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Greetings!
Groundhog day had the world watching Punxsutawney Phil. He saw his shadow, which is to mean six more weeks of winter -- brrrr! History has shown that since this tradition started, in 1887, Phil (or the many Phils over the years) has seen his shadow 99 times, not seen it 16 times and 9 times are not on record. His accuracy depends on the source, and region of the country you are in, but some say he has been correct 100% of the time. No matter the source, it is probably a certainty that he has been correct more often than the weather person. In our continuing effort to keep our colleagues and clients informed and educated, this newsletter is packed with information. Together We're Better. Remember to let us know about your interest in Death Investigation and Injury Causation Seminars. We are planning for 2012 and are accepting sponsors. Be sure and check out 'Death Investigations for Private Investigators' at www.MedicolegalDeathInvestigators.com, a continuing education course at www.PIEducation.com developed by us and based upon our education, training and experience.
AGENCY NEWS AND UPDATES
-- Colleagues and Clients - Distance Learning and Online Education
http://S2Institute.Forensic-Investigators.com
http://PITraining.Forensic-Investigators.com
-- 'Professional Locate Investigations' is revised and updated with a new name and content - www.ProfessionalLocateInvestigations.com! |
Karen's Corner:
False Confessions and Accusations
(Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI) | FALSE CONFESSIONS AND ACCUSATIONS
False confessions to most of us seem completely unfathomable. The first question is why would anyone admit to a crime they or a friend etc., did not commit? Only the person making those false confessions or accusations can answer that question, and even they sometimes give the answers "I don't know why I confessed", or "I don't know why I made those accusations". Not everyone has a strong sense of themselves in terms of not giving in to some of the tactics used by trained police officers and interrogators.
What are some experiences, studies and consequences of false confessions and accusations, particularly in death penalty cases? (Karen's Corner continues)
This month's puzzle is another Word Search - January's was very popular. The puzzles are at http://puzzles.forensic-investigators.com. Email your puzzle and article ideas to beersks@Forensic-Investigators.com About Karen: | Karen S. Beers
BSW, CCDI
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Karen has been a Legal Investigator and Administrative Assistant, since 1996. She recently earned the designation Certified Criminal Defense Investigator (CCDI). Together they operate Forensic Investigators of Colorado, LLC. In addition to her skilled interactions with troubled youths, she trained and worked as a Deputy Coroner at the Larimer County Medical Examiner's Office. This background provides essential skills and knowledge in their Personal Injury, Negligence and Death investigations and consultations in Colorado and nationally.
Karen is a member of the esteemed 'National Association of Professional Women' - < My NAPW Profile >
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ean's Desk
Elder Death Investigations
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Suspicious Deaths Rarely Investigated is the headline of a story featuring James Doberson, MD - a forensic pathologist and the elected Coroner / Medical Examiner for Jefferson County, CO. Dr. Doberson is well known and respected, and he points out some concerns. This also coincides with a similar story, featured below 'In the News' - How to Investigate Coroners and Medical Examiners.
Our agency consults and investigates on deaths and injury causation of all ages - from infants to the elderly, and all circumstances - from accident to homicide to suicide, and even natural. We are affiliated with a forensic pathologist and forensic toxicologist, as well as a nationally accredited toxicology laboratory, to provide a private medicolegal investigation service similar to the coroner and medical examiner systems.
What should funeral homes and body removal services do when faced with family concerns? Learn how can our agency help with this FREE training? (Dean's Desk continues)
* I want to thank friend and colleague, Bill Elliott CLI CCDI (Albuquerque NM) for sharing these headlines.
 | Dean A. Beers
CLI, CCDI |
About Dean:
Dean is a subject matter expert in the areas of death investigation and personal injury causation. He is the only Board Certified Legal Investigator (CLI) in northern Colorado, a faculty consultant and Certified Criminal Defense Investigator (CCDI) and is also a certified Medicolegal Death Investigator. He continues to speak extensively on investigative techniques and principles and has authored multiple peer-reviewed white papers, and self-published "Professional
Investigations: Individual Locates, Backgrounds and Assets & Liabilities" and recently published "Practical Methods for Legal Investigations" (CRC Press) He currently consults nationwide as an expert in criminal defense homicide and civil equivocal death investigations. |
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Our Expert Forensic Affiliations
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We believe that medicolegal investigation and consultation is a team effort. Stephen Cina MD, Harold Schueler PhD, and our agency are affiliated as experts in our respective fields offering our clients comprehensive medicolegal services.
Contact our office to consult on medicolegal death and injury causation. Dr. Cina's CV (Forensic Pathology services), are available at his website - Autopsy Review. Dr. Schueler (Forensic Toxicology services).
James Warson MD, founded the Front Range Center for Brain and Spine Surgery in Fort Collins, CO. and is available for related consultations. Dr. Warson can be contacted through our office.
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Agency News and Updates
| -- Colleagues and Clients - Distance Learning and Online Education
http://S2Institute.Forensic-Investigators.com
http://PITraining.Forensic-Investigators.com
-- 'Professional Locate Investigations' is revised and updated with a new name and content - www.ProfessionalLocateInvestigations.com! For February ONLY - this is 25% off the $35 retail and is immediately downloaded to your reading device for $26! Go to http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/126962 and choose the eBook platform for your device. When placing your order, enter this discount code: CH92U
-- FREE training to funeral homes and body removal services in elder, infant, suspicious and
traumatic deaths. Contact our office for this valuable and informative experience. |
Association and Industry Updates
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Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (www.PPIAC.org)
The licensing program in Colorado will be effective July 2012. The Department of Regulatory Agencies is currently developing the program and expects to begin releasing information in early 2012. Proposed rules are now at:
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/eDocketDetails.do?trackingNum=2012-00077
If you are interested in licensing in Colorado, please follow this link and complete the contact form. As soon as information becomes available interested individuals will be emailed, as well as updated in this newsletter. Of course PPIAC will have updates on the association website. < PI Licensing in CO - Keep Me Informed >
Also, the Winter 2011 quarter newsletter is now available:
National Association of Legal Investigators (www.NALI.com)
NALI is the premiere national association for legal investigators - civil plaintiff and criminal defense. NALI also publishes a very informative association magazine - The Legal Investigator. Consider joining NALI, you will be glad you did!
The Mid Winter Conference was held in Orlando. It was a great time to see friends and colleagues, and learn tips from the best in the business. This should have been called 'Investigations - A Look Into the Future' as it was a filled with old-fashioned investigations using modern skills and resources, and a peek into the future of investigations. Another highlight was 'Demystifying the CLI', presented by Certified Legal Investigator Committee Chair David Luther, CLI. This was an informative presentation and discussion of the examination process. We hope to see several new CLI applicants in Chicago. Feel free to contact Dean, the Region 6 CLI Committee Representative (MT, WY, CO, NM, AZ, UT & ID - he can answer any questions). Consider attending the annual conference, to be held in June, in Chicago. Details to follow and on the NALI website.
National Council of Investigation and Security Services (www.NCISS.org)'Hit the Hill', the annual trip to Washington DC so NCISS leaders and members can meet with our lawmakers, is now in April instead of November. This year it is April 15-18 - details on the NCISS website. Also, NCISS Urges House Committee to Keep Access to Death Master List! Please see the Legislative Alert and Call to Action issued by NCISS Legislative Chair, Jimmie Mesis: If you are a private investigator or security officer, consider joining NCISS. The introductory membership is $99 for the first year and prorated upon the following year at renewal; regular annual dues are $140); the $25 application fee is waived. Feel free to contact Dean, the Region 5A Director (CO, NE, WY & AZ - he can answer all of your questions). < Membership Special Offer Details > World Association of Detectives (www.WAD.net)
The mid-term conference for WAD is in Cannes, France from May 3rd to 5th at the InterContinental Hotel. This year they are holding the annual conference, in conjunction with NCISS, in Boston this September.
WAD has international geographical coverage of a diversified group of investigators and security professionals. If you are in any way involved in or interested in being involved in international investigations and contacts, WAD is the oldest and largest association. Contact Dean (beersda@Forensoc-Investigators.com), WAD Ambassador (North America - West) for details. National Defender Investigators Association (www.NDIA.net)NDIA is having their annual conference in Atlanta GA from April 19-20, with a federal training day on the 18th. Visit their website for details and registration information. Details are on the NDIA website.
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n the News
|  News happens so fast, please visit our agency blog for daily and weekly posts on news of interest
Some of the latest news of interest...
US Supreme Court and Law Enforcement Warrantless Exigent Entry Into a Home
In a recent opinion (January 2012) in Ryburn et al. v. Huff, the US Supreme found reaffirmed that law enforcement may enter home, sans warrant, under the reasonableness doctrine of exigent circumstances. Specifically, "...we have instructed that reasonableness must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight" and that "...the calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments--in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving." < continue to full story >
How to Investigate Coroners and Medical Examiners
Dean and Karen received extensive training and experience at a coroner/medical examiner office - a unique experience in many respects. This story shares why it is important to understand the differences in the three systems (two are identified - coroner and medical examiner, a third is the hybrid coroner/medical examiner system, such as seen in Colorado). In some states, they have one system, but that is overseen by the county attorney or other elected official (coroner system in Nebraska) or justice of the peace (medical examiner system in Texas), statewide (medical examiner system in New Mexico), or districts (medical examiner system in Florida), and it continues. This article shares why it is important to know the system and those that work in it.
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Most Ridiculous Lawsuit of 2011 Announced
As seen at www.FacesofLawsuitAbuse.org...
A man who kidnapped a couple at knifepoint while he was running from the police is now suing the victims for not helping him evade police...
Upcoming book review
Last month we noted that friend and colleague, Brandon Perron, CCDI (author of 'Uncovering Reasonable Doubt') has just published Forensic Testimonial Evidence Recovery - The FTER Method'. Look for our review of this book next month! You can email Amy@BrandonPerronPI.com for details on this excellent book.
Also next month, we will be releasing our newest eBook, 'Professional Investigations Compendium Volume I'. This is the first publication of all the articles written through 2011 by Dean and Karen ($35 with a 25% discount in March). In April the individual articles will be available at a reduced fee ($5-$10).
Do you have a book to be reviewed?
If you want to send a complimentary copy, we will gladly review it for you and also provide you a complimentary eBook of your choice. Contact our office for details.
Scott Harrell's complete review for Pursuit Magazine
Burt Hodge's complete review for Florida Association of Licensed InvestigatorsBob Wall's complete review for Professional Private Investigators Association of CO Don Johnson's complete review for PI Magazine Jennifer Brown, CLI, JD, is the Editor for the quarterly newsletter of the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado, writes "Awesome book, Dean. Should be required reading for investigators. It's helped me clean up some of my procedures." |
| The Quint-Essential 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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In Closing...Expert Communications (corrected link from January)
| Last month we had a brief notice of a court decision regarding the disclosure of expert communications. Apparently the link was not the intended one, and led to a site that you had to be subscribed to for the full story. We apologize for that, and here share a link to the PDF article.
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Associates in Forensic Investigations, LLC
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specializes in the Expert Consultations and Legal Investigations of Personal Injuries, Negligence and Death in Civil, Criminal and Probate litigation.
We are the PRIDE of Associates in Forensic Investigations, LLC - Professional Reliable Investigators Defining Excellence 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, CCDI (beersda@Forensic-Investigators.com)
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI (beersks@Forensic-Investigators.com)
Forensic Investigators of Colorado, LLC
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National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS)
World Association of Detectives (WAD) Criminal Defense Investigation Council (CDITC) National Defender Investigator Association (NDIA) Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI) Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI) National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) International Association for Identification (IAI) and (RMDIAI) (Rocky Mountain Division)National Association of Professional Women Mensa USA |
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