THE eREPORT - October 2010

The Official ePublication of the National Council of Investigation & Security Services

representing the investigative and security professions for 35 years

THE e REPORT

October 2010

HIT THE HILL REPORT

"WOW, is the best word to describe our groups' thoughts of the Hit The Hill event. Everyone of our group has called me and expressed their praises for the outstanding event...The event far exceeded their expectations." said Larry Flannery, President, North Carolina Association of Private Investigators (NCAPI). read more

Tuesday evening featured Lobbying 101 with Legislative Chair Jimmie Mesis and Legislative Advocate Larry Sabbath who presented the dos and don'ts of effective lobbying followed by a welcome reception. It was a pleasure to see Jack Lichtenstein, read more

The Honorable Ahn "Joseph" Cao, congressman from Louisiana, presented a moving presentation at the Capitol Club luncheon where he was introduced by NCISS Region 3A Director, Louis Gurvich. Directly after his presentation, Congressman Cao ran out to respond to the Speaker's call for a vote, only to return ten minutes later read more

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Message from NCISS President

NCISS Hits the Hill!

Last week more than sixty NCISS members and colleagues gathered in Washington D.C. to visit their

Lou Gurvich, The Honorable Anh "Joseph" Cao, Gene Ferraro.

lawmakers. More than 120 offices of senators and congressmen were visited in what was one of the Council's most successful Hit-the-Hill events yet. Among the many attendees were the representatives of seventeen state associations. In addition to the excitement, generous donations and pledges were received from the New Jersey Licensed Private Investigator Association, the North Carolina Association of Private read more

Eugene Ferraro CPP, SPHR

NCISS President

eferraro@businesscontrols.com

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Director Spotlight

James Huckabee

Region 1A Director

James Huckabee is a Certified Institutional Protection

Manager (CIPM) and has extensive experience in loss prevention, auditing, banking, security management, fraud investigations, and human resources. His experience spans over 30 years and he has held various security positions, including operations, training and development. He even co-owned and managed a restaurant.

James began his career in the security profession while attending Columbia College in Chicago and working at a bank full time. He subsequently received his Bachelors in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. The rest is history. He had no plans on a career read more

State Associations Advisory Board

The SAAB meeting had near-capacity seating as the

Gary Brummond

participants discussed a wide range of topics from association newsletters to communicating with members, as well as how successful they have been lobbying at the state level. Several key issues were discussed read more

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Gary Brummond is the Chair of the State Associations Advisory Board (SAAB) and is Region 6B Director.

Thank You to Hit the Hill Sponsors!

Almeda Dunn, James Huckabee- Star Detective Agency

Don Johnson - Trace Investigations, Inc

Tom Shamshak - Shamshak Investigative Services, Inc.

Francie Koehler - Special Circumstances

Carolyn Ward - Award Management

Vince Ruffolo - A&R Security Services, Inc.

Bob Heales - R.A. Heales & Associates, Ltd.

CII - Council of International Investigators

WAD - World Association of Detectives

WIN - World Investigators Network

Washington Plaza Hotel

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The Chubb Flub

Gary Kuty

On Sunday, September 26, 2009 the Chubb insurance group ran an advertisement in the Sunday New York Times magazine depicting a security officer who was watching a football game on television while CCTV monitors he was supposed to be watching had mayhem on every screen. This disgusting and insulting advertisement to the private security industry created a firestorm of outrage read more

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Gary Kuty (www.kutyassociates.com) is a security marketing consultant and past president of NCISS. Gary serves as chair of ASIS' Private Security Services Council and as managing director of the National Security Alliance

IASIR Conference

2010 IASIR Conference

Deadlne October 9

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Wilmington, DE, Nov. 3-5
Agenda | Registration | Reservations | Free Shuttle Service

This is the conference for the 36 regulatory agencies or boards in 25 states, seven Canadian provinces and the United Arab Emirates plus 35 non-voting associate memberships representing the industries regulated known as the International Association of Security & Investigative Regulators.

President Eugene Ferraro and Legislative Chair Jimmie Mesis will be attending and representing NCISS. read more

In This Issue

Hit the Hill Report

Message from NCISS President