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Certified Forensic Death Investigator Program - AFI-LLC Newsletter March 2021
Review of Indiana Society of Professional Investigators (INspi) “Quality of Standards Guide”
Developed by INspi in 2020, this guide provides a foundation for professional agencies and investigators for a uniform
set of standards of practice. Associations will also find a foundation for their own members. These are not specialty
standards, such as surveillance or criminal defense, and they are not license specific standards. These standards cover
three areas: 1) Ethical Behavior and Standards for Investigators including Professional Relations, Relations With Clients
and the Public, and Relations With Investigators and Others; 2) General Standards for Investigators Qualifications and
Due Professional Care; and 3) Qualitative Standards for Investigator including Planning, Executing Investigations,
Reporting, and Managing Investigative Information. Each section is then detailed with standard, guidance, and
recommendations in the areas listed and duties of the professional investigator. It is not specific to Indiana or licensing –
it is developed for the professional investigator in Indiana, any state and even any country. Of course, any applicable
licensing and regulation must be followed.
-- order from INspi https://indianainvestigators.com/catalog.php?cat=3

With the July 2020 governor’s veto of the PI licensing program in Colorado, now due to end 08/31 this year, the
Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (www.PPIAC.org) Legislative Committee has been finalizing
recommended standards to members. PPIAC assisted the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) with
standards and ethics for the new program in 2015, and will modify to adapt as recommended guidance to members.

Our agency has long had published professional ethics, and in 2020 modified the PPIAC/DORA PI licensing program
standards as our own. These are available on our website (www.DeathCaseReview.com). For over a decade our agency
has published the Quint-Essential Qualities of a professional Investigator – these are below in every newsletter.

NEW Board Certified Forensic Death Investigator (CFDI) Program
Enrollment is now open for the new Board Certified in Advanced Death
Investigations Program exclusively partnered and offered with the Criminal
Defense Investigation Training Council. Details at
www.CertifiedForensicDeathInvestigator.com

Exclusively with the Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council!
Advance Sign-Up With Prerequisite Discount – Enrollment NOW OPEN!

What is a Certified Forensic Death Investigator (CFDI)?
It is the first of its kind specifically for criminal defense investigations of Death and Serious Bodily Injury (SBI)!
Developed by Associates in Forensic Investigations and partnered exclusively with the Criminal Defense Investigation
Training Council (CDITC) - two powerful teams in their expertise, joining together of offer the CFDI Program for this
specialized training in advanced criminal defense investigations.
• Learn to Review and Analyze prosecution discovery and criminal defense evidence specific to Death / SBI.
• Learn the advanced skills of Accident, Suicide & Homicide Deaths or non-fatal SBIs specific to criminal defense.
• Learn the advanced skills of decedent and scene assessment and analysis specific to criminal defense.
• Apply the advanced skills, knowledge and experience to becoming a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Learn how to earn the designation of CFDI-SME or CFDI-Expert as a consultant and witness.

We encourage you to learn more, and enrollment requirements at www.CertifiedForensicDeathInvestigator.com. Be
sure you have completed and passed the prerequisite program Equivocal Death / SBI Investigations for PIs at
www.MedicolegalDeathInvestigations.com and other requirements for this CFDI Program.

Once you have earned your CFDI, you will enhance all CDITC and other preeminent certifications and experiences to
bring your criminal defense investigations to a new level of advanced knowledge and skills for the most demanding
criminal defense areas – involving death and serious bodily injury (SBI) incidents. You will also have unique access to
collegial networking and continuing education.

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