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PI Education’s Online Continuing Education Program for Missouri Private Investigators Was Approved
Pensacola, FL, April 4, 2012 – PIeducation.com was pleased to announce today the formal acceptance by the Missouri Board of Private Investigator and Private Fire Investigator Examiners of three of their online continuing education courses...
GAPPI 2012 Final Legislation Report
From the Georgia Association of Professional Private Investigators via Georgia Private Detective Training:
There were three main bills affecting our industry. On two of these bills we achieved success and the third is still pending.
First...
Illinois to Pass a Background Check Dating Bill
We all know that dating via the internet can be a potentially dangerous thing. There’s always that little fear factor that reminds you that after no matter how many emails or chatting, you still might not know who’s sitting behind the other...
Handwriting Evidence Admissible In Court
In a jury case that was recently settled, it was decided in appeals court that handwriting identification was a valid form of forensic evidence. The decision rested upon the case of a Mr. Robert Pettus who was charged and convicted of sexual...
H.R. 4112, the Private Security Officer Screening Improvement Act
Background checks done for employers by Private Investigators and other third party companies are pretty basic things in the PI world, right? But we all know that as good as our snooping into someone’s background is, the FBI is sure to have...
FBI Chief Describes GPS Problems Created By Supreme Court Ruling
You remember that one court rulling that forced the FBI to shut down every GPS receiver they currently were using to track their suspects? well, one of the problems was that the FBI was unable to find the transmitters. But the same Supreme Court ruling...
FBI Must Deliver Info on Informant Ronald Reagan
A federal judge granted summary judgment to a journalist who sought a 37-year-old FBI document the reporter believes will shed light on Ronald Reagan’s work as an FBI informant, and “about the FBI’s operations with respect to aiding...
GPS Evidence: Getting to “Reasonable” after U.S. vs. Jones
Most who will read this blog will know by now that the U.S. Supreme Courtmade its ruling in U.S. v. Jones, 565 U. S. ____ (2012)(No. 10–1259). Most will believe the press that the court announced sweeping rules requiring a warrant...
Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn After Amended To Include Testing Lawmakers
A Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly withdrew his bill to create a pilot program for drug testing welfare applicants Friday after one of his Democratic colleagues amended the measure to require drug testing for lawmakers.
“There...
Photographers face copyright threat for taking similar pictures
Photographers who compose a picture in a similar way to an existing image risk copyright infringement, lawyers have warned following the first court ruling of its kind.
UK souvenir maker Temple Island Collection Ltd has won a ruling against...
