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Most PIs Have Not Received Pandemic Cash From Feds: Survey Says

5/23/2020

 
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Businesses owned by private investigators have overwhelming slowed down since the coronavirus struck.

However, most PIs have not received stimulus money from the government to help keep them going, according to the results of a national survey conducted by Ross Private Investigators. 
 
Some 87 percent of respondents said they had applied for loans and grants offered by the federal government. 
 
But of the respondents who applied, 60 percent said they had not received any money from the Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) and 76 percent had not received money from the Economic Disaster Injury Loan (EDIL) Advance.
 
Some 84 percent said they had applied for both the PPP and the EDIL Advance but had not received money from both of the grants as of yet.
 
On May 19, Ross Private Investigators sent 10 survey questions to a number of Yahoo Group listservs dedicated to the private investigation industry across the US. In total, 23 PIs responded over two days. Answers were anonymous. 
 
Here’s what PIs had to say:

  • “I applied for both loans but only got (the) PPP and only got 50 percent of what I asked for. Not happy,” said one PI. 
  • Another said: “I applied through the SBA (Small Business Administration) for a stimulus loan of $10,000 (but) only received $1,000.”
  • “The program is a good idea but I haven't been paid so I don't see the point,” said another. 
  • And one said: “I was emailed by the SBA that I would only be approved for $6,500 for EDIL but it has not been funded yet.”
  • “My bank discontinued the PPP because they were overwhelmed with loans. It was no longer offered,” said another. “I guess banks receive an allotment of the $3.3 trillion or whatever it was. There were more applicants than money received. So they stopped accepting applications.”
 
However, not everyone was unhappy as several PIs said the money had been helpful.

  • One said: “Definitely helpful for the time being! Hopefully work will pick up in June and things get back to normal.”
  • “Surprisingly, my business has been doing well. I didn't apply for the EIDL because I couldn't get through to anyone to do so. The PPP responded that they are working on it. The personal $1,200 payment was helpful. I'm spending time marketing.”

Survey respondents gave mixed responses when they reported back on whether or not the pandemic had hurt their businesses and if the stimulus money had helped.
 
Regarding the question of whether the pandemic had hurt their businesses, some 87 percent of respondents said “yes” it had. 
 
But another question asked if the stimulus money had been helpful. Some 52 percent said “yes” and 48 per cent said “no.”
 
Several PIs also complained they missed out on loans and grants because they were sole proprietors. 

  • Said one: “I received nothing but stress trying to get assistance. I believe that those of us who are sole proprietors who work alone were not even considered even though I have been in business 24-plus years. I think we got ignored as we always do. The SBA did a credit check on me a month ago. I never got assistance. We don't count.”
  • Another said: “Not very helpful because it does not include sole proprietors without employees.”

Private Investigators Still Have to Renew Licenses Despite Legal Uncertainties

5/15/2020

 
Colorado private investigators are still being asked to renew their licenses despite the fact controversial legislation to renew licensing law is stalled in the State House and might not succeed.
 
Emails recently went out to investigators asking them renew by the end of May. The fee is $16. If PIs don’t renew in time they are given a 60-day grace period and charged a late fee, before licenses are “deemed expired.” 
 
However, the future of licensing remains uncertain as the Department of Regulatory Agencies, which administers the law, is opposed to the licensing regime and the legislature is running short of time to pass the required legislation.
 
HB20-1207 – Sunset Regulation of Private Investigators – is currently stalled before the state’s House Appropriations Committee as the legislature was forced to lock down in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The current law will be repealed on Sept. 1 if no action is taken by the legislature. 
 
But DORA legislative affairs director Michael Nicoletti told this blog the government has to “proceed based on current law.”
 
“Current law is that PIs are still required to be licensed in Colorado.  I can't predict what will happen when the legislature reconvenes as there are many variables beyond our control in that process,” says Nicoletti.
 
DORA has spoken out publicly against the law after releasing a scathing report saying complaints about private investigators in Colorado were “virtually nonexistent.”. 
 
Under the private eye law, since 2015, 77 complaint files were opened and only eight disciplinary actions taken. Of those, six were conditional licenses, issued to individuals because of behavior prior to being licensed, not after. Of the remaining actions, two were dispensed to one individual who was issued a letter of admonition as well as a practice stipulation for harassment against another private investigator.
 
No private investigator licenses have been revoked under the current law. 
 
Private investigators have been regulated by DORA since 2011. Requirements to obtain a private investigator’s license include being at least 21 years old, submitting an application, passing a background check, passing a jurisprudence exam, posting a surety bond and paying fees.

Private Investigator Institute To Be Held On Zoom

5/14/2020

 
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Three months after its professional development institute was to begin, the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (PPIAC) will host the institute on Zoom.
 
The PPIAC will hold its Colorado Investigative Development Institute on June 5 and 6, after the original event was canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak. 
 
But instead of being taught how to be a private investigator from the Hilton Inverness in Englewood, where the original event was to take place in early April, the PPIAC now says participants can “learn from the comfort of your home or office!”
 
The online institute is priced at $250 for PPIAC members and $300 for guests.
 
An email blast from PPIAC president Andrea Orozco says the June event will feature “over 13 hours of instruction, networking, resources and valuable tips for your career as a professional investigator.”
 
The PPIAC is a nonprofit organization that provides education, training and legislative advocacy for professional private investigators.
 

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Highly experienced team of Denver private investigators serving attorneys, businesses, and individuals. Our investigation services include, but are not limited to: process of service, responsible party identification, witness locates and interviews, workplace investigations, competitive intelligence, background investigations, surveillance investigations, fidelity investigations (infidelity), cheating spouses, aerial video, & more. Ross Investigators PC, Inc. proudly offers their PI services to: Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Centennial, Cherry Creek, Colorado Springs, Commerce City, Denver, Englewood, Fort Collins, Glendale, Golden, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Longmont, Louisville, Loveland, Morrison, Northglenn, Parker, Pueblo, Superior, Thornton, Washington Park, and all of Colorado.
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