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Facts, Truth, and Evidence: How to Be Objective

16 Jun 2016
Dean Beers
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death investigations, DNA evidence, evidence, forensic science, Investigations
As investigators, we are not truth seekers, but fact finders. We need to understand the difference.
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Legal Pitfalls, Ethical Perils, and Moral Quandaries for Professional Investigators

15 Apr 2014
Dean Beers
1
ethics, Investigations, Investigators
As professional investigators, we have certain legal, ethical, and moral obligations. The problem is: not everybody agrees on precisely what those are.
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Review: "Forensic Testimonial Evidence Recovery – The FTER Method" by Brandon Perron

01 May 2012
Dean Beers
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criminal defense, evidence, Featured, interviewing
Interviewing is one of the fundamental skills required of almost every public and private sector investigator.  Brandon Perron, CCDI, is a General in our profession.  He is known to many of us as a devoted criminal defense investigator, founder of the Criminal Defense
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The PPIAC Conference is Friday and Saturday, September 23 – 24, 2011

14 Sep 2011
Dean Beers
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associations, Colorado, conference, private investigators
The Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado conference is near – only two weeks away! The PPIAC conference is Friday & Saturday, September 23 & 24, 2011, at the Embassy Suites at Denver international Airport. There is still room for your
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PPIAC 2011 Annual Conference 09/23 and 09/24 in Denver, Colorado

26 Jul 2011
Dean Beers
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associations, Colorado, conference, PPIAC, private investigators
On behalf of the PPIAC and the Conference Committee, you are cordially invited to attend our celebration conference in Denver, Colorado! Our conference committee has been working diligently on the annual fall conference for the Professional Private Investigators Association of
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Reviewing and Understanding Autopsy Reports

07 Apr 2010
Dean Beers
4
death, medicolegal, private investigation
Voltaire said ‘To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.’ This is the definitive task of the medicolegal death investigator and forensic pathologist. The course of the death investigation has multiple phases including: scene investigation body
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Investigative Telephonics and Traplines- Part 1

27 Apr 2009
Dean Beers
4
private investigation, skip tracing
Legally using telephonic information to find your skips and determine useful information. Over 20 years ago, when I started my investigative agency, I asked as many investigators as I could what the most valuable tool in their arsenal was. The dominant answer (other than our
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