PI News Round-up - January 15, 2010

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January 15, 2010

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Mobile Job Bus Offers Training for PI Jobs and Other Opportunities
BREVARD, FL – The Brevard Workforce Express is a large bus filled with computer terminals and other resources designed to help people find good jobs. The bus is staffed by career counselors and includes everything job hunters need to search for jobs, update their resumes and get training. Career counselors at the Brevard Workforce Express can help employees apply for PI licenses and encourage qualified workers to do so, as PIs are in demand, say counselors. Brevard Workforce Express takes care of license application fees for would-be PIs as well.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Florida Today, January 11, 2010

Book of the Week

Scene of the Cybercrime

Scene of the Cybercrime, Second Edition is a completely revised and updated book, which covers technological, legal and regulatory information related to cybercrime. This book provides a road map to navigate the legal and technical landscape to understand, prevent, detect and successfully prosecute the criminal behavior that is as much a threat to the online community as "traditional" crime is to the neighborhoods in which we live.

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New Hampshire Debates Adultery Laws
CONCORD, NH – Adultery cases may soon change in New Hampshire, as legislators consider changing existing laws regarding infidelity. New Hampshire has a 200-year-old state law which defines adultery as criminal offense and although no one has been charged with the crime in a long time, it is still technically a law. The law was last revised in 1992, when the penalty for adultery in New Hampshire was reduced to a $1,200 fine.
	Read full article and comment	Source: CNN, January 12, 2010

GPS Now Available for Lingerie, Not Just Cars!
BRASILIA, BRAZIL – A Brazilian company named Lindelucy has created GPS lingerie, which keeps track of the location of the lingerie wearer at all times. Although the item may prove popular with suspicious spouses and partners, it might be more effective to hire a PI or attorney rather than rely on underwear to keep track of a straying spouse.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Ubergizmo, January 12, 2010

Club Surveillance Provides Leads in Playboy Model Murder
MIAMI, FL – Club surveillance videos show model Paula Sladewski leaving a popular nightclub, possibly followed by a man. PIs hired by Sladewski’s boyfriend and local police are looking closely at the surveillance footage to get more clues in the murder. Surveillance shows Sladewski leaving Club Space at 7:20 am on January 3, 2010. Sladewski’s burned body was found in a trash bin later that same day.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Miami Hearld, January 11, 2010

Database Project Adds a Bonus for Investigators
BOCA RATON, FL – A data mining project run by Hank Asher has set up offices in South Florida. Here, the former drug smuggler has a space filled with computers and technology that help investigators track down pedophiles, felons and more. Ashner’s project includes Accurint, one of his most successful database projects. Accurint allows investigators to find addresses, licenses and close relatives of just about anyone. Asher has amassed a huge collection of public records and has combined them in database products that make it easy for investigators to track down information.
	Read full article and comment	Source: St. Petersburg Times, January 10, 2010

Government Contract/RFP of the Week

RFP Notification - Pre-Employment Background Services - Texas

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