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June-July 2021
A Message from the Chair
Summer is finally here, and people are beginning to travel to in-person conferences,
myself included. I just got back from San Antonio, where I attended the annual training
event for the National Association of Legal Investigators. The event was sold out, and
the speaker lineup was impressive.
I was proud of our attending NALI members from Colorado, all of whom are also PPIAC
Index: members. They did well representing investigators from our state. Mike Depew, a
PPIAC member in Texas, provided lots of information about the Alamo and his home
state's history. Craig Smith got an honorable mention for the Anthony Golec
Chair’s Message
Editor/Publisher Award for his article in The Legal Investigator about cognitive
dissonance. Jennifer Brown chairs the Certified Legal Investigator committee, so she
President’s Message ran the day-long CLI exam and co-presented to the conference on the exam itself.
The two highest awards bestowed by NALI are not given annually but only in years
VP of Training Update when they are well-deserved. This year, both of those awards were presented to NALI
members, who are both PPIAC members. Rachel Roberts was presented with the
National Director's award for her work with NALI's membership committee. Ellis
VP of Legislation Update Armistead, who made an appearance by video in front of the entire conference,
received the Julius “Buddy” Bombet, CLI, Lifetime Achievement Award for his
Classifieds (New!) contributions to the association, including service as a past National Director.
We have our PPIAC annual conference set for September 24-25 in Golden. Please mark
Member Updates (New!) your calendars now and plan to attend. It will be an in-person conference. I'm looking
forward to seeing as many of you as possible. Since it's Tan Smyth's last conference as
VP of Training, I'm sure it will be educational and memorable.
Sam Petitto, PPIAC Chair
