Tag: ISPLA
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 allowing [...]
ISPLA Meets with the Federal Trade Commission
ISPLA’s Chairman Peter Psarouthakis and Bruce Hulme, Director of Government Affairs, were joined by ISPLA Executive Committee members, Nicole Bocra, Al Cavasin, Jim Carino and Jim Olsen at a conference recently held with Federal Trade Commission representatives of the Division of Privacy and Identification Protection. The FTC was presented with industry position statements concerning several [...]
ISPLA Fall 2009 Currently Pending Legislation and House Bills
Dear Investigation and Security Professionals, During September, ISPLA representatives met in Washington, DC with Congressional sponsors, or their staff, regarding each of the following House bills, except for the Employee Free Choice Act; that legislation will be resolved in the Senate. Privacy advocates are aggressively pushing their agenda with continued efforts to close investigative and [...]
ISPLA Presents First Two PAC Contribution Checks to Senators in Washington DC
Editor’s Note: This is very BIG news! We all finally have a voice in Washington D.C. that gets lawmakers’ attention using the only method that really works… political contributions (CASH). We need to support the ISPLA in their efforts. Join ISPLA today. Investigative & Security Professionals for Legislative Action – Political Action Committee presents its [...]
