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www.PracticalMethodsForLegalInvestigations.com
The official website for the upcoming book by Dean A. Beers, CLI - "Practical Methods for Legal Investigations: Concepts and Protocols in Civil and Criminal Cases" - is launched!
Visit our website at www.Forensic-Investigators.com to review the highlights of our services and resources. Call us today to review your case and investigative needs. |
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Recent Articles and Upcoming Engagements
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It has been busy with requests to get some quality investigative articles out - three published in November, and two others finished up for publication early next year.
"Investigative Protocol for Civil Legal Investigations of Motor Vehicle Collisions"
An expert witness article for the current issue of Trial Talk, the official publication of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.
< read the full CTLA article >
"Ethical Considerations for the Professional Investigator"
In the recent issue of The Texas Investigator, the official publication of the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators.
< read the full TALI article >
National Association of Medical Examiners - Mid Winter Conference (below) In February Dean will be joining Dr. Stephen Cina at the Mid Winter Conference of the National Association of Legal Investigators, being held in Miami Beach, FL. Dr. Cina will be featuring the relationship of the Medical Examiner's Office in Civil & Criminal Cases. Dean will be presenting an interactive scenario discussions bridging the forensic pathologist and investigator team relationship, and investigating deaths and personal injuries for civil and criminal cases. Dr. Cina and Dr. James Perper co-authored "When Doctors Kill", an excellent historical accounting of the medical profession and homicide.
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Five Qualities of a Professional Investigator...
|  Skills Appropriate for the Assignment
Law firms and medical offices specialize - Professional Investigators also specialize. Their casework and continuing education should also be in your specialized areas.
Experience and Knowledge
Professional Investigators strive to maintain and further these. All professions have requirements of continuing education. The CLI program requires extensive compliance with continuing education.
Responsible and Ethical Conduct
Every component of the investigation has evidentiary considerations. Professional Investigators hold themselves to a higher standard and leaves no question as to the admissibility of their evidence. Information without ethics is not evidence.
Effective Communication
Professional Investigators maintain communication with the attorney, client, witnesses, and other key persons in the investigation. Moreover, reports are the product of an organized investigation and should reflect the work product you expect.
Keyword - 'Professional'
Honesty, Integrity & Intelligence. These define Professional Investigators and gives you the confidence that your case is in competent and skilled hands.
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Professional Licensing in Colorado
|  LICENSING UPDATE AND CALL TO ACTION:
On November 22nd, PPIAC President Robert Orozco and I met with the Department of Regulatory Agencies Policy Analyst, Saul Larsen, and had an informative meeting. The concern DORA considers is 'public harm'. The only opposition, per DORA, has only been individual assertions that there is no public harm. We have shared extensive information and also discussed future public harm in the absence of licensing.
I would like to enlist your help. Mr. Larsen should hear from professionals - attorneys, paralegals and others that work with private investigators, as well as other private investigators. I would like for him to hear from each of you, I would consider it a great personal and professional favor.
On my wall next to my computer, and what I told Mr. Larsen was this: "Every day we are entrusted, by the Colorado public, with their money, their personal information, their most private situations and in some cases their future, freedom and life.", H. Ellis Armistead, CLI - fellow CLI, past PPIAC Chairman and past NALI National Director. Ellis has shared that multiple times during the debates of licensing - and it got Mr. Larsen's attention.
This would be very helpful - and could get us to a place that might protect other consumers, or at least better protect. If you wish to copy me, via email, your correspondence, it will allow us to thank you for your support and provide that to bill sponsors and legislators as the time comes.
Thank you for your help. The details for DORA are:
Saul Larsen
DORA Policy Analyst
saul.larsen@dora.state.co.us
(303) 894-2996
(303) 894-7885 fax
And don't forget ...
As part of the release of Dean's book, we are in the early stages of developing introductory webinars and full length seminars for continuing education. Continuing education is as important to the investigative profession as it is to the legal profession, but few associations or state licensing boards require it.
Contact our office if you have an interest in attending or sponsoring a seminar or speaking engagement for investigators, attorneys and paralegals.
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Forensic Investigators of Colorado, LLC, specializes in the medicolegal consultation and investigation of cases involving traumatic injuries or death, as well as cases involving serious criminal charges.
We are Professional Reliable Investigators Defining Excellence, with PRIDE in every assignment.
Thank You. Please contact us with any questions or for additional information on these topics and our related services.
Sincerely,
Dean A. Beers, CLI (beersda@Forensic-Investigators.com)
Karen S. Beers, BSW (beersks@Forensic-Investigators.com)
Forensic Investigators of Colorado, LLC
Office: (970) 691-0813
Fax: (970) 372-4717
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