Investigator Rules

1. Listen to your instincts.  “If in doubt, get the hell out.”  Retreat slowly, do not run.

2. YOU are responsible for purchasing your own equipment.  (Digital Camera, EMF Meter, Voice Recorder)

3. Don’t be ashamed to call for help.  If you DO need help, use your radio and call a “MAYDAY” and give your location.  Everyone will know where to converge.

4. Always wear your uniform shirt and ID.

5. Stay with your partner.  Don’t go wandering off alone.  There will be only one (1) radio per team.  If you are working alone, make sure you keep in contact with other team members.

6. Make sure all battery-operated equipment has fresh batteries and that you have extra batteries with you.

7. Keep an ongoing record of the investigation in a small notepad or make verbal notes / times on the recordings.

8. Show respect for your surroundings, our clients and your team members.  

9. You can ask for a presence, but DO NOT provoke.

10.    Do not wear any perfume or cologne.

11. No smoking, taking drugs, or drinking alcohol while on duty.

12. Wear a pair of heavy, ankle-high (minimum) boots for outdoor investigations (cemeteries, old deserted   buildings, etc.). 

13. Adhere to the privacy of our clients.  Many do not want other people to know we are investigating their property.  Unless we are released to do so, do not give out the address where we are working.  (For example, just say “we’re working at a property in Fairfax County”.)

14. You must have your own transportation.

15. No friends can tag along.

16. Make sure the lens cap is removed from the camera.

17. Minimum investigator age:  20.

18.    There will be a minimum Investigator-In-Training period of 3 investigations before becoming a full investigator.

19.   Our investigations are for scientific research...we will NOT use props that are supposedly already haunted. (i.e., dolls, etc.)  Any toys, (dolls, rubber balls, etc.) that we use are for trying to get the entity to ‘come out and play’ only.  Using “haunted” dolls, etc., will be considered provoking.  (See rule #9.)

19.    PROBE members cannot be members of any other team or paranormal organization unless it is 
         an official PROBE  affiliate or chapter.

20.    Violation of these rules can result in dismissal.