Colorado Private Investigator's
Legal Information Access Blog

Posted 5/13/13

Required Registration for Colorado Private Investigators Derailed at 11^th Hour

Posted 5/2/13

Bill Requiring Colorado Private Investigators to Register Speeds Toward Approval

Posted 4/29/13

Colorado Private Investigators Disagree on Registration Requirement

Posted 4/24/13

Colorado Legislative Committee Rejects Bid to Require Licensing of Private Investigators, But OKs Registration

Posted 4/19/13

Backers Say Critical Vote Lacking on Mandatory Licensing for Private Investigators

Posted 4/16/13

Colorado Lawmakers Consider Switching to Mandatory Licensing for Private Investigators

Posted 3/11/13

Married Denver private investigators discuss life, love and garbage on NPR

Posted 3/7/13

Colorado Bill To Protect Privacy of Social Network Information Advances

Posted 12/27/12

Private Investigator sentenced to prison for role in pretexting scandal

Posted 12/01/12

Colorado Private Investigators Not Much Interested in Licensing

Posted 7/30/12
Colorado’s 2nd Licensed Private Investigator Says Licensing “Extends Professionalism”

Posted 7/20/12
Colorado Has Licensed Private Investigators For the First Time in Decades

Posted 6/12/12
Denver Private Investigator Writes Book Ripping Failure to Go After Mortgage Fraud

Posted 5/14/12
Private Investigators Name Sherlock as Favorite Fictional Detective

Posted 3/27/12
Legislature Moves to Block Access to Administrative Investigation Records

Posted 2/13/12
Colorado Sets Rules for Private Investigator Licensing

Posted 12/21/11
Accused Prostitute Who Claims Affair with Sarah Palin’s Husband Hires Colorado Private Investigator To Examine Evidence Seized by Police

Posted 11/22/11
Social media another quiver in private investigators’ tool belt

Posted 10/31/11
Denver Private Investigator Slams Police In Shooting Incident

Posted 9/8/11
 

Denver Private Investigator Duo Helping Writers Write About Private Investigators

Posted 6/14/11
Colorado Governor Signs Private Investigator Licensing Bill Into Law

Posted 5/10/11

Bill Allowing Licensing for Colorado Private Investigators Almost Law

Posted 5/4/11
Colorado Private Investigator Wins National Publicity Cyber-Sleuthing for Celebrities

Posted 4/27/11

Bill Allowing Licensing for Colorado Private Investigators Advances

Posted 4/15/11

Posted 3/23/11
Colorado Private Investigator Licensing Bill Clears 2^nd Hurdle in Legislature

Posted 2/25/11
Colorado Private Investigator’s client is acquitted of all charges in stalking case

Posted 2/23/11
SPECIAL ACCESS TO RECORDS FOR PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS REMOVED FROM  CO LICENCING BILL

Posted 2/11/11
Private Investigator Joseph McHale bases mystery in Colorado “because people around the world have a fascination with the state”

 

Posted 2/8/11
Colorado private investigators would get special access to records under licencing bill

Posted 1/24/11
Colorado private investigator earns instructor contract, High Tech Crime Institute

Posted 11/17

Colorado private investigator pleads guilty to misdemeanor harassment  in stalking case

Posted 10/15/10
Denver Private Investigator Charged After Woman He Was Serving Runs Over Him

Posted 8/30/2010
Colorado Private Investigator Wades Into Controversy Over Whether Obama Was Born in the U.S.

Posted 8/16/10

Dueling Colorado PIs Trade Charges in Battle for Search Engine Rankings

Posted 8/13/10
 Denver Private Investigator Investigates Waterfowl Fatalities

Posted 08/06/10
Client of private investigator charged with stalking wanted sex info

Posted 8/3/10
Private Investigator facing stalking charges released on $10,000 bond

Posted 6/23/10

Online Group Formed to Discuss Private Investigator Licensing

Posted 6/18/10
Newspaper: Ex-Colorado Man Falsely Claimed to have Been PI – And Oregon Officials Accepted His Lies

Posted 6/14/10

Posted June 4

Former Colorado Man Using False Identity Says He Worked for Lo-Do Nightclub As Investigator

Posted May 26
Man Who Shot Surveillance Operative gets 18-Month Prison Term

Posted 5/13/10
Jury Acquits Defendant in 1975 Murder Case Stemming from Denver Kidnapping – Denver private investigator

Posted 5/10/10

Posted March 25
Bill Would Make Lawsuits in Traffic Cases Easier to Pursue

Posted November 23
Workers' Comp Surveillance Operatives Required to Tell All Under Proposed Legislation

Posted October 26
Denver Police Change Policy on Retaining DUI arrest records

Posted June 18
New CBI Database Lists Stolen Vehicles

Posted June 3
Colorado Physician Profiles Now Online

Posted April 21
Judicial Department Plan to Take Online Court Record Access In-House Is Derailed

Posted April 14
Judicial Department Wants to Run Online Court Access

Posted April 13
Colorado Gets Good Marks in Survey of Information Online

Posted March 13
CTLA Names Three "Case-of-the-Year" Finalists

Posted March 9

Legislative Panel Nixes Bill to Allow PIs to Register for Improved Access to Public Records

Posted February 10
DMV Proposes Restricting Investigators' Access to Records

Posted January 23
Boulder Process Server Arrested and Charged with Fraud

Posted Dec. 19, 2008
Physicians Database Now Has Info on Nearly 1,000 Docs - and Counting

Posted Nov. 12
DMV Relaxes Restrictions on Access to Driver Records

Posted August 18
Colorado Judicial Department To Launch Redesigned Web Site

Posted August 12
Newspaper Sues Governor Over Access to Cell-Phone Records

Posted August 4
Critics Say School Board Emails Are Public Meetings

Posted June 23
Colorado's Top Regulator Has Excuse for New Restrictions on Access to DMV Records

Posted July 8
Coloradans Now Able to Erase Criminal Convictions

Posted October 29
Office of New FOIA Ombudsman Now Open for Business

Posted September 17
Obama Administration Gets Mixed Grades in "Secrecy Report Card"

Posted September 11
Obama Administration Criticized on Transparency Initiative

Posted April 9
Justice Chief Holder Sets New Guidelines For Responses to Records Requests

Posted March 13
FBI Wins Awward for Worst Record of Responding to FOIA Requests

Posted January 19
FOIA Amendments Approved in '07 Legislation Now in Effect

Posted Dec. 15, 2008
Activists Call on Obama to Improve Public Access to Federal Records Quickly

Posted Nov. 12
Web Site Created to Pull Back the Veil of Secrecy Shrouding the Bank Bailout

Posted October 22
Feds Propose Rules for FOIA Requests to Freddie and Fannie Mac

Posted September 10
Report: Federal government Secrecy Intensified in '07

Posted September 5
Expanding FOIA - What Other Agencies Should be Covered?

Posted July 16
Study: Federal Agencies Granting Fewer FOIA Requests

Posted July 11
Bush Threatens to Veto Measure Preserving Emails

Posted June 25
Feds Puts the Hammer on PIs Using Deceit to Get Phone Records

Posted November 4
Lexis Search Tool Covers Ten Years of State and Federal Appellate Court Cases

Posted June 17
Obtain Information on Pollution Reports by Neighborhood 

Posted May 6
Google's New Search Tool Aimed at Making Accessing Public Data Easier

Posted March 11
Facebook Adds Search Tool and Criminal History Check

Posted Dec. 12, 2008
New Site Collects Public Employee Salary Databases

Posted Oct. 2
Texas AG Touts Closure of Colorado Firm Selling Phone Records

Posted August 19
Colorado Judicial Department Adds Docket Search Database to Its Web Site

Posted June 24
Records of Federal Advisory Committees Now Online and Searchable

Posted July 14
Search motorcycle accidents nationwide

Posted Dec. 10
CO Supremes Say Records Request Not Properly Considered

Posted October 15
Judge Rejects Bid For Access To Ritter Cell-Phone Records

Posted Setember 24
Federal Court To DOJ: Get National Vehicle Title Database Up and Running

Posted August 4
Federal Appeals Court Bans 'Secret' Juries

Posted June 26
Tax Returns Still Hard to Obtain - Even Through Discovery

Posted July 15
Judge Tosses Records Lawsuit Against Aurora Councilman

Posted March 30
PI Hired by Film Industry Group Nabs DVD Scam Artists

Posted March 15
NFL Quarterback Hires PI To Help Defend Against Possible Sex Charge

Posted March 3
California PI Tracking Down Long-time Ski Instructor

Posted February 22
Florida PI Details Code Violations by Police Lieutenant

Posted February 15

Florida City Council Stops Negotiating with Ex-Manager After Reading PI's Report

Posted February 2
Family of Missing Massachusetts Man Hires Nationally-Known PI

Posted January 31
LA PI Gets Restraining Order Against the Quaids

Posted January 13
School Board Hires PI to Help On Sex Assault Case

Posted December 18
PI Helps Family Find Daughter Taken By Internet Friend

Posted November 16
PI Helps Businesses Nab Crate Thieves

Posted October 6
Colorado School Principal Allows "CSI" PIs to Interview Student

Posted September 16
Siblings Reunited After 34 Years - Thanks to PI

Posted September 2
New Jersey Man Credits PI and Facebook With Finding Siblings He Never Knew

Posted August 24
PI Finds Evidence of Bugging at Oklahoma Charity

Posted August 12
Backpack Likely Saved Life of Denver PI Who Was Shot on Surveillance Assignment

Posted August 4

Is New Mexico Killer Toying with Private Investigator on his Trail?

Posted July 27
California Assessor Hires PI To Follow Employee

Posted July 24
Mother Rips Police, Hires PI to Investigate Son's Death at Party

Posted July 20

Family Hires PI to Investigate Suspicious Death

Posted July 17
County Commissioners Hire PI to Investigate Planning Department

Posted July 16

"Sick" Firefighters Exposed by PIs Hired by Mayor

Posted February 18
Colorado DMV Still Doesn’t Get It: Restricting Access to Records Hurts Coloradans

Posted September 4
Why is the Colorado Supreme Court Still in the Dark Ages on Access to Court Records?

Posted August 1
Why Isn't Congress Covered by FOIA?

Posted June 27
The Hazards of Using an Eraser on History: The Colorado Legislature’s Ugly Lesson