Past Meetings

End of Year Holiday Event-Open Board Meeting
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
SPI will hold an open board meeting. This gives SPI members and their guests an opportunity to participate in a board meeting where the programs and operations of the society are addressed. Meet the New 2020 Board!

Coming November 21: Meet Barry Meier, the first journalist to shed a national spotlight on the abuse of OxyContin
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
New York Times investigative reporter Barry Meier was the first journalist to shed a national spotlight on the abuse of OxyContin. He will tell us about a 2006 Justice Department memo and its consequences for today’s wave of lawsuits against opioid makers

Meet Hector Rodriguez- Major Case Squad Detective - Dinner Meeting- October 17, 2019
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
Major Case Squad Detective Hector Rodriguez has been entrusted with some of New York City’s most high profile cases, including the homicide of Patrolman Phil Cardillo and the Son of Saul serial killer investigation.

SPI 63rd Annual Awards Gala
Giando on the Water - Williamsburg
412 Kent Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Venue website

Join Us for an Open Board Dinner Meeting at Pete's Tavern
Dinner-Open Board meeting- Shaping SPI's future with good food and friends.

Meet Pete Gallo-Anti-money laundering /counter terrorism financing consultant
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
Peter Gallo, is presenting on what an investigator needs to know to become an expert in money laundering legislation in any country you care to suggest.

Meet Nick Himonidis (hopefully, this time the weather will cooperate) at the next dinner meeting on May 16, 2019
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY

HERMAN WEISBERG ON DEALING WITH THE MEDIA REGARDING PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS- April 18,2019
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
He is managing director of New York-based Sage Intelligence Group , Mr. Weisberg oversees investigative work in support of complex litigation, corporate security, and executive protection on behalf of law firms, major corporations, small businesses....
March 21, 2019 Dinner Meeting
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
"20 Years of Undercover Investigations in China"- Theodore Kavowras (Ret NYPD) is a Manager at Panoramic Consulting Limited which specializes in Intellectual Property (IP) Investigations primarily within Greater China.

February 21, 2019- Dinner Meeting
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
Alex Urbelis, Esq.-Blackstone Law Group-Investigating Cyber Crimes with Law Enforcement Powers: Effective Collaboration Techniques for Investigators and Attorneys

Dinner Meeting: January 17, 2019
Forlini's Restaurant
93 Baxter Street
New York, NY
Ret. Commissioner James B. Ferguson, Jr. will talk about the recent and highly controversial release of police assassin Herman Bell. Bell, a former Black Liberation Army member, served more than 40 years in prison for the slayings of NYPD Officers.