Page 1 - WORKING DRAFTApril 2021 PPIAC Newsletter Draft

April 2021

Chairman’s Message

Welcome to spring, everyone, and welcome to our new members. PPIAC
membership has slowly continued to grow during the pandemic. Please talk about
our professional organization with non-member investigators you know or meet. If
each one of our members brought another investigator to PPIAC this year, our
membership in 2022 would include almost one third of all investigators in the
state. That would help us tremendously with lobbying efforts we conduct on behalf
of all professional investigators in Colorado.
Index:
If you haven't heard yet, DORA recently announced that our Colorado PI licenses
will remain valid - and required - until 8/31/21. If you're planning to get licensed in
another state before Colorado licensing sunsets, I suggest you don't
Chairman’s Message procrastinate. While many states do not require testing or experience, most have
an application approval period that takes months, not weeks.

Finally, with the murders at King Soopers in Boulder last month still on my mind, I
President’s Message want to share some experience-based advice on planning. When you're out of
your house in the community, no matter where you are, practice looking for
primary and alternate escape routes. It's usually not hard to quickly identify more
than one way out of any public or private building. It's much harder to do the same
VP of Training Update thing quickly while under stress, especially during a life-or-death event like a fire or
being shot at. It might even be impossible to identify exits if you're lying prone or
hiding in order to avoid gunfire.

VP of Membership Keep in mind that the closest exit might not be the safest, due either to its
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Consider non-traditional exit points too, like going through a window; even one
that was never meant to be opened. Throwing something through a floor-to-ceiling
VP of Legislation Update plate glass window to create an exit might be faster and safer for you than using
the nearest pedestrian door. When it comes to personal safety, as with many
things in life, it's better to have a plan and not need one than to need a plan and
not have one. Stay safe out there. Aloha!
Treasurer Update
Sam Petitto - PPIAC Chairman of the Board