Many people require private investigators for a number of reasons; looking for missing people, catching a cheater, looking into corporate espionage, and many other similar circumstances. Surveillance is often a common tool used in many investigative situations and today, we at Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami FL would like to share some of the basics of surveillance.
Surveillance Cameras & Video Recorders
There are restrictions about using hidden cameras, such as hiding one in a teddy bear to catch a cheating spouse or recording nude people, but cameras can be used in public. The most effective forms of surveillance are photography and video recording. Many private investigators use high-tech zoom cameras to capture subjects in nearly every public space. With these tools, experts can monitor activities and provide quite a bit of evidence.
Listening Devices
As long as one person in the conversation consents to recording, conversations can be recorded. Professionals, for example, can record that conversation if you have a friend who is willing to wear a recording device and talk with the subject. Though it’s illegal to wiretap, in terms of cell phone recording, you can’t get an app and secretly record a conversation on your smartphone either.
Tracking Devices for People & Cars
In a gray legal territory right now, tracking devices are an option as smartphone companies are constantly gathering location data. Whether or not placing a GPS tracking device on a vehicle is an invasion of privacy is a debate. However, professionals tend to follow the 2011 Supreme Court case which ruled that placing a GPS on someone’s vehicle was illegal. There are other more ethical forms of surveillance most specialists rely on.
Digital Surveillance of Social Media
A private investigator can conduct surveillance in this area of online because social media counts as a public space. In fact, placed in the same category as talking to someone in a restaurant or library is included when anything posted on a public forum. Information such as places the person is visiting frequently or finding location information on a posted photo can be gathered by a PI who is good at using technology. Social media accounts point professionals in the right direction for future surveillance.
Off Limit Surveillance Rules
There are broad surveillance abilities that professionals are well-within the legal limits to do, and other things that private investigators cannot do. Such options outside the law include impersonating law enforcement; breaking the law in any capacity; hack electronics like emails, social media accounts, and so on; trespassing, such as breaking into a home or business; video record the interior of people’s homes.
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You should know that not every PI has gone through a licensing process for or are as committed to following best practices when you set out to hire a private investigator. Investing in the certified and qualified professionals of Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami FL will assure that all the information, evidence, and documentation our experts attain are all legal and can be used in a court of law! Call us today for your surveillance or investigative needs and let our professionals take care of your needs.
