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Records Access Under Attack - AFI-LLC Newsletter October 2020

FREE Training Video (October only)
Each month one of our core training videos is FREE to view or listen to as a podcast. This training video is available FREE
in October only at http://freevideo.InvestigativeCourses.com
Preview all of our training webinars on your YouTube channel www.youtube.com/c/DeanBeers4N6Associates

>> PI, Attorney and Client Relationship Ethics
Understand the ethics of private investigations - as an investigator, consumer or client.

Ethics are professional standards that investigators must follow, particularly if retained by an attorney as their agent. A
violation of ethics can harmful to a case or relationship, even professional licensure can be disciplined for a violation. For
these reasons, it is important that all parties to the relationship are made aware of these ethics and are guided by them.

UPDATED and NEW Training Webinars Added
We continue to update current courses, and add new ones in September, and more this month. Our courses are all
online at our Vimeo host site, as well as other education platforms – and variously added to PI Institute and the Criminal
Defense Investigation Training Council platforms. Preview any of our courses at
http://coursespreview.InvestigativeCourses.com and view the catalog at http://catalog.InvestigativeCourses.com
(updated monthly – check for updates with discounts).

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) we are
developing an advanced Death & Serious Bodily Injury certification course. Stay tuned!

Investigators – if you are a member of CDITC, NCISS, NALI, WAD or any state association, well as NAPD or NDIA – contact
us for a 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 a matching donation.

The Mysterious Death of Sgt. Sean Drenth – Final Resolution in Widow’s Favor!
This expert consultation began a decade ago, and was the first expert death consultation case for our agency. This
finding was the last claim by the widow, and previously awarded life insurance benefits, local full survivor’s pension and
worker compensation, and now federal peace officer survivor benefits. Unfortunately, the medical examiner’s office and
police department will not change the death certificate or place the officer’s name on the fallen officers memorials.

We were retained by a long-time friend and fellow Certified Legal Investigator, Jon Colvin CLI, who worked diligently on
the case for a decade, and was the key to these favorable awards. Excerpts from the report:
Dean Beers, a board certified legal investigator, was retained by Claimant to provide an opinion concerning the manner
of death of Sergeant Drenth. After reviewing the medical examiner’s report, autopsy and scene photos and the
reconstruction packet of Criminalist Lucien Haag, among other things, Mr. Beers opined that the finding of suicide by
self-inflicted gunshot wound was “inconsistent and not plausible based upon the documented information, facts and
evidence reviewed.”
-- Please see full details at www.DeathCaseReview.com/survivor-benefits-win

CV UPDATED 10/01/2020
We have updated our CVs with authored articles and courses, continuing education, and notable case consultations.
Please see below for links.

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