WEST MIFFLIN, PA – The West Mifflin school board has hired PI company Gentile-Meinert and Associates Inc. For an estimated $5,000 budget the PI firm will be expected to investigate district procedures and operations, as well as issues with school personnel. The board has been tight-lipped about the duration of the investigation as well as the motives behind it, but some have speculated that there is some concern about wrongdoing within the board, although this has not been confirmed.

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NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA — Nova Scotia has become the latest Canadian province to introduce a new bill which would make licensing and training mandatory for bouncers and security professionals. Currently, the industry is unregulated in Nova Scotia. Ontario has already passed a similar bill. In Nova Scotia, there is no formal, standardized training or education required of PIs and security personnel. Justice Minister Ross Landry has stated that the new bill would require PIs, bouncers and security personnel to get standardized training, licensing and testing. The bill will also make it easier for the public to report misuse of authority or excessive force.

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JEFFERSON, CO – PI John Sampson and his team from CSI Consulting and Investigations arrived at Shaffer Elementary School investigating a custody case. What happened next is a matter of some debate. Sampson says that his team – wearing specially made hats and badges with the acronym “CSI” – identified themselves as PIs and claimed they were never asked for IDs. Principal Gina Rivas claims that she and her staff felt that they were dealing with law enforcement officers and shared information with the PIs based on that assumption.

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VANCOUVER, CANADA – A number of private schools in Vancouver have hired PIs to ensure that student applicants do not have gang ties that could threaten school safety. IPSA International is one of the PI firms hired to conduct due diligence on the families of students applying to private schools in the area. A local private school, West Point Grey, was stunned when a shooting claimed the life of a student’s mother. Police investigations found that the parent was involved in illegal activities, using her children as a shield and putting other children at risk. Many experts note that many private schools will now be more vigilant in the wake of that shooting.

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ANDOVER, MA - Larry Starkey is a professor at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. In his classes and research, he has found that surveillance society is a current reality – not something in the distant future. He has amassed a long list of the ways that people are under surveillance each day. Part of the problem, according to Starkey, is that citizens are not strongly opposing surveillance. In fact, the professor has found in his studies that many citizens and individuals are not disturbed by the idea of a surveillance state.

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STERLING, CO – Professor Jim Stewart at Northeastern Junior College has worked as a PI with Advanced Private Investigations, LLC, as a police officer, and has held many other positions in the field of law enforcement. He is now a professor and has been distinguished with becoming one of the finalist for the Rising Star Award in 2009. The teaching award is being offered in part because of Stewart’s expertise and in part because of the assistance he is able to offer. Stewart notes that his experiences in the field have helped him in the classroom.

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