August 2019 RMMWA Meeting
As we have for previous August meetings, we’ll meet in Colorado Springs at a private home. Refreshments provided; beverages available for purchase. Location and directions will be sent to those who have RSVPed for the meeting. Please pay below via PayPal by Monday, August 5 to ensure your reservation.
Stephen Pease, Private Investigator
Basically, writers have a choice—submit to the TV cliché, or write based on reality, which, according to licensed private investigator Stephen Pease, is just as dramatic as a TV Dick with a big gun. For our August RMMWA program, Stephen will present the real duties of the licensed private invetigator, myth- and cliché-busting. He’ll cover things like how you become a licensed PI in Colorado, what sorts of things PIs do, along with things they would never do, and how a case works.
Stephen, a RMMWA member who writes as Michael Chandos, has been a Colorado Licensed Private Investigator for a couple of years, mostly doing subcontract work for PIs across the state. He started his own office in downtown Colorado Springs last year.
Until next meeting
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Upcoming Programs
Saturday July 11th
Program: NO MEETING THIS MONTH
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Thursday August 8th
Program: Stephen Pease, PI
RMMWA Contact: Chris Goff
Thursday September 12th
Program: Human Trafficking
RMMWA Contact: Laurie Walcott
Thursday October 10th
Program: RT Lawton, Surveillance Workshop
RMMWA Contact: Chris Goff
Thursday November 14th
Program: Russell Pilcher, Sierra Detection
Systems
RMMWA Contact: ZJ Czupor
Thursday December 12th: NO MEETING
(due to tentative holiday party event)
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