1. Investigating a person - Part II
JRN275
Quinnipiac University
Fall 2017
Dr Molly Yanity
**Information from Mark Tatge
Infor

2. Electronic Records What am I searching for? Who keeps the records?
Where is the physical record housed?
What paper trail can I follow?
Primary records?
Secondary records?

3. Money Matters If I have to pay – how much is my budget
Use news clippings to start to find leads.
Want Primary sources
Want copies of the records
How long will it take to get the paper records?
How much will it cost?

4. Where to go… Social Media/Networking Sites
Discussion Groups (called Listservs)
Personal and professional websites
Workplace Directories (job)
City directories (where they live)
Professional directories (attorney, doctor)

5. Super sites

6. Businesses Registered Businesses at Connecticut Secretary of State
Better Business Bureau – Connecticut

7. State Databases
Sex Offender
Incarceration Records
Connecticut Registered Voter Database

8. Criminal/Court Records
Connecticut case look-up
National look-up for District, Bankruptcy and Appellate courts

9. Other Records Death Records http://www.deathindexes.com/connecticut
Vital Records Office
Chief Medical Examiner/Coroner 32

10. Vehicles/Driving
The Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (also referred to as the "DPPA”) is a United States federal statute governing the privacy and disclosure of personal information gathered by state Departments of Motor Vehicles.
The law was passed in It was introduced by Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia in 1992, after an increase in opponents of abortion rights using public driving license databases to track down and harass abortion providers and patients.
But, we can find criminal proceedings (DUIs, speeding, etc.)

11. Licenses
License Lookup Center
Lobbyists:

12. Why isn’t more online?
Industry lobbies – keep info from being put online.
Industry has lobbied the State to keep reports about bad nursing homes from being offered electronically.
Nursing Home Reports – Not Online

13. Other resources