August 2024

Boulder PD can’t demand thousands to release bodycam footage, says judge

A judge has slapped down a Colorado police department’s attempt to charge a media organization $1,000 a minute for bodycam footage.

The ruling supports arguments made by lawyers for Yellow Scene Magazine and Jeannette Orozco, whose 51-year-old mother, Jeanette Alatorre, was shot and killed by Boulder Police Department officers in 2023.

Boulder County District Court ...

Tracking down missing persons online

The Internet has made it much easier to stay connected, pay for goods and services, and obtain information. With many transactions being made online, it can only take a private investigator a few simple steps to track down a person of interest. Here’s how it’s done:

Social Media

Armed with a first and ...

Expert on OSINT to speak at private eye meeting

Victor Quesada, an expert in open intelligence, will speak at the next meeting of the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC).

Quesada is an account executive at Skopenow, a comprehensive open source intelligence (OSINT) analytics platform that can help to mitigate fraud, risks and threats.

The PPIAC says Quesada has been working with top private investigation ...

Instagram used to find hit-and-run snowboarder

A photo of the snowboarder taken by a passerby immediately after the accident at Aspen

A private investigator used social media to identify a hit-and-run snowboarder who last winter plowed into an Aspen skier, leaving her seriously injured.

According to a lawsuit filed in Pitkin County District Court, after the snowboarder slammed into Anne Cassidy, a mother ...