makes absolutely no sense? I can see that you really don't have the personal characteristics needed to be a PI, such as logical thinking or common sense. We're still awaiting your "proof" of the "34 violations". You do know that if you ever do become a PI, you will have to provide tangible proof of your investigation to clients and/or courts? Whatever your real issue is, I hope that you seek assistance for it.

If DTI is being investigated and the imaginary investigators are being discreet, they are NOT going to tell you to "warn other" and tell everyone that DTI is under investigation on a public message board. Do you see how that makes absolutely no sense? I can see that you really don't have the personal characteristics needed to be a PI, such as logical thinking or common sense. We're still awaiting your "proof" of the "34 violations". You do know that if you ever do become a PI, you will have to provide tangible proof of your investigation to clients and/or courts? Whatever your real issue is, I hope that you seek assistance for it.

If DTI is being investigated and the imaginary investigators are being discreet, they are NOT going to tell you to "warn other" and tell everyone that DTI is under investigation on a public message board. Do you see how that makes absolutely no sense? I can see that you really don't have the personal characteristics needed to be a PI, such as logical thinking or common sense. We're still awaiting your "proof" of the "34 violations". You do know that if you ever do become a PI, you will have to provide tangible proof of your investigation to clients and/or courts? Whatever your real issue is, I hope that you seek assistance for it.

If DTI is being investigated and the imaginary investigators are being discreet, they are NOT going to tell you to "warn other" and tell everyone that DTI is under investigation on a public message board. Do you see how that makes absolutely no sense? I can see that you really don't have the personal characteristics needed to be a PI, such as logical thinking or common sense. We're still awaiting your "proof" of the "34 violations". You do know that if you ever do become a PI, you will have to provide tangible proof of your investigation to clients and/or courts? Whatever your real issue is, I hope that you seek assistance for it.

Yes, discreet is what the authorities are doing about detective training institute. But they also told me to WARN OTHERS so there is no more fraud. I have not given precise details, but anyone who wants to see the 34 violations can do so by comparing the laws that DTI is violating, not to mention using the BBB logo and name slander Global School and others.

Get a grip. For someone training to be a Private Investigator, you should know that being discreet is the best way to get information and you would not advertise the findings of an investigation in a public forum. My father was a Police Detective and NEVER discussed his investigations with anyone at home or away from work. Truth of the matter is, you are coming across like either a competitor or someone associated with that phony "union" that Mr. Kassel exposes on his website. Oh, and by the way, the state would only take your information and investigate it..they would NOT reveal their findings to someone filing a complaint about the other "34 violations", so please don't insult our intelligence. First you said you found the information on the California State Government website..when pointed out that it wasn't on the website, now "they" told you. PUHLEEZ.