CURRENT ISSUE: - August 2009

        Our current issue cover story, Conducting Criminal Records Investigations for Attorneys by Ronald Coleman offers private investigators and our readers with helpful tips on developing this sought after information. In addition to the featured articles listed in the next column we have also included a tech article, Will Windows 7 be "VISTA Done Right"? by Joe Dysart. For those investigators who have soundly rejected Vista, tenaciously hanging on to Windows XP until Microsoft comes up with a better operating system, the day of reckoning approaches.

        The FBI's Ten Most Wanted and our article on Those Posters Can Increase Your Income highlight the tremendous rewards that the FBI is offering anyone who can help find these fugitives from law. Roger H. Schmedlen's article provides an informative perspective on The Case Against Mandatory CE (Continuing Education). California is one of the states where there is a move to mandate CE for licensed PIs. State Senator Tom Harmon's SB 202 requires 12 hours of documented training every two years by all license holders under 70 years of age, but does not apply to PIs working for license holders or proprietary investigators.

       The NALI - TLI section features several informative articles including Child Deaths: Not Every Tragedy Is Crime by Rich Robertson.The public is often shocked by news stories about a child accidentally left in a hot car on a summer day. How can a parent forget his or her own child? This article explains the phenomenon that causes these memory lapses and shows how to defend a case of this type. Defending a Felony Assault by Alex Toia and The Usefulness of Historical Research by Kathy Waesche complete the TLI section with two very informative articles all investigators can benefit from.

       This issue of PI Magazine also includes our regular features such as Michele Stuart's Internet FYI, Buddy Bombet's Gadgets & Tips, a detailed listing of investigative related Conferences & Seminars, state and national Association News, the NCISS Update, investigative International News, PI Directory, the PI Classifieds, and PI marketing tips for the professional Investigator.