Orlando Area Investigators' meeting

Sponsored by

the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI)

 Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 7:00pm

Best Western Mount Vernon Inn

110 South Orlando Avenue (17-92 and Morse Blvd.)

Winter Park, Florida 32789

This month's speaker will be

Joe Spinello

Lead Investigator, Orlando Office, Division of Licensing

Topic:    Chapter 493 legal & policy updates and 

DoL Horror Stories about Investigators

Mr. Spinello started his career in law enforcement at 18 as an auxiliary patrol officer in Cranford, NJ.  Two years later, he was hired as a full time police officer in Kenilworth, N.J., where he remained for the next five years.  In 1989, he accepted a position as a police officer with the Orlando Police Department and relocated to central Florida. 

During his twenty plus years with OPD, Mr. Spinello served in the Patrol Division and the Criminal Investigations Division, working auto theft, career criminals, economic crimes units, and the department’s first "Sexual Predator Task Force.”  Further, he was the division liaison to the city’s Information Systems Division and designed and implemented a Released Offender database.  Mr. Spinello also served at the Airport Division, where he was a training officer and the division "Dignitary Operations Officer” where he oversaw over 200 VIP operations, including several presidential visits.  

In November 2009, Mr. Spinello retired from OPD, after over a quarter-century in law enforcement.  In 2011, he accepted a position with the Division of Licensing. There, he and two other investigators are responsible for the regulation of the security, private investigative, and repossession trades across the six counties that comprise Central Florida In 2014, he rejoined the law-enforcement community on a part-time basis. 

About the meeting: This is a FREE event is open to ALL members (or potential members) of the investigative professions.  The event is sponsored by the Florida Association of Licensed Investigators (FALI) as part of our continuing efforts to provide our membership with quality educational and networking opportunities.  FALI meetings held in the Orlando area are made available for those investigators living or working in central Florida and are open to ALL investigators across the state.  Central Florida Area meetings are normally held the last Tuesday of every month at the Best Western Inn, 17-92 and Morse Blvd., Winter Park, FL.  If you are traveling and need overnight accommodations, the Best Western offers discounted rates.

Dinner before the meeting:  If you are interested in dining together around 5:00 p.m. at a venue somewhat near the meeting place, please contact me at ollie@averyprivateeye.com  Individuals would be responsible for the cost of their meal.

Drinks after the meeting: Feel free to stay, meet, mingle and network with other investigators immediately following the meeting by the poolside of the Best Western.

* Have an idea for a speaker or a topic?  Interested in volunteering to assist in planning or coordinating meetings or other events for FALI? Don't be shy!  Contact Ollie TODAY at (407) 273-6646.

About FALI: YOUR VOICE COUNTS.  If you have an issue, question, comment or opinion, your voice does count and needs to be heard.  Your FALI Board of Directors is sincerely interested in ways we can improve our association to better serve you and to represent our industry.  FALI is the driving force for our industry in the state of Florida.  Not yet a member?  Visit www.FALI.com to learn more about FALI, membership benefits and how to become a member.

Ollie Phipps

F.A.L.I. Area (9) Director

(407) 273-6646