“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, Read More

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 Read More

The Federal Trade Commission could become more powerful with a provision tucked in the financial reform bill H.R. 4173, the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009” that would expand its rule-making abilities, according to a Washington Post article of April 26, Read More

 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.  Read More

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.  Read More

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 Read More

 [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 Read More

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 Read More