Seattle, WA December 12, 2011 – Guns & Tactics Magazine has announced a strategic alliance with Rubio Films, an online content producer that specializes in HD video productions.

Rubio Films productions are designed to utilize the inherent power of social media to deliver a variety of content across multiple platforms. Their films target the eyes and ears of "quality viewers" and industry "influencers."

Guns & Tactics Magazine will launch their first video content production in January when they attend SHOT Show 2012, the world’s premier exposition of combined firearms, ammunition, law enforcement, cutlery, outdoor apparel, optics and related products and services.

Guns & Tactics plans to produce daily episodes of SHOT Show interviews and event coverage, making the the videos available on their website and YouTube channel.

For more information regarding Guns & Tactics Magazine and their services, please visit their website at http://gunsandtactics.com.

Not only is this a chance to get face time with other investigators for networking benefits and have the opportunity to learn from some of the very best professionals in our profession, but you will be introduced to a new program called the Board Accredited Investigator (B.A.I.). This program has been developed to provide you with an additional credential that will enable you to market your services that others will not.  This program is designed to offer you a marketing package along with sample cover letters wherein you will have a tool to stand out as being Board Accredited. This designation will be fully revealed at the conference and you will have the first opportunity to demonstrate you have mastered the profession by acquiring this distinction.

Here is a brief schedule of events:

Special Pre-Conference Training
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

9:00AM     Brian Ingram Email Tracing and Internet Profiling (Part 1)

12:00PM     Lunch Break (On your own)

1:00PM     Brian Ingram Email Tracing and Internet Profiling (Part 1)

5:00PM     Training Concludes

Special Pre-Conference Training
Thursday, October 13, 2011

9:00AM     Vendors Begin Set Up in Exhibit Hall

10:00AM Brian Ingram Email Tracing and Internet Profiling (Part 2)

12:00PM Conference Registration Begins

1:00PM     Brian Ingram Email Tracing and Internet Profiling (Part 2)

5:00PM     Training and Registration End for the Day

5:30PM     FAPI Sponsored Hospitality Suite

Friday, October 14, 2011

8:00AM Continental Breakfast in Vendor/Exhibit Hall

9:00AM     President’s A message from our President Ken Rutledge, Welcome and an introduction of the Board Of Directors.

9:15AM     Introductions sponsors to introduce themselves, the products and the services they offer.

9:45AM     Jay Forgét – Skip Tracing For Legal Professionals

11:00AM Carrie Kerskie – “Generating Income From Identity Theft Services”

12:00PM Conference Lunch in Vendor Exhibit Hall

1:00PM     Diana L. Garren – “How to Retain More Business From Your Current Clients,  & Gain New Clients”

2:30PM     Break in Vendor Exhibit Hall

2:45PM     Special Olympics – “Special Partners” Presentation

3:15PM     Chris Rumbaugh – “An Introduction & Overview To Interviews Or Interrogations, Using Applications of Kinesics & Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) To Determine Construction or Historic recall”

4:15PM     Patrick J. McKenna – “Techniques Used In Investigation of High Profile Cases such as the O.J. Simpson case & The Caylee Anthony Case.”

5:00PM     Meet With Vendors In Exhibit Hall

6:00PM     Hospitality Suite Opens – Dinner on your own

Saturday, October 15, 2011

8:00AM     Continental Breakfast in Vendor/Exhibit Hall

9:00AM     Robert Wyman – “Forensic Photography & Evidence Documentation”

10:45AM Harold McFarland – “Using Social Networking Technology to Gather Information During An Investigation”

12:00PM Lunch Provided in Vendor Exhibit Hall

1:00PM     Kevin Ripa – “The 10 Biggest Myths Of Computer Use”

2:45PM     Mark Rabinowitz, Esq – “Methodology In The Special Handling of Complex Family Law Matters”

3:45PM     Judge Mark Lubet – “How To Testify in a Jury Trial”

4:45PM     Election of New Officers

5:30PM     Hospitality Suite

7:00PM     Conference Formal Dinner & Awards Ceremony, Special Olympics Raffle Announcements Raffle

8:30PM     Poker Tournament Presented by Double Diamond Sponsor Tracers Information Specialists, Inc.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

9:00AM     Conference Farewell Breakfast

10:00AM Group Activity Golf Tournament, Family Trip to Disney’s Magic Kingdom

Please do not let all the efforts Ken Rutledge, and his committee has given this event go to the way side. Attend this function, meet new clients, colleagues, friends and enjoy the assembly of your fellow investigators. Register ASAP. The room rates are very reasonable as is conference rate. There is also a special all day program being offered for $150.00 where as normally it would cost $400.00 presented by Brian Ingram on the tools you will need to conduct computer e mail tracing , etc.

http://myfapi.org/FAPIconference

Credit: @FEARtheSERVER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Larry Yellon
(516) 248-8270

New Regulations Allow New York City Process Servers to Continue Service Legal action dropped against DCA

July 20, 2011 (NEW YORK CITY) – Professional process servers in New York City will continue providing quality services to city residents following the settlement of a lawsuit Tuesday, July 19, 2011, with the New York Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) that had seriously jeopardized their existence.

The agreement, which simplifies record-keeping for licensing, resolves many conflicts that had threatened process servers and agencies from going out of business, said Larry Yellon, president of both the National Association of Professional Process Servers (NAPPS) and the New York State Professional Process Servers Association (NYSPPSA). NYSPPSA is a chartered state association of NAPPS.

“NYSPPSA and DCA now have a shared goal of providing quality services to the legal system and ultimately justice for those who engage the system within city limits,” Yellon said. “We applaud DCA for recognizing the need to amend rules that were confusing and restrictive. The new rules are based on common sense and fairness, and will help agencies and process servers maintain compliance without upending their business practices.”

As part of the settlement, NYSPPSA agrees to drop all legal action against DCA. In late March, NYSPPSA was granted a partial restraining order to allow the two sides to continue negotiations over the new regulations. Prior to the court filing, NYSPPSA and the City had been negotiating in good faith and were making progress ahead of a March 21 deadline. NYSPPSA chose court action only after a request to extend that deadline was denied.

The settlement requires process servers to “conduct their activities within the confines of the new regulations, and notify the city if they fail to carry out their duties in a competent and lawful manner.”

In return, the amended city rules will clarify the record-keeping requirements in the following manner:

• Reporting requirement – Changes 24-hour reporting requirement to within two (2) business days after the last event recorded occurred.
• “Traverse” (contested service) – Modifies the reporting and research obligations for process servers and agencies when reporting the results of a traverse to DCA. The new rule significantly expands both research and reporting timelines and more definitively defines the search process.
• Filing process – The process server and agency only have to keep the file date of the affidavit if they physically filed it.
• Certified mailing – The process server will only have to keep the record number of a certified mailing only if they physically did the certified mailing.
• Record keeping – The amount of time process servers need to keep paper records is reduced from 7 years to 3 years.
• Digital records – The third-party option to maintain digital records have been changed. Now they can be generated at the time of request as long as the records are kept by a third party in a manner that the process server or the agencies are not able to edit them.
• Corrections & edits – The new rule adds a method for licensees to correct typographical errors in or inadvertent omissions from an entry into an electronic format.

Yellon stressed that NAPPS and NYSPPSA members are committed to being accountable, reliable and valuable to legal clients and city regulators. “NAPPS members follow a code of ethics and professional conduct, and as an organization we feel very strongly about the oversight and regulation of our own members,” he said. “This is a win-win for everyone involved.”

TIMELINE OF EVENTS / NYSPPSA vs. CITY OF NEW YORK DCA:

April 2010 – New York City Council passes and Mayor Bloomberg signs law regarding new regulations for Digital Record Keeping for Licensed Process Servers and Agencies; authorizes New York Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to promulgate rules.

December 2010 – DCA files new rules and holds initial hearing. New York State Professional Process Servers Association President Larry Yellon testifies in opposition to new rules, saying they go far beyond the intent of the law passed by the council.

February 2011 – NYSPPSA enters into negotiations with DCA seeking amendments to the rules
as proposed.

March 2011 – NYSPPSA files lawsuit seeking to stop implementation of rules as proposed by DCA. New York State Supreme Court, County of New York Justice Cynthia S. Kern grants NYSPPSA a partial injunction prohibiting DCA from implementing or enforcing “that portion of the Regulations which require that the security settings for the converted PDF are set so that no edits or changes may be made to the document.”

May 2011 – DCA publishes proposed amendments to Digital Record Keeping for Licensed Process Servers and Agencies rules.

June 2011 – Hearing on proposed amendments. DCA files “reply memorandum of law.” Oral arguments scheduled for July 20, 2011.

July 19, 2011 – Settlement reached and filed in court.

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The New York State Professional Process Servers Association (NYSPPSA) works as a unifier in the state to improve the professionalism of our members and communication with the rest of the legal community. For more information about NYSPPSA, visit www.nysppsa.org

The National Association of Professional Process Servers (NAPPS) is a worldwide organization founded on the principles of professionalism and high ethical standards. For more information about NAPPS, visit www.napps.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Brendan Davis joins CompassPoint Investigations as Director of Communications

GULF BREEZE, FL. – August 2, 2011 – CompassPoint Investigations has named Brendan Davis as their new Director of Communications.

Mr. Davis, who previously held the position of Associate Editor at The Vanguard, will be in charge of expanding and maintaining CompassPoint Investigations’ online presence and social marketing ventures, as well as developing content for their numerous online properties such as Pursuit Magazine and PIeducation.com

L. Scott Harrell, the owner of CompassPoint Investigations and Pensacola private investigator, announced the news. “We are excited to welcome Brendan Davis into the CompassPoint family. Brendan’s passion for developing quality content in many different media formats is endless and he has a history of staying on the bleeding edge where information meets new channels of distribution,” Harrell said. “I am excited about our opportunity to leverage his background in journalism in an impactful way across the diverse facets of our entire operation.”

“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to join such a dynamic, creative and vibrant company,” Davis said. “There are so many exciting things happening at CompassPoint, and they are refreshingly enthusiastic about using new media and technologies. It’s a perfect fit, and I’m looking forward to working with CompassPoint and expanding its lead as the most innovative preeminent private investigation firm in the industry.”

Mr. Davis earned his BA in Communications from the University of South Alabama in 2009, and currently resides in Foley, Alabama.

CompassPoint Investigations provides private investigation services, service of process, private investigator training and continuing education, and business consulting programs throughout the Gulf Coast and Southeast United States, including Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama.

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Contact:
CompassPoint Investigations
4657 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Suite D
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
Ofc (850) 637-8096
Fax (877) 761-8264

http://compasspointpi.com

FLPI # A 2500251

Last year’s conference was a huge success and we started working on the 2010 conference right after the holidays in an effort to make this conference even better, if possible. This year we have lined a stellar group of speakers for the conference. By popular demand from past attendees we have made arrangements to have a number of the most popular pieces of covert surveillance equipment available for both show and tell demonstrations as well as for sale.

2010 MLPIA Annual Seminar
September 17th & 18th

Location:
Season’s Grille & Convention Center
155 Riverside Street Portland, Maine
(207) 775-6538

Speakers include:

• ISPLA’s Ernie Barth – Techno Testimony
• IRB’s Rebecca Roberts – Running & understanding databases
• Unum SIU Director Jeff Huston & SIU Lead Investigator Mark Walsh
• Maine AG’s office Sr. Investigator Brian McMaster
• Michelle McGrath – Corporate & Executive Protection
• MLPIA’s Joe Thornton, Atty. Dan Lilley, former Prosecutor Thomas Goodwin & Atty. Mary Davis –“Battered Woman’s Syndrome” as a Defense to Homicide: A Case Study
• NALI’s Nicole Bocra & MLPIA’s Alan Tate – Using Social Networking Sites in Investigations
• NALI National Director Paul Jaeb – Minnesota Bridge Collapse Investigation
• Covert Surveillance Equipment- Types & Uses
• NALI’s – Reginald Montgomery- Investigator Liability

Below you will find links to both the Agenda and a Registration form. We have also made arrangements to be able to take credit cards for the conference registration fee, if you want. Again this year we have made the conference both educational and financially affordable for all to attend. A conference rate has also been obtained for the hotel, the info is on the attached form. We are very pleased to have not only IRB and Varney Insurance as sponsors but we have also added the NALI & their National Director as a sponsor. There are also vendor and sponsor opportunities available if anybody is interested, please contact me.

Thanks and we hope to see you in September,

Ed Spicer & Alan Goodman

2010 Conference Sign Up Form *  2010 MLPIA Conference Agenda

PALI’s Annual Investigators Conference is designed to provide an opportunity for educational excellence. It is estimated that between 100 and 175 investigators, law enforcement personnel and security professionals from across the Mid-Atlantic Region will be in attendance. National and local exhibitors and many well-known educational speakers will be there as well.

Speakers currently include:

• Randal S. Doaty, Private Investigator – Real Estate Investigations
• Paul Herman, Private Investigator – Computer Evidence Discovery
• Eileen Law, Private Detective – “TNT ~ Dynamite Tools, Notions & Tricks of the Trade”
• Laura O’Kane, Marketing Communications at IRBsearch, LLC – Gramm Leach Bliley Act
• Peter Psarouthakis, Professional Investigator & ISPLA President – “Educate to Legislate”
• Richard D. Walter, Forensic Psychologist – Sex Crimes
• Ed Spicer, Private Investigator – “Surveillance techniques, issues and successful surveillance operations”
• Nicole Bocra, Private Investigator – Financial Investigations
• and others!

In addition to the informative and educational speakers who will address topics specific to you and your investigative needs, the seminar also provides a networking platform during social and business events, rekindling old friendships and making new ones while networking with professionals from several other disciplines.  This is an exciting opportunity to network with those who are dedicated to the advancement of investigative and security services!

For more information about the conference and registration & hotel accommodations please visit http://www.pali-investigator-conference.com

It is posted on-line at:

http://www.nclc.org/issues/auto/content/Repo_madness_Report_0310.pdf

Here is the included press release via PR NEWSWIRE

Repo Madness Threatens Consumers

BOSTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dozens of consumers, repossession agents and bystanders have been killed, injured or traumatized in self-help repossessions done under state laws that allow automobile dealers and lenders to take cars without court action or the involvement of law enforcement.

That is the key finding of a report issued today by the National Consumer Law Center, which compiles and analyzes existing state laws and regulations on automobile repossessions, and catalogues recent repossessions that resulted in violence, fatalities, injuries, arrests or trauma. In four of the incidents, repo agents took cars with children under the age of eight inside.

“Not a single state guarantees automobile owners a day in court before a repossession,” said John Van Alst, a lawyer for NCLC and principal author of the report. “Only a handful of states have even minimal consumer protections such as requiring that repo agents have licenses, bonds or insurance.”

Millions of working and poor families depend upon automobiles for survival and daily life. When they need cars and lack access to conventional financing, they turn to “buy here, pay here” dealers.” Those dealers too often rely on the threat of sudden and potentially violent repossessions to bully consumers into making payments.

That threat is real. Pistols, rifles, shotguns, knives, fists and automobiles are frequently wielded as weapons in confrontations arising out of self-help repossessions. Since Jan. 1, 2007, those confrontations have resulted in at least six deaths, dozens of injuries and arrests and uncounted traumas.

“What we have now is vigilante repossession run amok,” said Rosemary Shahan, President of Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, a nonprofit organization that advocates for consumer safety and against auto fraud and abuse. . “States need to adopt laws to rein in the violence, kidnapping, and lawlessness.”

The report calls for each state to enact laws that would require secured lenders to obtain court orders or at least provide consumers minimal due process prior to seizing automobiles. In addition, states should require that such repossessions, when authorized by courts, be done by sheriffs, police or other law enforcement officials.

The report also suggests measures that could reduce abuses and dangers in states that allow some self-help repossessions, including requirements that agents be better regulated, enhanced notice requirements and other steps to limit the arbitrary and harmful seizure of cars from consumers.

“In other areas of the law, such as evictions, self-help is generally no longer allowed in the interest of fairness and safety” said Van Alst. “Until we do the same thing in auto repossession, people will continue to be hurt and killed.”

For more information or to arrange an interview (or to voice your opposition), contact John Van Alst or Rick Jurgens at 617-542-8010

SOURCE: National Consumer Law Center

The NCAPI was pleased to welcome Senator Richard Burr, R-NC, as the Keynote Speaker at the Friday Night Banquet.  Senator Burr spoke about the importance of a strong and efficient Homeland Security Department; the vision for the future that Dr. Martin Luther King had about our country, jobs and society over forty years ago and how Dr. King’s visions have and are becoming reality.  The Senator gave insight as to the struggles he and other Members of Congress face in today’s political atmosphere in our nations capitol when it comes to introducing legislation.  Senator Burr is very supportive of our profession and the legislative issues that affect our businesses and ability to provide services to the public.

Senator Burr concluded his presentation for the evening.  Members and NCAPI guest enjoyed a buffet dinner that by the looks of the empty plates, everyone enjoyed.

After dinner, a drawing was held that included all members (present or not) that joined or renewed their membership by January 5, 2010.  Bill Lane of Lane and Associates in Shelby, North Carolina won a near shore fishing trip at the Crystal Coast of North Carolina.

Saturday morning’s Annual Meeting was kicked off by Forsyth County Sheriff Bill Schatzman’s Color Guard who presented the State and National Flags.

NCAPI President Larry Flannery opened the business meeting during which many topics including the never ending 74-C Rewrite, continuing education for NC PIs, Private Protective Services Board perceived abuse of powers, and one of the most pressing issues was our efforts in the legislative process within the North Carolina House and Senate.

PAC Chairman Bill Fletcher reported on all of the great effort put forth and the level of success reached by our NCAPI Board of Directors and General Membership to defeat Senate Bill-9 and promote the appointment of one of our own to the Private Protective Services Board.  Senate Bill-9 which was introduced by State Senator Boseman, D-New Hanover; would have made it illegal for a private investigator to videotape anyone in an occupied room.

After 23 years, the Membership voted to increase the Principal Membership dues from $50.00 to $100.00 beginning in 2011.  The other levels of membership dues will remain the same.

Elections of the 2010 Board of Directors was held.  The 2010 Board of Directors elected is:

President – Larry Flannery, Scott & Associates, Greensboro

Past President – Ruth Reynolds, Reynolds Professional Service, Charlotte

Vice Presidents:

Michael Cheek, Priority Plus Investigations, China Grove
Legal & Legislative Committee Chairman

Audra Coleman, Cameo PI, Thomasville
Administrative Vice President; Ethics and Bylaws, Chairwoman

Leroy W. Everhart, IFC, Case-Closed Investigations, Winston-Salem and Atlantic Beach
Membership and Public Relations Chairman

Gary Pastor, Private Eyes, Inc., Greenville
Program and Education Chairman

Treasurer – Jeff Kiker, Kiker Investigations, Salisbury

Secretary – Sybil Richards, SPI, Inc., Salisbury

After the elections, President Flannery recognized and presented plaques to the 2009 Board Members and our PAC Chairman for their service to our association this past year.

The new Board of Directors was sworn in by Past President Ruth Reynolds followed by a brief Board meeting where President Flannery assigned the duties to his vice presidents.

END OF RELEASE
For Additional Information Please Contact:

Leroy W. Everhart, IFC, V.P.
Membership & Public Relations Chairman
North Carolina Association of Private Investigators, Inc.
133 East Council Street
Salisbury, North Carolina 28144

Telephone: 336-777-1114
Fax:  336-777-1151

e-mail:  Leroy@case-closed.net

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