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The mission of Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) is to monitor and identify critical legislative and regulatory issues in order to provide a forum for debate and discussion within the investigative and security professions and to serve as an advocate for these professions. ISPLA’s political action committee (PAC) creates a mechanism for individuals and professional associations to participate in lobbying and financially supporting qualified political candidates for office. Join ISPLA and support your profession! http://ispla.org
ISPLA Continues Great Work with Equal Justice, Sixth Amendment, Wrongly Accused, Innocence, and Indigent Defense Projects
“The right of one charged with crime to counsel may not be deemed fundamental and essential to fair trials in some countries, but it is in ours.” – Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
This is an ISPLA update on part of our work the past year with Equal Justice, Sixth Amendment, Wrongly Accused, Innocence, and Indigent [...]
ISPLA Update: Prohibition on the Use of Video Surveillance
ISPLA has been representing investigative and security professionals regarding a bill about which we previously issued an alert soon after its introduction on April 15.
S. 3214, the Surreptitious Video Surveillance Act introduced by Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), if enacted, would amend Title III of the Omnibus Crime and Control Act of 1968 as amended by [...]
ISPLA Update: Anti-Spoofing and Surveillance Bills
During the past two weeks, ISPLA has been visiting members of Congress in Washington, DC regarding several anti-spoofing bills, which have already passed in either the Senate or House, and researching a surreptitious surveillance video bill recently introduced in the Senate.
ANTI-SPOOFING LEGISLATION – As previously reported, we conferred offices of each sponsor of anti-spoofing bills:
S.30, [...]
International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act
SENATORS HATCH AND GILLIBRAND INTRODUCE FIRST OF ITS KIND MEASURE TO BOLSTER CYBERSECURITY – Bill Fosters International Coordination, Cracks Down on Foreign Countries That Offer Cyber Criminals Havens…
Washington, D.C. March 23, 2010 – With the growing cost of cybercrime, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the International Cybercrime Reporting and Cooperation Act, [...]
Jim Carino Recognized with Julius “Buddy” Bombet Lifetime Achievement Award
On March 27, 2010, at the 27th annual Intellenet Conference held in New Orleans, LA, James P. Carino, Jr. became the seventh recipient of the Julius “Buddy” Bombet Lifetime Achievement Award given to private investigators. Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) congratulates Mr. Carino for a lifetime of service and volunteerism to our [...]
29Mar2010 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
ISPLA Represents Industry at Final FTC Roundtable in Washington, D.C.
The Federal Trade Commission held their final roundtable on consumer privacy issues March 17, 2010 in Washington, DC. The roundtable is the last of three public events designed to explore the privacy challenges that are posed by technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. Investigative and Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) [...]
19Mar2010 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
ISPLA and PICA Represent Investigation Industry at FTC Roundtable in Berkeley, CA
Representatives of Investigative and Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) and the Professional Investigators of California (PICA) took part in the Federal Trade Commission’s public roundtable discussion on Evolving Consumer Privacy Issues today in Berkeley, CA.
The first roundtable discussions in this series was on December 7th in Washington, D.C. with the focus on exploring the [...]
ISPLA Participates in DOJ Symposium on Indigent Defense
At the invitation of the U.S. Department of Justice, Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action board member Nicole Bocra and government affairs director Bruce Hulme participated in the National Symposium on Criminal Defense last week in Washington, D.C. The symposium was organized to correct deficiencies presently existing in the legal representation of the [...]
24Jan2010 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
Private Investigators in a Changing Political Climate
[This is a very good update by Bruce Hulme, the investigations industries' undisputed top politico, as to what has just occurred in D.C. and the political climate from an industry point of view. It also reiterates our immediate need for a PAC and answers some very common questions about PAC's. Working with everyone in D.C. [...]
7Jan2010 | ISPLA | 1 comment | Continued
FTC Advises US Senate on Ability to Protect Consumers
Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action continues to stay abreast of issues in Washington with regard to regulation and legislation affecting this profession. ISPLA is singularly focused to protect the interests of the investigative and security professions at the federal level, and at the state level when specifically requested by state professional associations. As [...]
2Jan2010 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
Pretext: An Essential Recognized Investigative Technique
Recently the media reported on a $1.8 million verdict in an invasion of privacy lawsuit in Cook County, Illinois. The plaintiff, involved in litigation against her former employer, became the subject of a private investigation by a detective agency hired by her former employer, a defendant in the action. Some of the facts are like [...]
22Dec2009 | ISPLA | 3 comments | Continued
ISPLA Represents Industry at Congressional Briefing on Indigent Criminal Defense
Peter Psarouthakis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Investigators & Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) testified on behalf of the investigative industry on December 14th at critical hearings held in Detroit, Michigan.
He provided comments to both the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Briefing on Solutions to the Indigent Defense Crisis and the Michigan House [...]
ISPLA Represents Industry at FTC Roundtable in Washington, D.C.
Bruce Hulme, Director of Government Affairs for Investigative and Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA) has been invited to take part in the Federal Trade Commission’s public roundtable discussions, a series of day long discussions on Evolving Consumer Privacy Issues. The first roundtable discussion in this series was on December 7th with the focus on [...]
5Dec2009 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
ISPLA Legislative Thanksgiving 2009 Holiday Update
ISPLA expects very little action from Congress over the Thanksgiving Holiday recess, but for those interested there have been some recent developments in the courts regarding HR218 which may impact the rights of some law enforcement officers and a few colleagues. HR218 is the bill that became the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act [...]
25Nov2009 | ISPLA | 0 comments | Continued
