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CARLOS S. ARIAS
LICENSE # PI 9803 PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR Home Office
INSURED INSURANCE FRAUD AND SUBROSA 5632 Van Nuys Blvd., # 302
SPECIALIST SINCE 1971 Van Nuys, California 91401
Ph: (800) 330-1998 Fax: (800) 920-9689
June 16, 2009
Joanna Gin, Associate Consultant
Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee
1020 N Street
Room 124
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: SB202 - Opposed
Dear Ms. Gin and BP&E Committee Chair & Members:
I am a licensed California private investigator and a member in good
standing of CALI and PICA. I am opposed to SB202. I am not opposed to
education or continuing education and obtain my training and education on a
voluntary basis that has proved to serve my clients, myself and my
profession well.
SB202 is not supported by our industry and serves no purpose to the state's
private investigators nor will it provide any added benefit or protection to
California consumers. There are too many loopholes in this poorly written
bill and it does absolutely nothing to correct any articulated problems
allegedly suffered by consumers. Unlicensed investigators are harming
consumers, but where is there any evidence that California licensed private
investigator do? Without such evidence, SB202 merely creates legislation
for the sake of added bureaucracy and governmental regulation, both of which
are unnecessary in this instance and in this economy.
Private Investigators are licensed and regulated by the Bureau of Security
and Investigative Services (BSIS) and as BSIS reports, we have an exemplary
discipline record that is 99.90% discipline free during the past seven (7)
years. How do the Author and Sponsors respond to this published fact? They
don't, yet they should.
Moreover, BSIS already has exclusive authority under B&P sections 7527.1
and 7542.1 to require and test in two of the three mandatory subjects
required in SB202. SB202 has no testing component and lacks efficiency and
value. Why not expand the authority under these B&P code sections rather
than create massive bureaucracy under SB202 if the means really justify the
end? SB202 simply creates a cottage industry and a captive audience for the
Sponsors of SB202.
The disastrous condition of our state's economy is suffocating small
business. Uncertainty breeds fear and there is no immediate end in sight.
This is not the time to burden California with SB202 and the unintended
consequences of implementing a poorly conceived legislation void in creating
a solution to any articulated problem.
Licensed Private Investigator
Since 1971
38 Years in business with spotless record and “No Mandatory CE”
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