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FALI ForumThe official publication of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators

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Post-Conference Issue

2012 FALICON a Success!

2012 Super Conference A Success for Attendees and Supporters

FALI’s 2012 Southeastern Super Conference held at the Cocoa Beach Hilton on May 10th-12th offered attendees three dynamic days of nationally recognized speakers, networking with industry colleagues, and one-on-one time with exhibitors who provide critical tools of the trade.

For the past 18 years FALI has produced an annual conference aimed at providing education and training to Florida Private Investigators. But it isn’t all work. According to FALI board member and event organizer Steve Craig, the social events are an important part of the program and he credits long-time sponsors with making them possible. “We couldn’t

do this without our supporters. Each year we see many of the same vendors coming back because they benefit from face-time with our members and we certainly benefit by being able to offer a great program to our members.”

Terry Kilburn, C.O.O. for Tracers Information Specialists, says they have been consistent supporters of the conference for the past eight years. “We’ve hosted an evening poker tournament for six years now. It’s a lot of fun for the attendees and gives us the opportunity to say thank you to our customers.” The tournament is a wildly popular special event held in conjunction with Tracers sponsored reception. The after-hours event brings both novice and seasoned poker players to the table to have fun and win prizes. Tracers is one of

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the nation's leading p r o v i d e r s o f ident i f icat ion and credential verification data. Tracers collects a n d m a i n t a i n s databases of public and non-public background information for law enforcement, government agencies, law firms, private investigators, insurance companies and other qualified businesses.

Besides parties and social hours, FALI held it’s 2nd Annual RJM Invitational Golf Tournament, plus Pistol Shoot Sponsored by Tim O'Rourke and S2 Institute plus the honorary Award Banquet and Presentations throughout the event. It was well attended, even a local gator on the green trying to take the golf ball!

IRBsearch provided a t t en de e s w i t h another night of kicking up their heels during the Dom & Dom After-Party following the Annual Awards Banquet. Champagne, pizza, live music, and prizes kept the good times rolling late into the final night. “IRBsearch is a longtime advocate of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators and we were thrilled to support FALI at their 18th annual educational conference in Coco Beach,” said IRBsearch National Marketing Director Rebecca Roberts. IRBsearch—an online search tool for professional investigators—has also offered surveillance equipment to the PI market for the past four years. “The FALI Conference really gave us a chance to showcase our products to members: the vehicle dashboard gripper cameras and reverse

peepholes were a huge hit,” according t o e C o m m e r c e Manager Sun i ta Dias.” IRBsearch C u s t o m e r C a r e Director Scott Wilson added, “We look forward to every chance we can get to meet our customers face to face and show them our new products and features such as our automatic password reset and the new Arrest and Incarceration Search.”

For all of the sponsors and exhibitors the b o t t o m l i n e i s spending quality time with their customers and supporting FALI. Jim Taylor, President of Auto Data Direct, Inc., agrees. “FALI was one of the first associations I joined when I started this business in 1999. Every year we attend the conference and have the opportunity to chat with current customers, make sure they know about new features in our system, and introduce ourselves to new agencies. I’ve always seen sponsorship of this event as a valuable business investment.” Auto Data Direct, Inc. provides real-time access to Florida motor vehicle and driver license data for qualified businesses, along with vehicle history reports obtained through the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) that includes theft data.

The breakout sessions and speaker topics were vast with good attendance in each class room.

Of course our main keynote speaker, Dr. Henry Lee, grabbed the greatest attention leaving standing room only. He spoke for over 90minutes—sharing stories, tips and jokes. He began his

Steve Craig joins band on stage

Gator on the Green

Tracers booth at trade show

Terry Roffler always working!

Well Attended Classes

ADD123 Chatting with Client

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presentation by implying that he was not the “real” Henry Lee but a local Chinese restaurant employee that was offered $100 to speak for an hour. The crowd roared!

Dr. Lee also revealed his success secret in solving so many cases

i n his lifetime that it all resulted from his ability to kneel. He stated that in all crime scene photos he seems to be the only one that can do more than bend. The entire audience busted out

laughing for the majority of the presentation as Dr. Lee’s includes a unique style of balancing the serious subject of crimes and investigations with

humor.

A t t e n d e e s were also privileged to r e c e i v e autographed copies of his book, plus he handed out

trace evidence lights and official Dr. Henry Lee badges to those who answered questions correctly during audience participation.

The FALI Registration booth remained busy during the entire event, additionally adding over 10 new members that joined the association during the conference.

President O'Rourke kicked off the conference with the Honor Guard Ceremony, honoring Armed Forces Day. Also, Jack Belich conducted

the dedication and prayer.

As evidenced in these photos, the FALI team believes in promoting a professional image of the private investigator.

As we improve our attire, we are ever changing what once was a clear mental image of the stereotypical private eye seen in movies and novels!

M a n y d o o r prizes were g iven away inc lud ing 2 Apple I-pads as well as a raffle in which a 42” television was given to a lucky

member!

The food included a Mexican buffet, Deli sandwiches, a chicken dinner and lots of snacks, cookies and coffee served all day long!

FALI Scholarship recipients named during the Awards Banquet on Saturday evening included John Crosby, Paralegal Studies Litigation and Angel Sanchez , Paralegal Studies—both of Valencia College. Honorary Life Member was awarded to Brian

McGuinness. The Annual RJM Golf Tournament winner was Mark Feegel. Annual Pistol Champion 1st place: Dan Ryan (239), 2nd place: Allan Jones(226),3rd place: Efram Suarez(204).The competition was run by S2 Institute "K" instructors Rick Neal (retired SWAT captain) and Forensics Investigator Ms. Denice Weigand. After the competition, all pistol competitors also received instruction and participated in surgical, head-shot situations and participated in hands-on, live-fire drills while "walking" a protectee in an Executive Protection s c e n a r i o . Well, we’ve had another successful FALI Conference. Together with the sponsors, v e n d o r s , a d v e r t i s e r s , speakers, volunteers and attendees we are bettering the profession positively through education, networking and legislation—one year at a time.

*Conference Photos taken & submitted by FALI Members: Ninoska Martinez, Robert Wyman, Steve Craig, Rory McMahon

Dr. Lee investigated McMahon

2-Hour Presentation w/ Slides

Dr. Lee Teaches w/ Humor

Author Book Signing

New Members Join at Falicon

Conference Kickoff /Dedication

Grand Prize: 42” TV

Golf Tournament Winner: Mark Feegel

2012 FALI BoD & Conference Team

Award Ceremony

Make Your Own Taco

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FALI Board Committee News: ELECTION: The Annual

Election was held during the Super Conference on May 11th. Voting members that mailed in their ballot as well as attendees voted to approve and pass the new FALI Constitution, Bylaws and Board of Directors.

FALI welcomes new Area 12 Director: Kimberly Campbell.

Current open positions include: Area 2, 6, 7 and 11. Submit resume to FALI President if interested

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It is the week of the conference, and I know many of us are excited about this event. Last year was one of the best conferences I had attended in several years. Rory McMahon and Steve Craig continue to amaze me as they update me on the events for this year. Furthermore, as I write this they have already begun to narrow down the site and host hotel for next year's conference.

At the conference, there will be an important General Business Meeting for the Members. We will vote on, and I hope adopt, a new Constitution and By-Laws. Burt Hodge began working on this last year with a parliamentarian and will be presenting this to the membership. This document was published in the FALI Forum for you to review at the beginning of the year. It can also be found on the website under the FALI Forum Archive. We will provide a final copy for all, should this pass, in January 2013 when it would go into affect.

Area Directors have continued to conduct meetings around the state (approximately 55 statewide this past year) and bring our members great speakers and topics. FALI has also sponsored two special free programs and dinners as part of our ongoing educational efforts to provide workshops for members that need CEUs for all the organizations that require them. Whenever possible, we request credit for our local area meetings to assist our members as well. The objective is, of course, to provide an alternative method of gaining CEU credits at no cost, to maintain your credentials.

Here is a list of other important accomplishments and goals the Board continues to work on that help this association run better as well as benefit our profession.

Board Activities 2010-11: • The passage of the Window Tint Exemption for P.I.s • A New FALI Website for the members • Consistent FALI Forum Publication • The creation of the FALI E-Alert, to keep members up-to-date • Improved Area Meetings in Central & South Florida • Two or more Free Educational Dinners for Members • An Amazing Conference in 2011 with US Attorney, Robert O'Neill

and Florida AG, Pam Bondi, Dean Beers, Harriett Gold, etc. Now for 2011-12: • New Membership Certificates and Admin paperwork 2012 • Revised Constitution and By-Laws by a professional parliamentarian- to be voted on by Members • Integrate Website with Treasurer's and bookkeeper's Quickbooks program. • Draw National Speakers to 2012 Conference Dr. Henry Lee, John LaJoie, Michele Stuart etc. • Continue monitoring legislation • Meetings in North and SW Central Florida

Tim O’Rourke, CPS president

Board of Directors Meeting

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Tim O’Rourke PresidentT: (727) 461-9417 E: orourke@cisworldservices.org

Burt Hodge, CFE, FCI First Vice President Legislative Affairs & Member BenefitsT: (850) 561-3990

E: burt@stateinformationbureau.com

Rory McMahon, CLI Second Vice President Conference & Educational Chair T: (954) 341-2001 E: info@mcmahonpi.com

Stephen Craig Third Vice PresidentT: (407) 278-4554 E: steve@craigpi.com

Heather Fredericks TreasurerT: (863) 603-7843 E: usarecoveryinc@hotmail.com

Kathryn McMillan EditorT: (386) 761-5540 E: editor@fali.com

Scott Kamp Sgt-at-Arms T: (813) 247-6250 E: scott@slkinvestigations.com

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Tony Bonacum Historian

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I have just returned from the conference in Cocoa Beach and am preparing for a quick trip to Atlanta and then a few days off. Before I go I wanted to put my message together for the newsletter. I was going to discuss a few things of a legislative nature but was instructed by our most able editor to wait until the next edition for all that stuff.

So let’s discuss a few things that have happened recently otherwise. First, a serious congratulations to the FALI folks that helped put together a great conference. With the help of some great vendors and a bunch of dedicated volunteers FALI put on one the best educational conferences in a while. Not only did the attendees have the opportunity to hear some great speakers, they were able to interact with a number of vendors with a diverse product lines. Best of all there was plenty of good food and drink with a lot of time to network and just enjoy the scenery and the great beach weather. I am looking forward to Orlando for next year. Somehow I suspect that it will be even better.

During the business meeting the membership voted to approve a new constitution and bylaws which will streamline the board itself and make association business easier to conduct. This was long overdue as any of y’all that have served on the board know. Members attending the meeting were treated to a sizzling presentation by our president, Tim O’Rourke, outlining the progress of FALI over the past few years as well as some plans for the future.

With a brief swerve over into legislation and politics, I recently attended the NCISS Hit The Hill meeting in Washington, DC where I was able to meet and discuss a number issues that affect our profession, particularly on a national level. While there I attended a seminar dealing with issues associated with the operation of state associations from several different perspectives. It was an enjoyable and educational experience. As a result of some ideas I brought from this meeting FALI will be working in several areas to present some new ways for the association and you as the membership to help ensure that we continue to foster our relationship with the Florida legislature as well as with the US congress.

I hope this is enough for the editor to be pleased without being to long so as to become boring. Y’all continue to support the association and your board will continue to work on your behalf.

~Burt

Burt Hodge, CFE, FCI first vice president

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Global Positioning System (GPS) devices have changed the technological landscape over the last decade, with few of us not having a direct or indirect GPS interaction daily. In fact, the number of GPS-equipped de-vices may astound you, even if you have an awareness of such products in your business and personal ac-tivities, and especially if you think GPS devices are only for vehicle tracking.

Let’s look at some GPS uses and how you may encounter them on your cases:

• You’re assigned to investigate a fatal car crash on behalf of the de-ceased’s family. A car with college kids leaves the roadway and impacts a tree near Tallahassee, resulting in one fatality and three severe injuries. How did this happen?

• Your next assignment is a Daytona Beach domestic violence case. The suspected perpetrator claims he left home early in the day and an unidentified assailant later broke into the home and attacked his wife while she slept. The wife, conversely, claims her husband was very angry when he left; they had been in a verbal altercation the night before, and he returned home and committed a Battery against her. The husband’s vehicle has a GPS. What will it show?

• Your next case is a Criminal Defense matter near Tampa. Local Police stop a car for speeding and no-tice an open box containing pill canisters in plain view on the back seat. The driver claims the car is bor-rowed and has no knowledge of the box or contents. The Police Officer has probable cause but also asks the driver for voluntary consent to search the vehicle. Wanting to be cooperative, the driver con-sents to a search, at which time 1,000 “Oxycotton” (Oxycodone) pills are identified without proper pack-aging or authorizations. The driver is the daughter of a County Commissioner, and she is arrested in what is now a high-profile case. What may her GPS indicate in terms of her speed and recently-visited locations?

• Since you own a very busy agency, your phone rings again and a potential new client, a Personal Injury Attorney, has a question. His new client was operating a boat in Biscayne Bay and admittedly running on a parallel course with a nearby Jet Ski Personal Water Craft (PWC). The PWC allegedly made an unex-pected sharp turn and steered directly in front of the client’s boat, resulting in an impact and injuries. The PWC driver is in a coma, but the PWC passenger claims it was the boat that turned sharply and cutoff the Jet Ski. The boat has a Marine GPS unit. Will it show which watercraft made the sharp turn?

• Finally, a friend of yours at the State Attorney’s Office (SAO) in Fort Lauderdale calls and asks what you know about the Fleet GPS System that’s part of the City’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System. The SAO is researching the accuracy of such systems because, without discussing anything that hasn’t al-ready been in the news, a Police Officer may have been traveling at an excessive rate of speed, without lights and siren, when he hit a child bicycling across the road. The Officer claims the Fleet GPS is so in-accurate that it’s laughable, while the City’s Information Technology Director claims each patrol car can be pinpointed down to an individual parking spot at Dunkin Donuts. What will the Fleet GPS uncover?

GPS devices surround us on a daily basis throughout Florida, with such diversified uses as Recreation/Fitness, Marine, Vehicular, Commercial/Fleet, Agriculture, Public Safety, Search and Rescue, Aviation and, of course, Private Investigation.

Let’s look at another round of examples before we discuss the value and accuracy of GPS data. As you’re reading through these scenarios, think about handling each case and whether you would have thought to “investigate” whether a GPS device was being used… and what information the device may contain to help your case:

• A runner going across a bridge in Palm Beach collapses and dies. Did he die of natural causes or was

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he hit? Did he run a long distance before his death? What was his last stop? Did you find out if he wore a GPS Fitness Watch to track his route, speed and distance?

• Kids canoeing in the Everglades go missing for several hours. Once found by Park Rangers, they are disoriented and dehydrated. Their parents have retained you to find out what happened during the “missing” time and if they may have en-countered anything or anyone dangerous. Did you know their hand-held GPS may have re-corded every second of the canoe trip, including their locations, time in motion and time stopped?

• A $350,000.00 John Deere Combine (farm machine/vehicle) was being serviced in Arca-dia. Several days after the vehicle repair was completed, an insurance loss is claimed due to theft of this machine from the repair shop’s yard. Did you know that a hidden “Lo Jack” style GPS unit and movement alarm recorded every movement and even remotely sent this infor-mation to the owner, a food production company in Lake Placid?

Here are some other examples that you may encounter during accident or criminal incident investigations:

• A bicyclist in Mount Dora has a handlebar-mounted GPS to record speed, distance, uphill and downhill elevations, cadence, calories burned and route traveled.

• Boaters all over Florida use onboard GPS units to navigate waterways, channels, fishing spots, diving locations, marinas and waterfront restaurants.

• Vehicle-mounted GPS units as stand-alone devices, or part of a complete audio/visual/information sys-tem, are becoming more “standard” every year on cars and trucks. In a vehicular crash case, an on-board GPS may have recorded every element needed for an in-depth investigation, regardless of whether a “black box” Event Data Recorder (EDR) was also installed for what we now call Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) downloads.

• From long-haul interstate truckers on I-10 to local delivery couriers and taxicabs in every city, GPS units provide the most efficient point-to-point traffic routing. This directly equates to shorter travel routes, re-duced travel time, significant fuel savings and lower supply-chain costs. This also may allow you to easily see the travel history of such commercial vehicles.

• A cargo container with Italian Tile enters the Port of Miami via ship and is then transferred to a container-hauling truck which travels up I-95 to I-595 in Fort Lauderdale, heads west to intersect I-75 and “Alligator Alley” across the Everglades, and finally makes its way to a warehouse near a new housing development in burgeoning Sarasota County. What data will the cargo-embedded GPS contain?

The cargo container scenario also shows how such a valuable haul was once at a much greater risk of theft, especially in remote areas where a cargo trailer could be conveniently switched-out or just “made to disappear” by repainting and rebranding.

A load-embedded GPS, however, allows all parties to track the cargo across the globe: the tile manufacturer in Rome, the shipping agent in New York, the trucking company dispatcher in Atlanta, and the housing developer in Tampa. Along the way, a Security Specialist at the Port of Miami physically and electronically tags the load to verify outbound transit, and a Foreman at the Sarasota warehouse similar verifies receipt. SunPass or PrePass transponders record each Toll Plaza or Weigh Station along the route.

GPS units are linked to cargo and load containers for asset management, inventory control and loss prevention, es-pecially for high-value cargo and perishable loads. No matter where the cargo is transported, by whatever means, it can be tracked in this manner.

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Let’s now travel Florida’s agricultural areas. Those huge ag-machines and trac-tors you see working the orange groves of Central Florida, the sugar cane fields and sod farms around Lake Okeechobee, the avocado groves and vegetable fields of Homestead, and the large horse farms of Ocala may be on “auto-pilot” with a GPS controlling all speeds, directions and movements around the property.

Ever see any unique and intricate field-plowing patterns on large ag parcels? Fields with razor-sharp designs and impossibly-straight lines? If so, now realize that a GPS was doing the driving while the “driver” was reading the newspaper.

In the Public Safety industry, GPS utilization provides the same routing and efficiency byproducts of the com-mercial fleet industry: scenes can be reached faster, perimeters can be established with better geographic coverage, and resources can be deployed more precisely. Additionally, vehicles and employees have en-hanced safety through location-based monitoring by the dispatcher, such that technology now answers the 50-year old question, “Car 54, Where Are You?”* * TV comedy show from early 1960s by that name

Location-based monitoring not only includes mobility of employees, but also of prisoners through “ankle bracelet” automated GPS and cellular telephone connectivity. Search and Rescue (SAR) functionality has been enormously enhanced by GPS technologies, finding use in the design and implementation of search patterns, the remote monitoring of SAR assets (Service Animals, personnel and equipment), deployment lo-gistics, and the technologies behind Emergency Beacons which allow people in remote areas to summon emergency assistance whenever needed.

Lastly, the P.I. industry has its own unique GPS utilization, typically in the form of real-time vehicle tracking devices.

So, why is all this important?

Simple. Each of the examples presented above and similar daily scenarios… a runner, a hiker, a truck on the Interstate, a Police vehicle responding to a call, a teenaged driver racing down a road, an agricultural ma-chine plowing a field or a boat on the Intracoastal Waterway… all have valuable evidence just waiting to be found in the event of an accident, injury, crash or criminal incident.

For all of your cases over the last year, how many times did you ask your client if a GPS was in use?

Show Me The Evidence!

A GPS will typically record location and time as a series of points with an identifi-able sampling rate, such as recording one point every second or one point every 10 seconds, or maybe recording one point every 10 feet or every 100 feet or every mile. Points are recorded as Latitude, Longitude, Altitude and Coordinated Univer-sal Time (which we used to call Greenwich Mean Time).

The combination of any two recorded points will identify the heading (direction of travel) and the distance between points. A further calculation takes the distance

(feet) and time (seconds) between points to identify the travel “velocity,” in feet per second. The feet-per-second velocity is then converted to “speed” in miles per hour for ease of use.

Since points are recorded in defined intervals, an entire trip can be reconstructed, tabulated and mapped in terms of locations visited, directions of travel, travel distance and travel speed. If the sampling rate is high, meaning many points are recorded over a short distance or within a small timeframe, one may even be able to calculate accel-eration rates, deceleration rates, braking distances and turning radius measurements.

GPS downloads are relatively simple and geared toward consumer use instead of “expert” use. Each GPS

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manufacturer offers download cables and software for their products, and many after-market cables and software are readily available for purchase online. In Florida, local sources for cables and software include Bass Pro Shops/Outdoor World in Miami, Dania Beach, Fort Myers, Orlando and Islamorada, as well as Gander Mountain in Palm Beach Gardens, Lake Mary, Ocala, St. Augustine and Jacksonville.

While Chain-of-Evidence issues are beyond the scope of this article, anyone performing a download should certainly be familiar with all equipment, software and procedures. Practitioners should be aware of any potential data-corruption issues, and diligently backup all data as needed during each step of the download process.

But what about accuracy?

I’ll conclude this GPS briefing by offering that all modern GPS units are “accurate,” but we also need to define some terms in order to communicate properly both here and within any future testimony you may give.

Is a consumer GPS accurate? Yes. If you’re in Orlando the GPS will definitely illustrate that you are in Orlando, not in Kissimmee, Tampa, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Atlanta or New York. Thus, the GPS is accurately re-porting your location.

The real issue is one of “precision,” not “accuracy.”

A $20,000.00 survey-quality GPS and associated software can provide a level of precision down to a few centime-ters, while a $200.00 consumer GPS may have a published precision of about 30 feet! To confuse matters, most manufacturers refer to all such ratings as “accuracy” and not as “precision,” leading to the belief that consumer units are not accurate enough to be used forensically.

In practice, consumer units are both accurate and precise, although forensic practitioners and investigators are ad-vised to always test each unit for every assignment so that accuracy and precision may be quantified scientifically. For example, when measured against a 100-foot or 300-foot measuring tape, does the GPS report any distances other than 100-feet or 300-feet during testing? If so, by how many feet is the GPS “off” from the known measure-ment provided by the tape?

If the GPS reports something like 302 feet from end-to-end instead of 300 feet, you know the GPS has a potential error rate of two feet for every 300 feet on that day, time and location. Such readings will vary due to environmental conditions and satellites, so regular testing is important.

But what about that error rate? Doesn’t it totally invalidate the GPS? No. An error rate of two feet out of 300 feet equals an error of…

• 0.0067 feet (6/1000ths of a foot) for every one foot of the 300 feet being tested, or…

• … about 0.0804 inches (8/100ths of an inch) for every 12 inches, or… • … about 1/12th of an inch “off” for each foot of the 300 feet tested

As an example, let’s say you measure a skid mark with a tape and it’s exactly 22 feet long. You then measure the beginning and end points with a GPS, and that measurement with the same error rate is 22 feet, 1 ¾ inches. In my opinion, a 1 ¾ inch variation over 22 feet is accurate and precise enough for most investigations. With such informa-tion, I can testify confidently about “accuracy,” “precision,” error-testing and the overall validity of the GPS system.

I hope this brief introduction to GPS devices will prompt investigators to ask about GPS use on any case involving the movement of persons or vehicles, and further inquire as to whether a known GPS includes an internal memory that can be downloaded. If so, a treasure trove of information may be at your fingertips, just a few keystrokes away from solving a crime or winning a civil matter. ****************** Author’s contact info: Mr. Robert Wyman is President of Wyman Enterprises, Inc. and may be reached at wymanent@bellsouth.net or 786-246-8100. He has been a FALI member under the unique “Unlicensed Specialist” category and has been a guest speaker at many local FALI meetings and two recent FALI annual conventions. This was a Special presentation for FALI Newsletter and not to be reprinted without permission from Author. Course has been approved for credits from The Florida Bar for attorney's Continuing Legal Education (CLE) .

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After 26 years of service to the Division of Licensing, Chief of Regulation and Enforcement, Art Varnadore, has announced his retirement with the Department of Agriculture effective June 21, 2012.

“I would to thank everyone that I have worked with over the past 26 years for their hard work and dedication. I have made many friends through the years and for this I am eternally grateful. I wish for you all a sincere good luck and if I can ever be helpful in any way, please let me know,“ stated Art in a recent press release.

Chief Varnadore has a total of 53 years service with the State. Art carries extensive knowledge (25 yrs) of the state's concealed weapon and firearm regulations, as they relate to consumers and private security, private investigative and recovery service professionals. There is no possible way that the Division will be able to replace the institutional knowledge that Chief Varnadore possesses and it is safe to say that the industry will miss him.

Chief Varnadore will be attending his last PIRSAC meeting in June if you would like to wish him the best of luck. Until retirement, he can be reached at Art.Varnadore@FreshFromFlorida.com or 850/245-5498.

The next PIRSAC Meeting is Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 9:00AM at the Embassy Suites Orlando North, 225 Shorecrest Drive Altamonte Springs, Florida 32701 (407) 834-2400. Details regarding the industry mixer will be posted as the date gets closer. This is generally held the night before the PIRSAC meeting at the same location as the meeting.

Retirement - Division Chief Art Varnadore June 2012

FALI Appoints the 2012 Honorary Life Member May 2012

We are proud to announce the 2012 Honorary Life Member

"In recognition of his many years of selfless service, dedication and a profound interest in the advancement of the Investigative Profession.

Brian McGuinness is hereby appointed

Honorary Life Member

6 FALI Members Receive Florida Certified Investigation (FCI) Certification Submitted by Roy Pierce, CLI, FCI ( Chairman of Florida Board of Certified Investigators )

FCI# 222 - Terry L. Roffler Roffler & Associates - Tampa, FL - Roffler@att.net FCI# 223 - Darel W Dougherty Dougherty & Dougherty Investigations, LLC - Tampa, FL - darel@ddi-pi.com FCI# 221 - John McNeile Charter Investigations - St. Petersburg, FL - jmcneile@charterinvestigations.com

FCI# 218 - Scott Maybury Universal Adjusting Corporation - Ft Lauderdale, FL -Maybury212@aol.com FCI# 219 - Mark Johnson Avery Agency - Spring Hill, FL - markmcj@msn.com FCI# 220 - Kevin Hamill Covert Operations - Gainesville, FL CovertOptions@windstream.net

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Dear Fellow FALI Members: We’ve been offered an invitation to the 23rd Annual ACFE Fraud Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, June 17-22.

Discover the knowledge, connections and resources you need to fight fraud, all at one event. Join more than 2,200 anti-fraud professionals June 17-22, 2012 at the 23rd Annual ACFE Fraud Conference & Exhibition to share insights and the latest trends in fraud preven-tion, detection and deterrence.

Choose from more than 70 sessions in 12 parallel tracks on topics include fraud investigation, prevention and deterrence, ethics and compliance, technology, legal elements, fraud auditing, risk management and more. Keynote speakers include Dodd-Frank co-author Senator Chris-topher Dodd, former Olympus CEO and whistleblower Michael Woodford, and Wizard of Lies author Diana Henriques. Visit FraudConference.com to view the complete conference agenda or to register online. FALI members can save an additional $100 on Full or Main Confer-ence registrations with discount code FALI23. Link: http://www.fraudconference.com/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=all&utm_campaign=FALI

Discount Code: Save $100 on Full or Main Conference registrations with discount code FALI23 at checkout.

Tim O’Rourke President

T: (727) 461-9417 orourke@cisworldservices.org

Burt Hodge CFE, FCI First Vice President T: (850) 561-3990

burt@stateinformationbureau.com

Rory McMahon, CLI Second Vice President

T: (954) 341-2001 info@mcmahonpi.com

Stephen Craig Third Vice President/Membership

T: (407) 278-4554 steve@craigpi.com

Tony Bonacum Historian

T: (863) 647-4503

Heather Fredericks Treasurer

T: (863) 603-7843 usarecoveryinc@hotmail.com

Scott Kamp Sergeant-at-Arms T: (813) 247-6250

scott@slkinvestigations.com

Jan Rutter Secretary

T: (305) 790-6288 janrutterpi@aol.com

Kathryn McMillan Editor

T: (386) 761-5540 editor@fali.org

evidencevideo@gmail.com

TAMPA Area 1 Includes: Polk • Highlands • Hillsborough

Area Director: Grady Snyder:

T: (813) 361-8559 gradysnyder@cs.com

DAYTONA Area 2 Includes: Brevard • Flagler • Volusia

Area Director: VACANT:

Submit your resume to the President

CLEARWATER Area 3 Includes:

Pinellas•Pasco•Citrus•Sumter•Hernando Area Director:

John P “Jack” Belich T: (877) 724-9253 jbelich@jbelich.com

OCALA/GAINSESVILLE

Area 4 Includes: Alachua • Marion • Levy • Lafayette •

Dixie • Suwannee • Bradford • Columbia Union • Putnam • Gilchrist

Area Director: Jennifer Colon

T: (352)260-0126 intelli.inv@gmail.com

MIAMI / DADE Area 5 Includes: Dade • Monroe Area Director:

Ninoska “NINA” Martinez-Arizala T: (786) 970-9073

iui@iuiundercover.com

TALLAHSSEE

Area 6 Includes: Leon • Taylor •Jefferson •Franklin•

Gadden • Liberty •Hamilton • Wakulla • Gulf • Calhoun • Madison

Area Director: VACANT:

Submit your resume to the President

PENSACOLA Area 7 Includes:

Escabia • Jackson • Washington • BayHolmes • Okaloosa • Walton • Santa

Area Director: VACANT:

Submit your resume to the President

FT. MYERS Area 8 Includes:

Charlotte • Collier• Hendry• Glades• Lee Area Director:

Susan E Friel Williams T: 888-949-6996

susan@searchquestamerica.com

ORLANDO

Area 9 Includes: Orange • Osceola • Seminole • Lake

Area Director: Ollie Phipps

T: (407) 273-6646 Ollie@averyprivateeye.com

PALM BEACH

Area 10 Includes: Palm Beach • Indian River • Martin •

Saint Lucie • Okeechobee Area Director: Ron Stevenson

T: (561) 906-5129 knowitallinvestigations@yahoo.com

SARASOTA Area 11 Includes:

Manatee • DeSoto • Hardee • Sarasota Area Director:

VACANT: Submit your resume to the President

JACKSONVILLE Area 12 Includes:

Duval • Baker • Nassau • Clay • St. Johns

Area Director: Kimberly Campbell T: (904) 230-1331

Kimberly@crosspi.com

FT. LAUDERDALE Area 13 Includes:

Broward Area Director:

Jan Rutter T: (305) 790-6288

janrutterpi@aol.com

FALI Board of Directors 2012—2013

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*** The Conference Effect!***

The state of the association is great. FALI Membership is up, finances are in the green and our innovative Board of Directors is stronger than ever. Plus they’ve been busy over the last few years making a positive effect in our industry. How do I know this? I attended FALICON.

The 2012 FALI Conference was well worth my time and money spent to attend. The hotel was very nice, the beach beautiful, local dining tasty, plus I reconnected with past contacts and made new friends; and the education I gained — priceless! The greatest part of it all was that I heard nothing negative. Sure, there were some well received comments for planning purposes of next year’s conference, but the overall vibe was pleasantly synergized.

Whatever excuse you came up with not to attend the Super Conference, I hope you don’t make that choice next year. It will take me a long time to become a Super PI, if ever, but I now have new tools for my business and new contacts in my rolodex to better myself and my company. Not only has my decision to return to FALI and serve the members as your Editor had a positive effect on my world so far but it’s worth a celebration! I’m ready to book my hotel for next conference, and the next...

In the meantime, if I don’t see you at a regional meeting throughout the year, talk to you on the phone regarding passing on leads, or me pestering you for an article—then I WILL see you in Orlando 2013! ☼ K McMillan /FALI Editor

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Call for Articles

We are seeking articles for our next issue of the FALI Forum – from Private Investigators with experience in the following areas; arson, asset checks, civil investigations, criminal defense, due diligence, fraud, information brokers, missing persons, product liability, skip trace, surveillance, workers compensation…

We publish an electronic edition of the FALI Forum every other month and we publish printed editions twice a year that are mailed to our vendor friends, Florida licensed investigative agencies and schools involved with private investigative education.

Please follow the editorial guidelines for FALI Forum submissions. These guidelines are designed to help you, the writer, understand what we accept and don’t accept for inclusion in our article database.

Our GOAL is to provide a professional publication designed to convey the latest news of interest to FALI members and private investigators.

Editorial Guidelines for Submitting To the FALI Forum

a. MUST BE AN ORIGINAL ARTICLE THAT YOU WROTE. If you are submitting the article, lease submit the article as the original author, i.e. meaning that you wrote 100% of the copy.

b. MUST BE INFORMATIVE and share your unique expertise. Includes tips, strategies, techniques, case-studies, analysis, opinions and commentary in your article. We do not accept articles that contain more than 5lines of quoted or sourced material.

c. MUST BE TIGHTLY WRITTEN articles; 750 to 1,500 words for feature articles; shorter articles of 350-750words are great for shorter articles; and 120-300 words for news, press releases, etc.

d. AREA DIRECTORS—The FALI Forum is a great place for Area Directors to announce and recap the activities and or comments from your local area. Please remember to include location, speaker, topic and other news from your area.

e. OUR DEADLINE is the 10th of each month. Sent your articles to: editor@fali.com

DO’s DON’T’s

●Do submit your article in a timely manner ● Don’t write pep talks/personal messages ●Write about what you know and current issues ● Don’t criticize ●Format in single space lined, double between paragraphs ● Don’t wait until last minute, Submit early! ● Use your spell checker before you submit article ● Don’t write an over complicated article ● Submit name, contact info, brief bio of author or special code ● Don’t format using bold, italics ● If you have a photo, please submit a headshot only ● Don’t get discouraged ● Use simple grammar and spelling ● Don’t forget to use spellcheck!

FALI 2011-2012 Editorial Guidelines updated 11.28.11

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serving the investigative

community Since 1994

Dear Prospective Advertiser & Current Sponsors,

On behalf of the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI), we would like to thank you for your past support over the years. As the President my objective is to continue developing the important role you play for FALI and the Membership.

Since 1994, FALI has consistently been the leading force in our state capital, protecting the interests of both professional investigators and licensed agencies. You have played a vital role in protecting our Membership and I ask that you continue to do so as FALI moves forward into the next session. Today I am asking you to advertise/sponsor in as many forms as you can in the coming year.

Below you will find the new sponsorship levels we have instituted for the coming year. We are currently working on a new website, membership directory and next years conference is already in the planning stages.

In closing, let me say again thank you for your time and I hope you review the attached information and consider your continued support of FALI.

F ALI EXECUTIVE

BO ARD OFFI CERS:

TIM O’ROURKE, CPS President

BURT HODGE, CFE,FCI First Vice President

RORY MCMAHON, CFE, CLI Second Vice President

STEPHEN A. CRAIG Third Vice President

HEATHER FREDRICKS Treasurer

JAN RUTTER Secretary

KATHRYN MCMILLAN Editor

SCOTT KAMP Sgt.-At-Arms

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