SPOTLIGHT INVESTIGATIVE Invest in Your Future With IAIL Consider a life membership and start planning for next year’s forensic conference. conference. If they all pass, that will bring our total of CFLs to 45 out of 328 mem- bers. We had two SAVTA members take the new CFL safe and vault exam and five door hardware students take the CFL architectural hardware exam. Fourteen took the general forensics exam, and seven took the CFL automotive exam. Plan on attending SAFETECH this April, and take the safe and vault mandatory I 16 class to qualify to sit for the CFL exam in safes and vaults. I’m sure a lot of lock and safe technicians are already expert witnesses, but how about adding a credential to your CV so that attorneys know that you are certified and tested? Forensic Investigations on the Rise This has been a very busy year for forensic investigations. As auto investigations start to decline, we are seeing an increase in other cases being offered. Consider ad- ditional training to broaden your portfolio and make your company look more at- tractive to your clients. Door cases have doubled for my company in one year, and I can only attribute this to improperly installed doors, frames and hardware. With the increased requirement for annual fire and smoke door inspections, it is bringing to light the problems we are facing. In the past, I have had a variety of cases that en- compassed all forms of locks, but in the past three years, my workload is 95% doors, frames and hardware. Any time the case involves children and amputations, there are large sums of money involved, so paying a high-dollar investigator is the standard. To investigate doors, frames and hardware, you must be proficient in building and fire codes as well. Be- cause the building and fire codes change every three years, continual education is a must to stay current. KEYNOTES DECEMBER 2018 want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Boxer Day, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy Holidays in case I missed anyone! Another year gone before you realize what is going on. I am still excited from our 2018 Forensic Conference at our training center in Dallas. This year, 27 CFL candidates sat for the exam aſter the end of the Plan Ahead for 2019 When you are paying your annual dues for IAIL, consider paying for a life mem- bership. Five hundred dollars is a great bargain, and that will be another com- mitment that will go away. Staying cur- rent with your dues is very important so you can use our resources for referral services and documents. It’s not too early to mark your calen- dars for the IAIL Forensic Conference October 17-20, 2019, at the Aaron M. Fish Security Training Center in Dallas. We will have four forensic classes per day for three full days to fulfill your require- ments and then sit for the CFL exam! It was suggested that we hold another fo- rensics conference in the spring in New England. Stay tuned for more informa- tion on this event. If you have any questions, please send me an email at [email protected]. From my family to yours, Buon Natale, amici! Tom Resciniti Demont, AHC, CAI, CFDI, CFL, CMIL, CML, CMST, ICML, IFDI, LSFDI, ARL. President, In- ternational Association of Investigative Locksmiths. [email protected] Get Published! IAIL members: Submi t your ar t icles for the Invest igat ive Spotlight department. Send your informat ion to Ross Squire at [email protected]. WWW.ALOA.ORG
