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May-June
Chronicle
ARIZONA
ASSOCIATION OF
LICENSED
PRIVATE
INVESTIGATORS
Volume I, Issue III
A Message From AALPI’s President . . .
FOUNDED
1974
Inside This Issue
Member Profile
2
Board Meeting
What’s New
4
June Seminar
Michele Stuart
5
Looking Back
AALPI History
6
AALPI
Board of Directors
Meeting
June 16, 2012
Following Seminar
Cantina Laredo
7361E Frank Lloyd
Wright Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ
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May-June
Dana Young
Our legislative luncheon in March
was a great success. Representatives from the investigative, process serving and security guard
industries, who had participated in
the legislative process, explained to
the group what happened with
industry-related legislation this
year and what our goals for proposed legislation are for the coming legislative session.
We are dedicated to the preservation and expansion of our industry,
and although most of this work is
done by dedicated volunteers, this
is an area in which your membership dues really make a difference.
Our volunteers are indispensable,
but we do need help to pay for
lobbying and getting the word out
within our own and related industries. Last year we formed alliances with related industry associations. Our hope is that together we will have a strong
enough voice to make the needed
changes in our industries.
Our experience in March at Cantina Laredo was such a good one
that we decided to hold our June
educational event there, as well.
Our quarterly educational event
for June features Michele Stuart,
whose excellence as a speaker and
educator is well known. Michele
has become a popular speaker at
national conferences, and we are
fortunate that she is one of our
own. Michele's seminar, which
provides two hours of CE credits,
will teach members many methods of mining the internet for
information that the average user
doesn't know exists, much less
knows how to find. You'll walk
away from this seminar a more
effective skip-tracer and an allaround savvier internet sleuth.
This is the only place you'll ever
see Michele for the mere price of
lunch. Michele, THANK YOU
for your continued support.
You have consistently said that
you want more opportunities to
network with other investigators,
as well as to attend educational
events that will keep you up-todate on ever-changing technology
and legal developments. These
quarterly meetings are our answer your requests.
I would like to hear from members in other parts of the state
who would be interested in cohosting one of these events.
Please contact me if you are interested in doing so, as we would
like to begin planning next year's
meetings as soon as possible in
order to make planning easier for
everyone.
We are in need of volunteers
on our various committees. Any
of you who have even a small
amount of time to spare, please
consider volunteering to further
our common goal of making our
industry stronger than ever.
Volunteers are needed on the
following committees: Unlicensed
Activity Action Committee, Legislative Committee, Membership
Committee and the Marketing
Committee. If you have a particular area of expertise that you
think would be useful, or even if
you just want to be more involved, PLEASE CONTACT
ME at (480) 535-6620, extension
700.
As both your AALPI President
and as the investigation industry
representative on the DPS Board,
I am always available. Whether
it's a suggestion, a problem or an
industry question, my line is always open and I would love to
hear from you.
We are hoping to bring members
another benefit in the form of
discounts on industry-affiliated
products. Our good friend, Bill
West, of Amis Insurance is working with us to offer insurance
discounts to AALPI members.
We hope to have many more
discounts available by September,
so watch for announcements in
The AALPI Chronicle, on the website and on the listserv.
It's going to be an active year. I
hope to see all of you at the June
event, and to hear from members
interested in volunteering for a
committee or hosting a member
event outside the Phoenix area.
Dana Young
AALPI President
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Pat Cote Practices What He Teaches
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There is an oft-misquoted maxim from
George Bernard Shaw that “He who can,
does. He who cannot, teaches.” Patrick
Cote is living proof that even time-honored
maxims coined by brilliant playwrights are
not always true. Judging by the expanded
role he takes on with the criminal defense
attorneys for whom he works, Cote is
every bit as good at doing as he is at teaching.
The current Vice President of AALPI's
Board of Directors has had a long career of
doing and teaching. In fact, by the time Cote arrived in Arizona
for the second time in his career, in 2006, the East-Coast native
had already had a distinguished career in law enforcement.
He could have relaxed a bit in Arizona, teaching courses and
developing curricula for the University of Phoenix, but also leaving himself time for the leisure activity he loves: fishing. But, for
the owner of Cote Investigations & Associates, LLC, relaxation
is not a high priority. He doesn't get to fish much, but the fact
that “there is never a dull moment” in his work, seems to more
than make up for it.
A friendly, unassuming man who easily puts a stranger at ease,
Cote lends credence to another favorite maxim: You can't tell a
book by its cover. His soft-spoken nature belies the hardboiled image that the media is so fond of associating with the
ranks of the police heirarchy, many of which Cote has held during his career.
During his 18 years with the Bristol Police Department in his
hometown of Bristol, Connecticut, Cote – armed with an Associates Degree in Polic Science, as well as a B.S. and an M.S. in
Criminal Justice Administration and Criminal Justice Management, respectively -- moved through the ranks from detective to
sergeant to lieutenant and finally to captain. He left Bristol to
become Chief of Police for the Somersworth (New Hampshire)
Police Department, and from there became the Chief of Police
in Florence, Arizona.
In 2003, while still at Delgado Community College, Cote became a Course Developer for the
University of Phoenix, Online, where he taught
approximately 150 of the five-week, online
courses – both graduate and undergraduate -in Criminal Justice Administration. Having
been approved to teach all courses in the undergraduate program, as well as most in the
graduate program leading to a Masters Degree
in Administration of Justice and Security.
In addition to his schedule of online courses,
Cote taught face-to-face courses (also known
as ground courses) in Metairie, Louisiana, and
Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Recognized as a
subject matter expert, Cote was instrumental
in developing courses in The Administrative
Process, Court Process, Security and Principles
of Investigation. The face-to-face courses met
one night a week for five weeks, so that position required some travel between Arizona and
Louisiana.
Following Katrina, he and his wife were ready
to say goodbye to New Orleans. That's when
they decided to come to Phoenix for the second time in Cote's career, settling in Casa
Grande.
Becoming a private investigator was not part of
Cote's plan at the time. One of his students,
who turned out to be a Legal Assistant, asked
for his opinion regarding certain aspects of a
case on Following Katrina, he and his wife were
ready to say goodbye to New Orleans. That's
when they decided to come to Phoenix for the
second time in Cote's career, settling in Casa
Grande. (Continued on Page 4)
His first stay in Arizona lasted only a couple of years before he
moved on to become Director of Public Safety for the Fort Lupton (Colorado) Police Department. In 2000, a move to Sanford,
North Carolina saw Cote became a licensed private investigator
for the first time. At the same time, he became an Instructor
for Central Carolina Community College, teaching criminal justice courses.
Then Delgado Community College in New Orleans made him an
offer he couldn't refuse, and Cote moved to The Big Easy where
he eventually became Director of Public Services for that school.
During his tenure at Delgado, Cote oversaw a 40 hour program
designed to prepare students for a career in Private Investigations. Promoted to Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program, he developed a 33-hour certificate program in Homeland
Security and Emergency Management.
AALPI’s Pat Cote
Volume I, Issue III
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Member Profile: Pat
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Cote
Continued from Page 2
Becoming a private investigator was not part
of Cote's plan at the time. One of his students, who turned out to be a Legal Assistant,
asked for his opinion regarding certain aspects
of a case on which she was working with her
attorney-employer. Cote ended up consulting
with the attorney on the case, who was so
pleased with his assistance that he suggested
the latter obtain a private investigation license
so that they could work together on a regular
basis.
He did so, but intended at first to do investigations on only a part-time basis. But, as
Cote says, once that Pandora's Box was
opened, it took on a life of its own. One
thing led to another, and before he knew it,
Cote had two full-time careers. Needless to
say, careful scheduling is crucial.
The average criminal trial lasts about three
weeks, though they can go on much longer.
On average, Cote spends in the neighborhood
of 60 to 100 hours on a criminal defense case.
Unlike many criminal defense investigators,
Cote sits in on most of the trials, using his
perspective to develop strategy with defense
counsel and to develop questions that defense
counsel may have overlooked. He's even
been involved with jury selection.
“They (the defense) know that the prosecution holds all the cards. They try to level the
playing field by using me.” This statement is
not made in the vein of boasting – Cote is a
humble man. The fact is, after a career spanning some 40 years, spent between the “real
world” of law enforcement and the more
theoretical world of academia, the man is well
-qualified to “level the playing field.”
If he had to give up one or the other, which
would he choose? “I don't like to think in
those terms. I wouldn't want to give up either.”
Any plans for retirement? Cote chuckles and
says, “They're going to have to carry me off
the job.” It looks like the only fishing this P.I.
is going to do on a regular basis will be for
answers.
AALPI Gets New Telephone No. (480) 535-6620
It’s now easy to reach board members with just one number. Board members
voted at the April 28 meeting to implement a new telephone service, known
as Grasshopper, which will allow members to reach any board member by
calling a single telephone number. Each member has their own extension
which, when dialed, rings at their respective offices.
Dana Young, ext. 700
Pate Cote, ext. 701
Robert Ware, ext. 702
Dan Jones, ext. 703
Van DiCarlo, ext. 704
Matt Brooks, ext. 705
Marri Bernier, ext. 706
Chronicle Calls for Reader Input
After a three-year hiatus, this marks
the third issue of the The AALPI Chronicle to be published since being resurrected at the beginning of this year.
Our goal is to provide a forum where
members can voice industry-related
concerns, stay up-to-date on issues
affecting our profession, learn about
other members, find opportunities
(business, continuing education, professional services), check on past and
upcoming events and generally get
news of interest to the private investigative and allied legal industries.
The AALPI Chronicle is emailed to members on a bi-monthly basis. Please bear
with us as we ease into a regular distribution schedule, compile a reliable
mailing list, set up ongoing features
and smooth out the inevitable kinks,
technical and otherwise. We aim to
have the newsletter in your inbox by
the first day of the second month covered by each issue.
A regular feature from the past that
we've revived is the “President's Message” column, a letter from AALPI's
president that will discuss matters of
current interest to the investigative
and legal communities, in general, and
to our association, in particular.
We intend to profile a member in
each issue. This month, you can read
about Patrick Cote, Vice President of
AALPI's Board of Directors, and
owner of Cote Investigations and Associates, LLC. Is there someone you'd
like to see profiled in an upcoming
issue? Email us your suggestions.
We also plan to run a regular feature
that looks back on AALPI's history and
early days. Last month featured a firstperson account of AALPI's founding in
1974 by founding member Robert Ware,
currently Secretary of AALPI's Board of
Directors. This month, an article on
Larry Webb, AALPI's first president,
looks at the founding of the organization
from a different perspective.
A how-to article on a topic of interest to
our readers is being considered as a
regular feature, as well. Again, we invite
you to share your ideas, or even to submit articles (all articles are subject to
approval by the editors and may be edited for clarity and space considerations).
Topics might be technology-oriented or
they might deal with case management,
report writing, getting high-quality video
during a surveillance, or tips and tricks
for some aspect of background investigations. The possibilities are endless. We
would love to hear your input.
Whenever possible, we'll include reviews
of new software, equipment, websites,
and books. If you've tried a product
that's new on the market, come across a
new website that investigators would find
useful, or read an industry-related book
that you thought was great, by all means,
share it with the readers of The Chronicle.
If there's a topic that you feel needs to
be addressed, tell us about it. You can
even volunteer to write it.
We also are open to letters from readers. If they're interesting and relevant,
we'll publish them.
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June Event to Produce Savvy Internet Users
Don't forget to mark your calendars for Saturday June 16,
when AALPI will be holding
another member event at Cantina Laredo in Scottsdale. The
restaurant proved to be such a
popular venue in March that the
Board decided to return there
for our June event. And, this is
an event you will not want to
miss.
AALPI member Michele Stuart
of JAG Investigations is our featured speaker for June. AALPI
is fortunate to be able to call
Stuart one of our own. The
Arizona investigator, who has
made a name for herself as one
of the country's premier experts
on searching “the hidden internet,” will educate members on
the finer points of open source
and deep-web searching. She is a
featured speaker at both the
West and East Coast Super
Conferences this year (at considerably greater cost than the
June 16 event). Members who
attend Stuart's two-hour presentation will receive 2 hours of
CE Units.
Stuart's seminar uses opensource intelligence and deepweb searching to uncover
“hidden” information on a
subject's or a business's web
presence, to reveal information useful in due diligence
research, intellectual property information and terrorism research. She will also
instruct attendees in how to
protect their own web presence. Stuart presents an
expanded version of this
seminar to investigators and
law enforcement agencies
throughout the United
States.
For those wishing to preregister, a registration form has
been emailed.
The cost is
$25 for members and $35
for non-members.
Send
completed registration forms
and payment to Dan Jones at
[email protected].
You
may also pay at the door,
but please send your registration form in so that we
have a head count for lunch.
Coffee will be served during registration and checkin from 9:45 until 10:15
a.m. Stuart's presentation
is planned for 10:15 until
12:15, and will be followed
immediately by lunch and
networking until 1:45 p.m.
Lunch and morning coffee
are included in the price of
the event. A no-host bar is
available.
Non-members also are
encouraged to attend, so
be sure to invite friends
and colleagues who have
not yet joined AALPI.
Show your support for
AALPI by attending this
combination networking/
professional event. You'll
gain invaluable information
to give your business an
edge on the competition,
while also enjoying good
food and good company.
Contact:
[email protected]
For a rate card.
The AALPI Chronicle is published 6 times a year by the
Arizona Association of Licensed Private Investigators.
20280 N. 59th Ave Suite 115631, Glendale, AZ 85308. Telephone: 480-535-6620.
www.aalpi.org
Editor:
Marri Bernier
480-535-6620 ext. 706
[email protected]
Advertising Director
Mailing List Administrator
Dan Jones
480-535-6620 ext. 703
[email protected]
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Looking
Back
May-June
AALPI: No “Bank-Robber” Firms in Arizona
In the April-May issue of
The AALPI Chronicle, you
read a first-person account by Robert Ware,
one of AALPI's founding
members. For this issue,
we sat down and talked
with Larry Webb, AALPI's first president. It was Webb who, in 1967, undertook the enormous job of trying to
organize all investigators in the state to
form an association that would give a
voice to the investigative and security
industries' interests in the state legislature. Webb, who has been a P.I since
1960, is president of Capitol Detective
Agency, which he continues to run from
the agency's office near 18th Street and
Thomas.
At one time, these offices buzzed with
the activity of a thriving security guard
service and a successful investigative
practice. Webb remembers those days
fondly. “Everyone had CB Radios. If an
associate was in the field having trouble
on a moving surveillance, we knew
about it because we had the CB radios
set up in the office. Anyone who was
available would jump in and go out to
assist them. Everybody helped each
other, whether it was jumping in during
an emergency, or helping to solve a
business problem or loaning a piece of
equipment. We were like one big family,” he recalls.
In time, Webb sold the security guard
business. And, because he encouraged
his investigative employees to obtain
agency licenses of their own, the investigators who once kept the office humming eventually became sub contractors. The offices may not appear
as bustling as they once did, but appearances can be deceiving. Webb is in his
office everyday, and he accepts assignments on a wide range of matters, from
criminal defense to personal injury to
surveillance, many of which are subcontracted out to former employees.
Retirement? No way.
The offices and the property on which
they sit were long ago paid for. The
walls of Webb's spacious office are
adorned with plaques commemorating
his service to such groups as NCISS (of
which Webb was a co-founder), WAD
The Offices of Capitol Detective Agency near 18th Street & Thomas
of Detectives was calling to inform Webb – who
(he's a past president and lifetime
hadn't seen a newspaper in several days -- of an
member), from whom he has received
article appearing on front pages across Arizona.
numerous awards, the Society for
According to the news story, four men who
Industrial Security and, of course,
were being released from prison on armed robAALPI. There is even an award from
bery charges had big plans for their new-found
the FBI (for the most valuable assisfreedom: they were going to open a business -tance received from a non-lawThe Fat Man Detective Agency. The four conenforcement source).
victed felons intended to set up shop as private
investigators. “He told us we'd better start
Like anyone who's been in the P.I.
lobbying to set up licensing for P.I.s in Arizona,
business for 50 plus years, Webb can
and we'd better do it fast.” Webb had already
entertain a listener with one story
been an investigator for several years by the
after another of cases from “the old
time he got that phone call.
days.” In fact, one such story provides the backdrop to Webb's account
The story of the cloak-and-dagger case in New
of how AALPI came to be.
Mexico isn't related to the formation of AALPI.
The story is replete with all the elements of a good, old-fashioned detective mystery. The time: late 1960s, the
place: Nowhere, New Mexico. Webb
describes the undercover infiltration
of a migrant worker group, a highspeed chase (in less-than-high-speed
vehicles) through remote desert
roads, flophouse motels rooms and
attempted murder, as he recalls a case
in which he and one of his investigators worked to recover 100 commercial trucks stolen from their client.
The story culminates in a phone call
Webb received in his hotel room immediately after completing the case. A
colleague from the World Association
But, it's a good example of Webb's style: These
stories are so intricately interwoven into the
fabric of Webb's own life that it's difficult to
differentiate where one ends and the other
begins. He threads a story narrative into his
account of a given event, thus providing a context for the event.
So, in an effort to prevent The Fat Man Detective Agency, and others like it, from opening
their doors for business in The Grand Canyon
state, Webb set about trying to organize Arizona investigators. There was, of course, no
repository of information on private investigators in Arizona, and Webb soon found himself
at the library, pouring through the yellow pages
of various cities to get the name and address of
every investigator with a listing. He doesn't
remember how many letters he sent out, but
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From the Beginning … And Then Some (Continued from p. 6)
AALPI
Board of Directors
480-535-6620
President
Dana Young
[email protected]
Vice President
Patrick Cote
[email protected]
Secretary
Robert Ware
[email protected]
Treasurer
Dan Jones
[email protected]
Sargeant-at-Arms
Matt Brooks
Webb discusses a case with a client whose boyfriend may have been wrongfully accused.
Webb does remember that he got 68 reindustry in Arizona. But, it was a few years
sponses.
before that role was in an official capacity.
Soon thereafter, 68 investigators from
around the state met at the Law Library
downtown to discuss setting up an association for Arizona investigators and working
with the legislature to set up a licensing
requirement for new investigators. This
was the late 1960s, and though AALPI was
not officially incorporated until 1974, the
group formed an informal alliance and began to work with DPS on legislation that
would establish licensing guidelines for Arizona investigators, thus protecting the public from investigators who might be incompetent at best, dangerous at worst. It was
at that first meeting that the group decided
Webb should lead the incipient association.
The question then was, who would be the
governing body that would oversee the
investigative industry. Webb and several
colleagues had already made contact with
DPS and met with representatives to discuss the issue. “They were totally cooperative and willing to help in any way they
could,” he recalls. And so DPS became the
governing body for the private investigation
For the next few years, as Webb recalls, a
senator from Yuma, Harold C. Giss,
blocked the group's efforts to introduce a
licensing requirement, successfully defeating
the proposed legislation each year.
Whether the powerful state senator
backed down or was politically outmaneuvered is unknown. But, in 1971,
H.B. 74 passed Arizona's Thirtieth Legislature. Arizona Revised Statute Title 32
(Professions & Occupations) was revised,
adding chapter 24 (Private Investigators),
Articles 1, 2 and 3, requiring that anyone
acting in the capacity of a private investigator in Arizona be duly licensed by the
state. Giss' death in 1973 removed a major opponent of the investigation industry
from Arizona's political decision-making
apparatus. The following year, AALPI was
formally incorporated.
Ironically, within a few years of Giss' death,
some members of the AALPI Board met a
young man whose last name happened to
be Giss. Asked if he was any relation to
the former Senator Giss, the young man
replied that that had been his father.
[email protected]
Member-at-Large
Marri Bernier
[email protected]
Past President
Van DiCarlo
[email protected]
“We asked him why his father had been
so against us,” Webb recalls. “It turns
out Giss' ex-wife had hired a P.I. to follow her husband at some point.” Webb
remembers the young Giss telling them
that, “After that, he hated P.I.s” Apparently, according to Webb, the senator
was not pleased with evidence the investigator allegedly uncovered. So, the reason behind rallying investigators to form
an association that would lobby for industry-friendly legislation– namely licensing of private investigators – didn't
materialize until several years after
Webb received the phone call warning
him of The Fat Man Detective Agency.
(Continued on Page 9)
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If your business is interested in sponsoring an AALPI event or advertising in our publication, please contact:
Dan Jones at 480-535-6620, ext. 703 or email [email protected]
We welcome reader submissions in the areas of reviews (of equipment, software, websites, books, etc), how-to pieces and first-person accounts of interesting or unusual experiences on the job. To submit an article to The AALPI Chronicle,, or to send in suggestions or ideas for
articles you’d like to see, send an email to Marri Bernier at [email protected]. All submissions must be original or have the proper written
authorization to republish. All articles are subject to approval and editing by the AALPI editorial committee .
Volume I, Issue III
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Highlights of Board Meetings
April 28 and June 2
MEMBERSHIP
AALPI welcomes both new and returning members approved at the April 28
board meeting:
RETURNING MEMBERS
David Rabern, ICS World
Scottsdale, Arizona
Michael Rabern, ICS World
Scottsdale, Arizona
NEW MEMBERS
Lois J. Grushka
Investigator
Tucson, Arizona
Glenn A. Walp, PhD.
Former Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner and College Professor
Alan Hancock
20-Year Law Enforcement Veteran
Tucson, Arizona
Richard Luehrig
Southwest Group Investigations
Scottsdale, Arizona
Terry Ringey,
Retired Police Chief, Pinetop/Lakeside,
Show Low, Arizona
Thomas Fanchild
Veteran Investigator
Mission Viejo, California
We’re pleased you’ve decided to join and
we look forward to getting to know you.
We hope you will sign up for our June
member event, where you’ll have an opportunity to network with other members.
The April 28 meeting of the Board of Directors saw various changes to the make-up of the
Board. Dan Jones moved from his position as Secretary to take over the vacant post of the
Treasurer. Robert Ware, formerly Member-at-Large, stepped into the Secretary position,
while Marri Bernier became the new Member-at-Large.
Among other topics, the Board discussed the need to fill committees in order to achieve
AALPI's many aims for the year.
The Professional Development Committee, headed by Patrick Cote, and staffed also by
Dana Young, Van DiCarlo, and Matt Brooks, is the best-staffed of the committees so far
this year.
Matt Brooks, the Board's Sargeant-at-Arms, volunteered to head up the Membership Committee, but volunteers are badly needed to help realize the goal of increased membership.
The Legislation Committee has a vacancy for a Chair, since Jayne McElfresh stepped down.
Her experienced leadership and tireless dedication will be missed. The committee sorely
needs volunteers at all levels. Arizona lawmakers adjourned during the Spring, but will
reconvene for the new session on August 2, 2012. It is critical that AALPI begin gearing up
now to address the legislative issues affecting our industry during the coming legislative
session.
AALPI is calling out to members to volunteer on most other committees, as well. If you
are at all interested in assisting the association that supports your profession, if you have
even a limited amount of time to donate to the very worthy cause of making our industry
stronger, please consider volunteering on a committee: Legislation, Unlicensed Activity,
Technology (the Website), and Membership need help the most. Contact Dana Young at
(480) 535-6620, ext. 700 for information on volunteering with any of these committees.
A drive to increase membership, as well as a strategy for success in legislative issues, will be
the primary focus of AALPI in the coming months. The Chronicle will keep you informed of
developments.
In the meantime, we ask that you step forward and become involved. We welcome your
input, your ideas, your insight, and most especially, your time. If you're simply too busy to
volunteer, then by all means write your ideas down and send them to the Board of Directors. You will receive credit for any idea you suggest that the board adopts.
Dates for Board meetings for the remainder of 2012 were decided at the June 2 meeting.
They are: June 16 (immediately following seminar); July 28; August 25 (possibly in a cooler
climate); September 22 (following Sept. member event); October 27; November 17; and, of
course, December 1, day of the Annual Conference. As always, members are welcome.
A Look Back at AALPI’s Early Days (continued from Page 7)
We wondered what the P.I. business was like in those early days, when the stereotypical image of the gumshoe may have been less a stereotype
than a reality, when women investigators were few and far between, and C.B. radios were the smart phones of the day. “We worked hard and
we played hard,” says Webb. “But, we got things done; we helped each other.” Webb has many stories of those early days as a P.I., as do his
colleagues from the 60s and 70s, most of whom, if living, are now retired. So many, in fact, that we decided to use those stories as our “Looking
Back” feature for the July-August issue of The AALPI Chronicle. Stay tuned.
(Editor's Note: We were not able to verify information regarding
Senator Giss' alleged personal history with investigators. That is included here, not as a matter of fact, but as
part of Webb's recollection of events. Nor were we able to obtain any definitive evidence of The Fat Man Detective Agency in Arizona. An agency by that name existed in
Grand Rapids, MI during the time in question, and a Scottsdale newspaper article from the late 1960s makes brief mention of an agency by the same name operating in Arizona. However, the mention is parenthetical and does not allow any definitive conclusions. We ask that readers take the information for its entertainment value alone.)
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