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The Value of Associations - AFI-LLC Newsletter March 2020

Each month our agency publishes an interactive and informative newsletter for clients
and colleagues. As our services focus on the areas of expert consultations and legal
investigations of personal injury, negligence and death in civil, criminal and probate
litigation - these are what our newsletters cover.

We have posted the current issue at www.DeathCaseReview.com/afi-llc-newsletters.

The Value of Associations
Last month’s blog commentary featured the growing trend – and professional concerns – of ‘Restricting PI Access to
Public Records’. As noted, this stems from uninformed online media finding references to states making large profits
from the selling of personal data and public records. In the next of this three-part series, we look at ‘The Value of
Associations Keeping You in Business, Networking, and Peer-to-Peer Networking’.

BONUS Section – Special Association Announcements
Be sure and check the latest special news in the bonus section in this newsletter. First is the Professional Private
Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC) spring training opportunity from the Colorado Investigator Development
Institute. Next is the National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI) “Discover NALI” initiative from National Director
John Lajoie, CLI. These are two important bonuses we think both clients and colleagues will be interested in!

UPDATE - Colorado PI Licensing
In October Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) recommended the repeal of the 2015 PI licensing law,
citing no evidence of past or potential public harm. The Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado
(PPIAC) and Legislative Committee are working daily to introduce and have passed renewed legislation to continue the
licensing program of PIs. The licensing program is only five years old - and has proven a success in protecting the public.

In February the new bill to continue the PI licensing program was introduced with bi-partisan sponsorship. On
02/12/2020 the bill was heard back in the House Transportation Committee, where PPIAC President Andrea Orozco, VP
of Training Tan Smyth, and Past Board Chairman Dean Beers testified in favor. The bill passed with a 10-1 vote; and the
single dissenting vote expressing her hope DORA can answer the concerns PPIAC testified to and to be a ‘yes’ vote on
the House floor. Also in February, 02/27/2020, PPIAC learned there is now bi-partisan sponsorship in the Senate –