PInow.com Weekly News Round-up

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These are the news stories that interested PInow.com staff this week:

Microchips Aid PIs, Worry Privacy Advocates

CANADA - RFID technology allows companies to broadcast information about customers to company databases. Other forms of microchip technology already are being inserted into some computer printers, car tires, car keys, home appliances, credit cards and even store tags. The microchips potentially allow companies to peek into a customer's private life and gather information about what a customer is buying, where they are buying it and how they are paying. In the future, PIs, identity thieves and police could use this technology to gain access to information.

Valentine's Day a Time to Uncover Infidelity, Say PIs, Experts

NEW ZEALAND - PIs and other experts say that Valentine’s Day is the ideal time to catch unfaithful partners, since partners who are having an affair often are buying gifts for their partners and trying to spend time with both their spouse and their new partner. This sort of pressure causes unfaithful partners to make mistakes, which makes the infidelity easier to uncover. PIs say that the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day tend to be busy ones, as spouses hire PIs to get answers about mysterious receipts, phone calls, text messages and other clues.

A Different Sort Of Gig For PIs

SALEM, MA - The Salem Mystery Writers group meets biweekly to discuss writing techniques and the publishing world. Some members are part of the Mystery Writers of America, a professional organization which meets once a year at a conference called Crime Bake. Crime Bake is an unusual writer’s conference, filled not only with writers, publishers and agents, but also with police officers, PIs, skip tracers and other investigative professionals. The PIs and experts provide details that allow writers to develop realistic stories.

PIs Can Help Landlords in Tough Times

PHOENIX, AZ – Fears of a recession and a difficult housing market have created difficult times. Landlords in Arizona are sometimes so eager to rent out their properties and pay off their mortgages that they rent to just about anyone. This is something that Arizona police say results in nuisance calls and damaged property. The City Council in Surprise, Arizona recently passed a rental accountability ordinance which attempts to crack down on out-of-state landowners and “slum landlords.” The police force of the city advises landlords to hire licensed PIs to run background checks on potential tenants.

PIs Investigate Schenectady Police

SCHENECTADY, NY - PIs were hired to investigate Schenectady police and found that four Vice Squad officers were misusing police time by eating out and going to the gym while they were supposed to be working. The findings have sparked an internal investigation. So far, no charges have been filed, but more investigations could be ordered. The Schenectady police force recently were under fire when five officers were accused in December of using excessive force.

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