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Governor Vetoes PI Licensing - AFI-LLC Newsletter August 2020

Colorado Governor Vetoes Bill to Extend Private Investigator Licensure Requirements
We are also sharing this excellent and informative article, submitted by PPIAC VP of Legislative Affairs and Past President
Robert Orozco, to PI Now –

Most states in the US require that private investigators maintain professional licensure. In fact, as of this publication,
only a handful of states currently do not require state private investigator licensure. Private investigation is a profession
that involves conducting surveillance, collecting data, and assisting with legal cases, among many other activities that
some might consider personally invasive or even illegal if done by the average person. By legally defining the work that
private investigators do and having requirements in order to conduct this type of business, states have legitimized the
profession and prevented bad actors from infiltrating the industry. Colorado is one of the states in the US that has
included such professional requirements.

Overwhelmingly, state licensure has helped promote ethical standards and elevate the profession as a whole. By and
large, most PIs see licensure in that manner from the comments we gathered for this article. While Colorado has
previously been one of the states with a mandatory professional licensing component in its legislature, the Act requiring
licensure is set to be repealed as of September 1, 2020 as a result of a sunset clause and a blocked attempt to extend
the Act. This means that as of that date, Colorado PIs will not be required to be licensed and the industry will be wholly
unregulated.
-- www.pinow.com/articles/2934/colorado-governor-vetoes-bill-to-extend-private-investigator-licensure-requirements

FREE Standards and Practices Training Video (August only)
With the governor’s veto ending Colorado’s PI licensing program, we analyze the effective consumer protections which
also end. These losses to the public are detailed in a training video intended for Colorado licensure. We recommend all
Colorado PIs - new and veteran - follow the guidance in this video for the standards of practice and ethics developed by
DORA for the now ended licensing program. If you need a copy, please visit the DORA website or contact our agency. In
addition, we recommend a comprehensive ethics as part of your practices. Our ethics are at
www.DeathCaseReview.com/ethics.

This training video is available FREE in August only at http://co-pi-licensing.InvestigativeCourses.com.

UPDATED and NEW Training Webinars Added
We have UPDATED our three existing courses, and placed them on all online at our Vimeo host site, as well as other
education platforms – and soon to be added to PI Institute – Ethics for the PI and Attorney, Forensic Scene Photography,
and Basics of Skiptracing, Backgrounds, and Assets & Liabilities Investigations. In addition we have added these NEW
training webinars: Professional Standards and Ethics for PIs, and Time is Money - Bending Space and Time.

Investigators – if you are a member of CDITC, NCISS, NALI, WAD or any state association, well as NAPD or NDIA – contact
us for a 10% discount code for our courses on the Vimeo platform and a copy of the reference PowerPoint presentation.
** Please ask your association to reciprocate with sharing our courses. In return, we will donate an additional 10% of any
direct referrals via the discount code.

COMING THIS MONTH – Understanding Death Investigation, Understanding Scene Evidence, Understanding Medical
Records, Infant & Child Investigations, MVA Death Investigations & Case Studies, Blunt Force Trauma, and Forensic
Autopsies / Reports & Case Studies.

We are also finalizing our update Death & SBI Investigations for PIs, and Case Studies & Scenarios Training Modules.

You can find all of our current and upcoming training courses, and links to the platform you choose, at
www.InvestigativeCourses.com. Exclusively for the Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council (CDITC) are
developing an advanced Death & Serious Bodily Injury certification course. Stay tuned!

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