California Association of Licensed Investigators

"San Fernando Valley District"

The next meeting is scheduled for

March 25, 2010
Cost: $25.00

Time: Cocktails at 6:00 PM, Dinner & Meeting at 7:00 PM
Location: Lulu's Restaurant, 16900 Roscoe Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91406

Subject: Election Meeting & More for CALI San Fernando Valley District

This month's Guest Speaker will be R. Marshall Frost Esq., a specialist in Estate Law and Planning. Learn how to protect your own assets and how to navigate the complicated financial obstacles to recover assets or locate legitimate heirs.

Our corporate sponsor will be "Send-Out Cards," a direct mail method to maintain contact with clients and family. Send out custom cards for less than a dollar!

Our drawing will have a special prize this month - A mini DVR with a Pin Hole / Button Hole camera donated by DGA Detectives and the ISIT Academy. Bring a raffle prize and receive the dollar equitant in raffle tickets!

This meeting will also be the time we elect the District Governor and District Director. We also expect that many of the candidates for other offices will make an appearance and share their views about the future of CALI and activities in the coming months.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Dale Gustafson
805-579-0641

For additional information you can contact

District Governor Dale Gustafson at:

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Highlights From Past Meetings:

The Serial Murderer that "Got away with it."

The true story of George Hodel and the Black Dahlia Murder

January 28, 2010

**Price: FREE! Facility & Refreshments courtesy of ISIT Academy**

Best selling author, Private Investigator and former LAPD Homicide Investigator, Steve Hodel was the guest speaker at the January 28, 2010, San Fernando Valley, CALI District Meeting.

During his career at Hollywood Homicide, he received more than 75 commendations and handled over 300 separate murder investigations.

After he retired from LAPD in 1986, he established HODEL INVESTIGATIONS. Steve has been a licensed California Private Investigator, conducting mainly criminal defense investigations, for the past 23-years.

Steve’s first book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder published in 2003 is a New York Times Bestseller, a NYT Most Notable Book and was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category.

Steve’s sequel, MOST EVIL: the Further Serial Murders of Dr. George Hill Hodel, was published by DUTTON – PENGUIN GROUP in September, 2009.

During his career at Hollywood Homicide, he received more than 75 commendations and handled over 300 separate murder investigations.

Steve presented a riveting power-point presentation on the background of George Hodel and how he managed to present a respectable public image while at the same time being a sadistic serial killer.

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Highlights From Past Meetings:

Inside the LAPD

Missing Persons Unit

October 8, 2009

INSIDE THE LAPD MISSING PERSONS UNIT: CALI Members enjoyed a very special evening with key members of the LAPD's Missing Persons Unit. The LAPD MPU was formed in 1972 and currently processes 3000 adult missing persons cases a year utilizing a staff of seven investigators. They discussed how the unit operates, who qualifies as a missing person, who can report a missing person and more. Also on the agenda is how the MPU views and interacts with private investigators hired by families of the missing.

Representing the MPU were Det. Carmine Sasso (Third from left), supervisor of the Missing Persons Unit. He is a 19 year veteran of the LAPD and has led the MPU since 2006. Also appearing was Det. Bruce Kuehl (Second from Left), a 29 year LAPD veteran who has been with the MPU for 15 years and is the unit's senior most investigator. Both detectives have worked numerous high profile cases including the recent Jasmine Fiore case and the Patrick McDermott (longtime boyfriend of Olivia Newton-John) disappearance. The presentation was a Q&A format moderated by CALI member Robert Scott (Standing on left).

The meeting Hosts were Ken Childs (Far right), District Governor of the Los Angeles District; and Dale Gustafson, District Governor of the San Fernando Valley District.

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Highlights From Past Meetings:

Meeting Re-cap, May 29, 2008 (Special Election Meeting)

Featured Guest Speaker:

Patti Stanger

Featured on the hit Bravo TV reality series Millionaire Matchmaker

Patti Stanger founded Millionaire’s Club in January 2000. Ms. Stanger, the club’s owner, is the former Director of Marketing for Great Expectations (the largest and oldest dating service in the United States), as well as an experienced third-generation matchmaker. She also has ten years of experience in the fashion industry and has worked for such well-known companies as Union Bay Sportswear, Jou Jou Jeans, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Ms. Stanger felt that successful men in the dating arena needed a private, exclusive club where they could come to find their beautiful and intelligent wives. Introduction services in the new millennium were, after all, no longer only for the dateless and desperate, and were becoming far more acceptable and mainstream. Patti realized that busy, upscale men simply didn’t have the time to go looking for a relationship, weren’t meeting the kind of women that they dreamed about, or were looking for a certain “type” that they couldn’t find. These men needed a service where they could be introduced to exceptionally beautiful women in a relaxing, discreet and confidential manner. She also saw that, in the dating service industry, the odds of a beautiful woman joining a premier dating service on her own were very low—so she set out to recruit women from across the country and around the world through advertisements, magazine articles, dating scouts, and television appearances.

The Millionaire’s Club currently has over 10,000 women available for its members to date and continues to sign up new ladies each and every day. The service is free to women only; each woman is thoroughly screened and receives a comprehensive personal evaluation.

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Highlights From Past Meetings:

Re-Cap of Meeting on April 3, 2008

Featured Guest Speaker: Supervisory Special Agent Ashour Ebrahim

Of the FBI's Los Angeles Office

Ashour Ebrahim has been a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the past 12 years. During those years he has been assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) Los Angeles. In September 2007, he was assigned as the Supervisor and Civil Rights program Coordinator in Los Angeles. His current responsibilities include leading a squad of FBI agents in investigating Human Trafficking, Color of Law and other Civil Rights Investigations.

Special Agent Ebrahim presented information on "Human Trafficking" in the Southern California area. Recent cases he sited included slave labor and forced prostitution.

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Highlights From Past Meetings:

RE-CAP OF MEETING ON FEBRUARY 7, 2008

The District meeting was held at the Nick Harris Detective Academy. 29 people attended, 15 were members or from member agencies, 8 students, the rest were guests of attendees.

Although the meeting was not billed as a dinner meeting, a buffet table was set up and guests socialized prior to the meeting being called to order by Dale Gustafson.

After introductions and announcements, Jim Zimmer was asked to speak on “unlicensed practice” in the PI industry and what we are doing to help eliminate the problems. He also spoke on our upcoming CALI “Leg Day” in Sacramento on April 21

Jan Tucker, the CALI Board Chairman gave us an update on the Continuing Education bill and the bipartisan support the Committee has been able to garner in Sacramento.

Corey Friedman spoke on some of the new “tools of the trade” that are available. His new toys included a low-budget GPS tracker, night vision and telephone spoof cards.

The guest speaker, Robert Scott spoke on and demonstrated some of the unknown sources of data that are available. He demonstrated a variety of unique “free” databases and showed some of the newest additions to his own service. Robert’s book “The Investigator’s Little Black Book” was also sold for half price at the meeting with all the proceeds going to the CALI Legislative Committee.

California Association of Licensed Investigators

"San Fernando Valley District"

The next meeting is scheduled for

The Serial Murderer that "Got away with it."

The true story of George Hodel and the Black Dahlia Murder

January 28, 2010

**Price: FREE! Facility & Refreshments courtesy of ISIT Academy**

Highlights From Past Meetings:

October 8, 2009

Highlights From Past Meetings:

Meeting Re-cap, May 29, 2008 (Special Election Meeting)

The Millionaire’s Club currently has over 10,000 women available for its members to date and continues to sign up new ladies each and every day. The service is free to women only; each woman is thoroughly screened and receives a comprehensive personal evaluation.

Highlights From Past Meetings:

Re-Cap of Meeting on April 3, 2008

Highlights From Past Meetings:

RE-CAP OF MEETING ON FEBRUARY 7, 2008

The District meeting was held at the Nick Harris Detective Academy. 29 people attended, 15 were members or from member agencies, 8 students, the rest were guests of attendees.

Although the meeting was not billed as a dinner meeting, a buffet table was set up and guests socialized prior to the meeting being called to order by Dale Gustafson.

After introductions and announcements, Jim Zimmer was asked to speak on “unlicensed practice” in the PI industry and what we are doing to help eliminate the problems. He also spoke on our upcoming CALI “Leg Day” in Sacramento on April 21

Jan Tucker, the CALI Board Chairman gave us an update on the Continuing Education bill and the bipartisan support the Committee has been able to garner in Sacramento.

Corey Friedman spoke on some of the new “tools of the trade” that are available. His new toys included a low-budget GPS tracker, night vision and telephone spoof cards.

At the end of the meeting, two of the graduates from the Nick Harris Detective Academy were awarded their Diplomas, Tess Amigo, and Norma Sarenana.

Special thanks to Douglas Cobb and all the others that brought such wonderful door prizes.

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