Current Features
March 2010 American Private Investigator Podcast: Property Titles and Indigent Criminal Defense
The March 2010 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, digs into property title forensics research methods and the types of patterns typically revealed, ISPLA’s recent activity with indigent criminal defense issues, positive feedback on ISPLA’s liability insurance program, coverage of the recent NALI Midwinter Conference, upcoming industry event dates and [...]
5Mar2010 | Paul Jaeb | 0 comments | Continued
ISPLA Legislative Update
Rep. Charles B. Rangel [D-NY-15] has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a leave of absence from his position as chairman of powerful Committee on Ways and Means due to recent findings of the House Ethics Committee. Congressman Rangel, 79, a twenty term member of Congress, has long been regarded as one of its [...]
5Mar2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued
Private Investigator Databases: What the GLBA Really Means to You
In the mid-1990s to early 2000’s, we entered an era when the “Information Age” precipitated a shift in the private investigations industry then made up largely of “Gumshoe Investigators” to one whose population was being replaced by a new age of “Internet Investigators.” Database companies were just starting to come online and I remember gaining [...]
3Mar2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued
PIeducation.com “Name our New Course” Contest Winner Announcement!
As announced in January, we’ve written a brand new surveillance course for PIeducation.com but Scott and I had not come up with a title that worked. Since then, you’ve Facebooked, you’ve commented and you’ve emailed us… now it’s time for us to deliver on our promise for the PIeducation.com “Name our New Course” contest!
I am [...]
The Online Magazine for Investigators has come to the Smartphone!
With a single click, mobile smartphone users will now see a fast-loading, cell phone friendly view of Pursuit Magazine when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Nexus One, Opera Mini mobile, Palm Pre or BlackBerry touch mobile device. You need not do anything except to visit our website, http://pursuitmag.com, from your touch enabled [...]
22Feb2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued
Practical Marketing Tips for the Practical Private Investigator
Probably now more than any other time over the last several years, private investigators and process servers are required to become their own cheerleaders. In good economic times, the professionals in these fields have concentrated on surveillance, skips, and other related areas of operations and those services sold themselves. But with times being lean everywhere, [...]
16Feb2010 | Dale Seward | 1 comment | Continued
Deterring Unfriendly Dogs While on Assignment
We all know that encountering dogs can be a problem while working in the field; I’ve had many unfriendly canine confrontations while working bail enforcement and private investigation assignments and while process serving. In many rural areas, you just cannot avoid dogs on the loose altogether. Stephanie Mitchell wrote an excellent article about preventing and [...]
10Feb2010 | Scott Harrell | 2 comments | Continued
Pursuit Magazine Celebrates its Second Birthday!
Pursuit Magazine celebrates its second birthday today…
Well… Happy Birthday to us!
But where has the time gone? No, really… where has it gone?
Pursuit was initially an informal “e-zine” (an electronic magazine circulated via email) created just two years ago in an effort to offer outstanding information to PIEducation.com clients and staying in touch with them [...]
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 [...]
American Private Investigator Podcast: The Importance of Diversification
The February 2010 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, focuses on the importance of diversifying your business, the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI), upcoming industry events such as the World Investigators Conference and others, the affect the the Massachusetts’ special election, the FTC and privacy issues, ISPLA’s new professional [...]
25Jan2010 | Paul Jaeb | 0 comments | Continued
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
North Carolina Association of Private Investigators (NCAPI) Recaps 2010 Annual Membership Meeting
The North Carolina Association of Private Investigators held its 23rd Annual Association Banquet and Membership Meeting on January 15 and 16 at the Marriot Downtown in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The event was hailed a success.
The NCAPI was pleased to welcome Senator Richard Burr, R-NC, as the Keynote Speaker at the Friday Night Banquet. Senator Burr [...]
The Great Migration: Identifying and Capitalizing on Overlapping Economies for PIs
We’ve heard about the economic downturn and associated financial crisis far too often in recent months. Everyday, new stimulus packages are being created and handed-out by governments to help ease the burden on business; however, the reality is I’ve only heard of one private investigator ever being a recipient of such benefits (read the story [...]
8Jan2010 | J. Ryan Winter | 1 comment | Continued
S560, The Employee Free Choice Act, Dead?
Contract security guard companies can breathe a bit easier; the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) seems to be near dead in the water, now that the Democrats lost their 60-vote majority in the Senate. In addition, the loss of a potential appointee to the National Labor Relations Board this week occurred when Republicans blocked the [...]
8Jan2010 | Bruce Hulme | 0 comments | Continued
