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Unusual Deaths – Or Are They - AFI-LLC Newsletter September 2021

COLORADO’S PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSING PROGRAM – CONSUMER PROTECTION - ENDED
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As of August 31 Colorado no longer has a licensing program to vet private investigators and provide consumer
protection. Colorado had one of the first licensing programs in the country (the NYPD badge was designed from one of
the first PI badges used in CO), and it was one of the first laws passed when Colorado became a state. The law lasted 100
years, until being declared unconstitutional due to lack of a definition for ‘private investigator’ in the statute (and was
brought on by political and personal agendas) – ending in 1977. Working with the legislature, in 2015 PPIAC assisted
with drafting legislation for consumer protection and vetting of private investigators , also protecting the profession.

The program was legislatively, an unprecedented success, was set to sunset in five years. In 2019 PPIAC began the
process of legislative support to continue the program. In the early 2020 legislative session – disrupted by the world
events dragging on still to this day – to continue the program passed both houses of the legislature by over 75% support
and went to the state governor for signature into law. Instead – and as was predicted from indirect communication with
his staff – after the early close of the legislative session, he vetoed it on 07/11/2020 to assure no chance of a legislative
veto override. Find out more about this loss of consumer protection in Colorado, also explained in a free training video.

www.DeathCaseReview.com/hb20-1207.html and http://co-pi-licensing.InvestigativeCourses.com

As professional investigators for over 30 years, we chose to enhance our agency ethics and add our own Standards of
Practice – you can find our ethics at www.DeathCaseReview.com/ethics and our standards of practice at
www.DeathCaseReview.com/standards. PPIAC previously enhanced its ethics, and recently adopted similar standards of
practice. These are all from activities of the PPIAC Legislative Committee in helping legislators and the regulatory agency
draft the same for all then licensed private investigators in Colorado.

We first recommend using vetted PPIAC members – www.PPIAC.org/directory and other associations who vet their
members (state, national and international – see www.PrivateInvestigations.org/associations). We also recommend
checking if they were previously licensed and operate under ethics and standards of practice similar to the licensing
program the governor vetoed. For assistance in this, you are welcome to contact our agency – we have the list.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS CONFERENCE (PPIAC)
2021 Rocky Mountain Investigators Conference - Back in the Saddle Again!
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September 24 & 25 at the Denver West Marriott in Golden, Colorado - come join us as we
hold our in-person conference filled with networking, education, vendors, cocktail hour,
hospitality suite, and much, much more!

2020 is now behind us- it's time to get back in the saddle again!
-- Register TODAY and book your room! https://ppiac.org/event-4378091

WILL YOU HELP BRIAN INGRAM?
In mid-August, our friend in Texas (one of many), Brian Ingram, found himself hospitalized due to a serious infection. He
is doing well and medically recovered. As might be expected, the medical costs – and temporary loss of income from his
computer forensics – has cost him and his family. He reluctantly started a GoFundMe page to help with this financial
impact. For years he has given of his time and expertise to colleagues and clients in need. If he has seen an injustice, he
tackled it, often pro bono. Let’s return his good deeds to others, maybe pay it forward – we never know.
-- Visit https://gofund.me/1178ab5f to help out how you can.

“Well we got back from vacation and it seems I have contracted some weird infection and had to undergo
emergency surgery. I’ve been in the hospital two days and expect to stay one more. This is an unexpected large
expense during a difficult time. Any and all contributions would be greatly and humbly appreciated.”

We know Brian well – this could not have been easy for him. Dean has known Brian since 2000 when he attended one of
Brian’s first seminars on email and web activity tracing investigations, which later became computer and phone
forensics. Brian was, and remains, a pioneer in these areas. We personally appreciate any help to Brian and his family.
He has not asked for any to share this link; we simply feel it is the right thing to do for a close friend.

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