Tennessee Professional Investigators Association is a non-profit professional association for licensed private investigators. TPIA is one of three major investigative associations in Tennessee, was established in the early 1990s by several great local investigators. The association was established as a means to bring professionalism and guidance to the local investigative industry. TPIA members share ideas and assist new investigators to the industry. Through training, round table discussions or professional advising the association offers different views for investigators to open their perspectives on situations or daily tasks. The association assists in annual training to help investigators achieve their required 12 hours of CPE’s before renewal of the individual investigators license. The association has a Code of Ethics of professionalism that investigators stand by and apply on a daily basis - this is what TPIA is.