Answer:  Generally speaking, 'surveillance' is a covert investigative technique, utilized to discreetly obtain information through observation, regarding to the activities, associates and/or whereabouts of a subject.

Question:  Why conduct surveillance?

Answer:  To obtain information and/or evidence.  When you need to obtain evidence regarding a subject's precise activities and/or acquaintances, there is absolutely no substitute for surveillance.

Question:  What else is surveillance useful for?

Answer:  Surveillance is useful for gathering many different types of information.  Some of the information gathered through surveillance could include evidence regarding a subject's business and recreational activities, personal and business relationships, residence, employment and business locations, and much more.

Question:  In what type of cases is surveillance useful?

Answer:  Surveillance is utilized in nearly all types of investigations, including civil, criminal, insurance, background, and domestic.

Question:  Are there situations where it is beneficial or necessary to use more than one surveillance investigator?

Answer:  Absolutely!  Long-term surveillance operations, those that are conducted upon a subject who is likely to suspect that he is being investigated, and those that involve following a subject from an airport or other large congested location where many different transportation alternatives exist, make multiple investigator surveillance operations an absolute necessity.

Question:  How long does surveillance need to be conducted?

Answer:  The duration of any surveillance investigation varies greatly from one case to another.  While a simple investigation may be completed in only a few hours, others require days, weeks, or even months of surveillance in order to accomplish the stated goals.

Question:  In addition to maintaining physical surveillance upon a subject, what else must be done in connection with this type of investigation?

Answer:  The answer to this question varies, depending upon the specific nature of the investigation.  Some pre-surveillance investigative activities include a check of driver's license records for a physical description of the subject, vehicle registration records to identify the subject's vehicles, investigative activities to locate or verify the location of the subject's residence and/or business, short-term activity checks in the area of the subject's residence and/or business, as well as many other possible investigative activities.

Question:  What type of experience does an investigator need to conduct effective surveillance?

Answer:  All of our investigators are required to have extensive training and experience in covert surveillance techniques, as well as many other investigative specialties.

Question:  What type of equipment is utilized in connection with surveillance investigations?

Answer:  The type of equipment utilized depends upon the requirements of the particular investigation being conducted.  Along with appropriate surveillance vehicles, the most commonly used equipment includes high resolution digital video cameras, 35mm still photo cameras with high power telephoto lenses, digital still cameras, night vision equipment, electronic tracking devices, video systems, cellular telephones, two-way radios, and high power binoculars.