Southeast Area FALI Meeting

(Broward/Miami-Dade/Monroe Counties)

Thursday, September 24, 2015

TIME: 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Eat, Meet, Greet! Get to know each other!

6:45p adjourn to our private conference room

(You are responsible for your own dinner and/or drinks)

7:00 pm SHARP!--MEETING BEGINS and doors will close

WHERE: Dania Beach Marriott Courtyard

400 Gulf Stream Way

Dania Beach, FL 33004

954-624-3321

(North of the Bass Pro Shop off I-95 in front of the Tri Rail Station)

Guest Speaker

Gerald S. Cole
Latent Print Examiner 

Topic: Fingerprints in Investigations

Jerry Cole has extensive fingerprint analysis experience with government agencies from the Miami-Dade County Florida Police Department, to the US Secret Service Forensic Laboratory, Washington DC. He provides his fingerprint identification expertise ranging from criminal defense and/or civil litigation along with instruction and lecturing. At this meeting PIs will learn more about another tool at their disposal while conducting investigations. 

Jerry initially trained with the FBI Identification Division, Washington, D.C. He has dedicated his career to the

comparison and identification of fingerprint impressions. He has testified as an expert in more than 30 states

at all levels of judicial proceedings. He is recognized as a Certified Latent Print Examiner by the International

Association for Identification Instructed and lectured fingerprint identification techniques

About the location:

The Marriott Courtyard has a lovely Bistro in the lobby, set up much like a Panera Bread Shop.  They sell starters, soups, salads, sandwiches burgers and more!  AND have a BAR with a HAPPY HOUR from 5:00PM – 7:00PM. You order at the counter then  take your food to the seating selection of your choice.  We’ll all try and stay in one section, for the purpose of networking.  We are VERY LUCKY to have this place!!!.  They are giving us a conference room for free in exchange for the business we bring to the Bistro.  Although the meeting is free, you will be responsible for your own food and drinks.  Please, let’s show our appreciation and ALL plan to come and eat & drink before this very informative meeting!   Check it out here:

 The Bistro at Courtyard: Hotel Dining for Traveler's on the Go

WHO IS INVITED:

Members and non-members and guests are all welcome to attend! Feel free to invite your interns, colleagues or other security/investigative/recovery  professionals you may know such as process servers, Law Enforcement Officers, students and teachers of Criminal Justice and Private Investigative Programs. Spread the word – Spread the knowledge. SPOUSES are welcomed too!!

ALL FCIs WILL RECEIVE FCI CREDITS!!!!!!

Mingle after the meeting:

Feel free to stay, meet, mingle and network with other investigators immediately following the meeting. 

**** We need a headcount for the meeting room! ****

PLEASE RSVP To:

Michael Cole at:

mrc0043@comcast.net

with your name, and the number in your party

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.org to learn more about FALI, membership benefits and how to become a member

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 Mike TODAY at  305-308-7008.

FALI Dade/Broward Area meetings are made available for those investigators living or working in South Florida and open to ALL investigators across the state.s

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See you there