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NCISS Annual Conference and elections (your host ascended to 2nd Vice President) and the growth of the NCISS State Association Advisory Board and State Legislative Awareness Monitoring (SAAB/SLAM) with the Legislative Advocacy Hub.

Please join Dean in support with your membership. NCISS is developing new strategies to assist state associations strengthen and grow. We can use the help of individual memberships to NCISS. Details are at www.NCISS.org and http://www.nciss.org/membership/membership-information.php

Please feel free to contact Dean with any questions about membership and the benefits of NCISS.

Conversations with Karen – the recent Jack the Ripper news

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During this show I’m joined by Dennis Root who was retained as the investigator during the well-publicized George Zimmerman case. Dennis will discuss how the media influences public perception, as well as the obstacles that must be overcome to ensure justice is served.  Providing expert testimony in court requires a complete understanding of case facts. One must also have the ability to relate those facts to a group of individuals who may not have a frame of reference enabling them to easily understand the complexities of the case. Dennis also points out the importance of a thorough discovery review and the development of case time lines. Additionally, we discuss the importance of remaining neutral while making diligent efforts to view case information from multiple perspectives.

We also spend sometime discussing a great non-profit organization dedicated to offering FREE personal safety and crime prevention programs for all ages. As a non-profit, Dennis depends on the support of our community to ensure safety remains free for everyone. Please visit the Dennis Root Public Safety Foundation, Inc. to find out more about this program. 

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Rory is joined by Eugene Ferraro a noted author, speaker and investigator. For 30 years, Ferraro has been a leading corporate investigator specializing in workplace violence, fraud, harassment, discrimination, substance abuse, misconduct, and employee theft and dishonesty. Ferraro’s expertise also includes pre-employment screening, background investigation, employee interrogation, loss prevention and security management.

He has conducted thousands of investigations worldwide for top corporations, law firms and insurance companies. Ferraro has also authored nine books, and lectures frequently on ethics and compliance management. Ferraro discusses his career conducting workplace investigations and offers tips to those seeking financing for their company as well as his assessment of the current outlook for the PI Profession. Ferraro also discusses his writing and how to use writing and speaking to effectively promote you and your business.

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GIMG.tv host do a round table.

This month on PI InSIGHT Tim O’Rourke is joined by all of the host from GIMG.tv  We discuss the James Brady death on August 4th 2014 being ruled as a homicide by the medical examiner. The panel discusses what may happen going forward with this case.

Colorado’s new licensing requirement is still being worked out in the State legislature. Dean Beers talks about how the regulation and what will happen as the legislators and regulators work on what will be taking place in the future.

Fraud is discussed and we have all seen that the SAO or other criminal prosecutors are not bring charges against the accused because of the system is over burden at the time. Additionally some speciality or economic crimes units will not touch a case until it has reached a threshold.

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PPIAC Death Investigation Training 
Save the date – Friday 08/29/2014!  Last year AFI-LLC presented ‘Death Investigation for Private Investigators’ to continuing education to private investigators, as well as attorneys and investigators for the Colorado Public Defenders Office.  This training and fundraising event returns this year and is again sponsored by Associates in Forensic Investigations, the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado, and the Colorado Public Defenders Office. 

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Rory’s guest this show is Carlton Joyce.  Mr Joyce is a Partner at Bouhan Falligant, LLP practicing in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group, and has been associated with the Firm since 1993. Mr. Joyce’s litigation practice concentrates in the areas of aviation law, products liability, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, and business litigation. He is admitted to practice in all federal and state courts in Georgia, the U. S. Supreme Court, and serves on the Federal Court Advisory Panel for the Southern District of Georgia. Before joining the Firm in 1993, Mr. Joyce practiced for three years with the Atlanta law firm of Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler.

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National and International Private Investigators Day
— What can you do?  We have put some information at this link –
http://www.deathcasereview.com/national-pi-day.html

Iowa Association of Private Investigators 2014 Conference
http://iowa-investigators.com/IAPI_Conference_Brochure2014.pdf

PI Now – ‘Investigating Innocence Cases with Caution’ by Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
http://www.pinow.com/articles/1853/investigate-innocence-cases-with-caution

NCISS Legislative Alerts
— FTC Report Released on Data Brokers 
http://t.co/YuM5YBzigt