April 12th-14th, GIMG.tv host and FALI president Tim O’Rourke visited Washington, DC for the annual NCISS Board Meeting and “Hit the Hill” Day.
All attendees walked the halls of the Capital to talk to members of Congress, and their staff, about issues of importance to the private investigation profession. During lunch at the Capital The Honorable Ted Yoho, Member of Congress from Florida’s 3rd District, was the guest speaker.
http://www.fali.org/news/226885/FALI-Hits-the-Hill-With-NCISS.htm
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My guests this month are, Francie Koehler who served as a two-term president for both the National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS) and for the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI). Koehler is currently serving as the Legislative Chair for both NCISS and CALI.
Dean Beers is currently the 2nd VP of National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS) and I am proud to call him a friend and co-host right here on GIMG.tv as he host Facts & Forensics every month from Colorado.
This show is dedicated to Drone legislation which we are seeing around the country and the uses of Drones for Private Investigators. Some interesting websites for you to visit: KnowBeforeYouFly.org and DroneLaw.net
GUEST SPEAKER: Rory J. McMahon
Program: “Financial Fraud Florida-Style”
Florida seems to attract fraudsters of all stripes. Who are they? How they get away with it (when they do)? How they get caught? How fast do they adapt to changing laws, enforcement, and investigation methods? How much do they haul in? How does a Ponzi scheme work (and fail)? How in the world are these cons … well, confident enough to do it? What are the latest rip-off trends? Learn all this, PLUS hear fascinating cases from a leading national authority on fraud investigation.
Rory McMahon is vice president of The Grafton Group, a nationally recognized investigative firm based in Florida with over a 100 investigators throughout the southeast.
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The Importance of Forensic Photography Host Dean Beers will discuss the importance of forensic photography – effective scene photography, autopsy and injury photography, and reviewing photographs for our equivocal death investigations and civil, criminal and probate cases.
But first, Dean will update listeners with recent legislative news from the National Council of Investigation & Security Services, and some exciting news from their agency.
Finally, Dean welcomes his returning guest, Darren Dake of Coroner Talk, to talk about his new book – Autoerotic Fatalities. WARNING – graphic content presented in a mature and professional manner!
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This month your host Tim O’Rourke spends some time with one of the best friends ,and tireless advocates of the professional investigator, Jimmie Mesis.
During the program Jimmie shares some insight for both new, and seasoned private investigators alike, on topics ranging from marketing and growth for your business, to some of the hottest new trends and tools for our field.
Spend some time with us to get some quality information. If you get a chance attend one of Jimmie’s presentation if you have not already.
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Rory interviews Carlton Joyce a partner practicing in Bouhan Falligant’s litigation practice group, 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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Forensic Evidence of Gunshot Residue and Guest for Internet Investigations
Host Dean Beers will have an extended discussion with Karen during Conversations with Karen on the questions and answers to GSR testing and how it applies, as evidence, to equivocal death investigations.
But first, Dean will update listeners with recent legislative news from the National Council of Investigation & Security Services, including the very active State Legislative Advocacy Hub and important legislation at the state level.
The best defense against fraud or negligent hiring claims is demonstrating you took the appropriate steps to fulfill your legal, “duty of care” thus meeting the, “reasonable personal standard” of that of an informed, capable, and fair minded person.
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This month my special guest is Kelly Riddle of Kelmar Global Investigations out of Texas. During this show Kelly will explain how his company investigates cargo theft and some of the important facts regarding this under reported crime.
• Incidents are more likely to occur in highly-populated areas where thieves can quickly enter the local market and offload the stolen cargo immediately;
• The U.S. Department of Transportation has determined that an average truckload of cargo travels within a 206-mile radius outside container ports, and thieves tend to strike within this radius;
• Cargo theft is more likely to happen in high cargo concentration areas such as California, the Northeast, Florida and Texas; and the number of theft incidents decreases as cargo flows inland along interstate thoroughfares.
Kelly is a past president of the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI) and the founder of the Council Of Association Leaders (COAL) which is comprised of many of the leaders from investigation associations around North America.
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Ringing in 2015 with Cell Phone Forensics!
Host Dean Beers will update listeners with recent legislative news from the National Council of Investigation & Security Services, and some updates from previous shows on the importance of background checks. Karen joins Dean with Conversations with Karen to talk about the importance of open source intelligence and social media checks for backgrounds. Finally, Dean welcomes his guest, Tom Slovenski, to talk about how Your Phone is Your Personal Profile and cell phone forensics.
NCISS Legislative Updates
Drone legislation – http://t.co/av1eWj5Mkb
NLRB ‘Ambush Rule’ final rules published – http://t.co/yopd3QVygz
Join us for Hit the Hill in April – http://www.nciss.org/news-and-events/the-full-event.php?eid=79
Read the latest The Report online – http://www.nciss.org/documents/NCISS_The_Report_Spring_2015.pdf