LEGISLATIVE GUIDE

We need legislators to know about the problems at the LSBPIE.  Coming soon, you will be able to click here and get a punch list as to what we need you to do!

Not surprising, a THIRD SUIT has been filed against the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigators as of Feb 6, 2012. 

Irv Magri versus the LSBPIE, ETAL

Scott Frank versus the LSBPIE, ETAL

Steve Divine versus the LSBPIE and Pat Englade

I sincerely believe that there are people on the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners that think they answer to no one.  I formed this opinion from my personal experience in the manner in which they responded to my public records requests by really not responding at all.  In fact, in one particular case, instead of complying with the requirement to release documents, Pat Englade went to the extreme of writing letters to the other providers suggesting they file for a protective order to prevent him from releasing the documents.  Add that to the fact that they suspended our company from providing CE without a single complaint or any notice and you will begin to question things too.

The issue of Irv Magri is extremely interesting and offers a confession letter from the former chairman of the Louisiana State Board of Private Examiners.  It involves a claim that the board did not receive four (4) separate letters containing eight (8) checks to change the license status of 2 licensed investigators from one company to another. More interesting, the checks and envelopes were found "stashed" (?) behind the state boards file cabinets, but never the less, Mr. Magri was administratively fined by the LSBPIE $3000.00 for a matter that they could have resolved, had they only looked behind the file cabinets.  How they got there is within itself a mystery.  Read more about this on the link.  Mr. Magri states that if it could happen to him, it could easily happen to you.   This suit is still ongoing and we expect a court date soon.

Scott Franks issues begun when a District Judge issued an opinion and filed it in a divorce case saying that he believed Mr. Frank has presented testimony that was not true.  The facts suggest that Pat Englade discovered this information and then set about to investigate the matter when there had been no official complaint from anyone in the public.  But what is most disturbing is that along the way, evidence was provided to the board to completely exonerate Mr. Frank of the original claim, as it appears that the Judge might have been mistaken in his belief.  One would have expected the case to be dismissed but they took it to a hearing anyway and the results are mind boggling with a suit that extends on and on.....take a look.

Mr. Englade wrote Steve Divine that he should take appropriate action if he felt that he had been done wrong.  That was good advice and resulted in the suit filed on Feb 6, 2012   The Documents presented are public records and there will be no additional comments relative to the suit until after we go to trial.

I sincerely believe that there has to be a better way to protect the Citizens of Louisiana and hope that you will join with me in support of a new law to change the way that private investigators are regulated.

One can't help but make comparisons to the suit that Eddie Mauri filed in 1998 for Civil Rights and settled for $50,000.00.  SEE THAT SUIT HERE

Interesting...two people* that were sued in that action are also included in this action.  Why is it that intelligent people continue to do the same thing over and over and expect different results? 

* John Mowell
* Bruce Childers

In this short video, They attempt to explain the prior $50,000 lawsuit as well
as why they have over $19,000 in uncollected fines.  Watch this and see if Mr. Englade is
operating within his legislative authority.