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Associates in Forensic Investigations, LLC
a Rocky Mountain West Agency www.DeathCaseReview.com
Wyoming (307) 222-0136 ~ Colorado (970) 480-7793
Quaero Indicium -'To Find the Evidence'
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Greetings Welcome to 2015!Thank you for another year of personal and professional friendship and making 2014 a success for our agency in helping others facing traumatic life incidents and challenges.
Our best to each of you for a great 2015!
NEW SERVICES In the course of our investigations and consultations we often find the need to conduct social media checks and convert both audio and video files to more common types. As an extension, we are able to offer these to colleagues and clients. Please contact for more information on the following: -- Social Media Snapshots -- Audio and Video conversions - Any audio format to desired (i.e. .WAV to MP3) - Any video format to desired (i.e. VRO to MP4) - Extract any audio from video - Snapshots from video
-- Review of Ferguson MO Grand Jury Decision
-- Obtaining Tax Records Online
-- Articles and commentary of interest
-- Associations and News of our Profession
-- In the News
-- The Quint-Essential Qualities of a Professional Investigator
-- AND MORE!
Together We're Better - Together We Make the Difference! Associates in Forensic Investigations LLC is a Rocky Mountain West Agency owned by Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI.
We provide Expert Consultations and Legal Investigations of Personal Injury, Negligence & Death in Civil, Criminal and Probate litigation. We are Subject Matter Experts in Equivocal Death Investigation and Analysis, and Injury Causation.
We are based in the Rocky Mountain West and provide expert consultations nationally. Learn details at www.DeathCaseReview.com
Here is a video explaining what we do and why - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgsvtbSk8fg
AFI-LLC - Our agency is called upon for many reasons - from investigations to consultations - and from finding the right investigator to the right expert. We have recently added to our case examples found at http://www.DeathCaseReview.com/sample-cases.html.
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Agency News and Updates
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Associates in Forensic Investigations Code of Ethics
As Professional Investigators and Expert Consultants we are dedicated to search for factual information through legal and acceptable investigative procedures. It is our purpose to work honestly, justly and courteously with all whom we come in contact and to practice our profession according to these Code of Ethics.
We share a responsibility for maintaining inviolate the integrity and trust of our profession. Our ethics are posted at http://www.deathcasereview.com/ethics.html PInow.com - Top Investigators to Follow on Twitter 2014 For anyone who also enjoys using Twitter to interact with other industry members, PI Now just released their Top 100 Investigators on Twitter for 2014. Take a look at some great profiles to follow for the latest news, updates, tips, and legislation that affects private investigators. "We were surprised to make the list and at 75, not bad. Congrats to all the fine company we keep in our friends and colleagues. Some very valuable information is shared!" (follow us on Twitter - @4N6Associates) See the Top 100 at http://www.pinow.com/articles/2024/top-100-investigators-on-twitter-2014 Global Investigators Media Group (GIMG.tv) with Facts & Forensics 
The December podcast is available at http://gimg.tv/009-facts-forensics The first year of GIMG.tv with Facts and Forensics was fun! This show is a recap of some of the hot topics of the year on Facts & Forensics. From our special guests and topics, to Conversations with Karen and news of our profession. Be sure and visit www.GIMG.tv for all of the Global Investigators Media Group hosts and shows! BOOKS FOR INVESTIGATORS AFI-LLC has put together some of the best fiction and non-fiction books available from Amazon. These range from studying for certifications to best practices, and investigative fiction and non-fiction. Most of these are written by our friends and colleagues, including fellow CLIs and CCDIs. See the complete list of books at
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Our Expert Forensic Affiliations
|  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.
Dr. Cina is the Chief Medical Examiner of a large metropolitan area in the upper mid-west, and Dr. Schueler's consultation practice is Forensic Toxicology Consulting Services.
Contact our office to consult on medicolegal death and injury causation. The CVs of both Dr. Cina and Dr. Schueler are available by contacting us.
We are proud of our working relationship with Dr. Cina, since 2002 and Dr. Schueler since 2010.
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Tidbits from AFI-LLC
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New commentary from the AFI-LLC blog:
How to request and retrieve your tax records online!The most common question is how to obtain another person's tax records - we'll get to that shortly. First, how to get your or instruct a client how to obtain their own. You can do so online or by mail, dating back approximately 7 years. You will have to directly contact the IRS for more historical records. Details at http://www.deathcasereview.com/afi-llc-blog/how-to-request-and-retrieve-your-tax-records-onlineColorado Private Investigator Licensing Update Learn what to expect between now and July 1, 2015 by viewing these Frequently Asked Questions www.dora.colorado.gov/professions/privateinvestigators The PPIAC's new "2014 Guide to the New Colorado PI Law" is available for download at http://ppiac.org/pi-licensing-law.DORA is finalizing the rules and should be available by early February. The license application process, and fees, are expected by April. WARNING - an individual in California, who has lost his PI license, is promoting a guide to pass the Colorado license examination. Not only is the exam not yet developed, but this 'guide' is not endorsed by either the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) or Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC). Our agency strongly cautions against using any material not prepared by DORA or PPIAC. We will gladly keep our colleagues appropriately and honestly informed. A Survivors' Guide to Understanding Death Investigations
"A Survivors' Guide to Understanding Death Investigations" - a book developed to help those who have lost a loved one to understand the maze, complexities and protocols of official death investigations.
We often hear from families, attorneys, investigators and funeral homes representing families, looking for where to turn in understanding how the death of a loved one was (or should have been) investigated. They seek closure through answers. Learn more at www.understandingdeathinvestigations.com
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Associations and News of Our Profession
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The value of networking extends beyond your local clients and colleagues, and should include statewide, nationally and internationally. This should include your state association, NALI, NCISS and WAD for international camaraderie.
Professional Private investigations Association of Colorado (www.PPIAC.org)
Monthly meetings are the first Wednesday of each month, usually in the Denver metro area. PPIAC will begin holding training sessions specific to the new licensing program. Visit the PPIAC website for details. In February Dean will be presenting Ethics for the Professional Investigator. National Association of Legal Investigators ( www.NALI.com)
NALI is the premier association for legal investigators for civil plaintiff and criminal defense, and oversees the prestigious Certified Legal Investigator (CLI) program. Experience is required to join and all members are subject to a background check.
The current issue of NALI's official journal - The Legal Investigator - is now available online at http://www.nalionline.org/publications.htm
NALI has changed its conference schedule to have one annual conference. the 2015 Annual Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas on May 28-30 at the historic Menger Hotel. Confirmed speakers include a forensic pathologists and a forensic anthropologist from the area. Details at http://nalionline.org/events-educational-opportunities
All national and state association leaders, and professional investigators and security persons, are invited to join NCISS for the annual Hit the Hill event in Washington DC in April. Details are at http://www.nciss.org/news-and-events/the-full-event.php?eid=79
World Association of Detectives (www.WAD.net)
Dean is the Governor of the Americas and works with Ambassadors in North, Central and South America to further the mission of WAD and provide resources to clients needing assistance in these regions. The WAD magazine, Beyond Global, is available online at http://www.wad.net/newsletters-beyond-global.
Additional memberships include FALI, TALI and CALI state associations, as well as specialty specific national associations (see right side-bar).
If your association has news, please send it to us for inclusion in our newsletter.
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In the News
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News happens fast, please visit our agency blog for daily and weekly posts on news of interest - www.MedicolegalPI.com or our business Facebook page at www.facebook.com/4N6Associates
Update - Review of Ferguson MO Grand Jury
Our agency has been asked our thoughts. Specific to the findings, we will have to let the information, facts and evidence speak for themselves. We will report on this in early 2015. We are finders of fact and will review all information available and provided. Our findings may support any official findings, dispute some or all of the official findings, as well as support and/or dispute some or all of the concerns expressed by the public. It is our goal to provide the findings.
We have received all available information to review this case, several thousand pages of records and reports, and hundreds of photographs. Many not made available with the release of the grand jury evidence. Did the grand jury see everything? No, juries don't. Did they see all the relevant evidence? We hope to answer that. We estimate 300 to 400 hours will be needed to complete this task and hope to be concluded by the end of March 2015.
NCISS Legislative Alerts
December NCISS Update from LobbyIt - http://t.co/kbiA00sTmf
In the closing weeks of the 113th Congress, Lobbyit conducted meetings with Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee staff, and House Energy and Commerce counsel to discuss potential end-of-year legislative packages, focusing on drones, information privacy, labor and background investigation legislation.
NCISS Legislative Alert - Feinstein Drone Legislation
Sen. Diane Feinstein announced that she would introduce legislation in 2015 further limiting the use of drone aircraft. This full NCISS Legislative Alert is available at http://t.co/av1eWj5Mkb
NCISS Regulatory Alert: FInal NLRB Ambush Rule
On December 12th the final rule publishing by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to speed up union elections, a serious loss for business groups, was published. More contentious are provisions such as requiring employers to provide personal email addresses and phone numbers of employees to union organizers "to communicate with prospective voters about the upcoming election using modern forms of communication." This full NCISS Legislative Alert is available at http://t.co/yopd3QVygz
The NLRB's announcement can be found at http://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/national-labor-relations-board-proposes-amendments-improve-representation
Also provided on the web site for the National Council of Investigative and Security Services is a compendium of key legislation by state at http://www.nciss.org/legislation/latest-legislation.php then go to the link entitled "State Legislation." The white states are states that either have no pending bills of interest or are not in session. You can also page down to your state where it is listed alphabetically.
Check out the recently launched "Advocacy Hub." If you have not heard about the "Advocacy Hub," the Hub allows members to send already drafted letters to key legislators and government officials right from the web site. Currently there are two items pending. Check them out!
This service, usually reserved for members only, is temporarily complimentary from NCISS to make those aware of the strength and value of NCISS and proactive legislative awareness.
Archives of NCISS Legislative Alerts
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs052/1102296473151/archive/1110377933456.html
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| 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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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 provide investigations and consultations of any death or injury causation case from any location with the conveniences of modern technology and assistance of our local professional friends and colleagues.
Call us today, we're glad to help!
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
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
Associates in Forensic Investigations, LLC
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Professional Associations
Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC)
National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI)
National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS)
World Association of Detectives (WAD) Inner Circle of Investigators (ICI) Criminal Defense Investigation Council (CDITC) National Defender Investigator Association (NDIA) Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI) Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI) California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI) National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) International Association for Identification (IAI) and (RMDIAI) |
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Do you want to learn death and injury causation
and accept these cases with expert consultations?
The Process of Injury Causation, Death Investigation and Autopsies!
Learn the concepts and protocols of investigating injury causation and death, and protocols of the forensic autopsy and findings of the autopsy in the final report. This will be an information packed and fast paced series of presentations. This distance learning course provides the insight necessary to understanding the importance of injury causation to the death investigation. This will transition into the reviewing and comprehending the autopsy findings presented in the final autopsy report.
If you are involved in legal investigations of civil, criminal or probate litigation, this is a valuable course.
Warning: includes graphic images
Here is what one colleague recently said about our Death Investigation for Private Investigators distance learning course:
"I just finished your medicolegal death investigations for private investigators course. I must admit it was one of the best written courses I have taken in a long time. Not sure what I got on the test but I did get a certificate of completion. I truly enjoyed the content and managed to learn quite a bit as well. As far as the usefulness of the information I have already found two of my current cases that parts of the course provided me additional information as well as different routes of investigation that I may not have thought of or been aware of. Please accept my thanks and appreciation for your course. Thanks" (Curtis Burkett - Curtis Burkett & Associates Investigations)
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