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SURVEILLANCE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS:
A Private Investigator’s Guide for Conducting Surveillance
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
 
            Undoubtedly, many of the most successful Private Investigators spend more time conducting surveillance than any other activity in their professional careers. Why not? It is also the most lucrative type of assignment that investigators handle day in and day out! Surveillance Strategies will teach you how to maximize your own profits while producing outstanding results for your clients.
 
            Surveillance is the systematic observation of persons, places or things in order to obtain information and is typically accomplished without the knowledge of the person being watched. It is also the most lucrative type of assignment that investigators handle day in and day out! This course is designed to teach and develop surveillance techniques and methodologies. The course of instruction will introduce topics from pre-surveillance steps through new technology, surveillance methods, and the legal aspects of surveillance.     
 
An exam will be administered upon the conclusion of the program.  If the candidate passes with a score of 75% or better, a beautiful certificate of completion will be issued in accordance with CPI standards.

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PROGRAM OUTLINE:
 
Presurveillance Investigations
Making Positive Identification of Your Subject
Pretexting
Pretext Scenarios and Examples
Managing Confrontation
Being Approached by Law Enforcement  
 
Surveillance Equipment and Operation
Binoculars and Telescopes
Conventional and Digital Cameras
Analog and Digital Video Cameras
Night Vision Equipment
Pinhole and Microcircuit Cameras
Wireless and Remote Image Transmission Technology
 
Surveillance
Visual Surveillance
Mobile Surveillance
Tailing Methods and Tactics
Choosing a Surveillance Vehicle
Undercover Investigators
Surveillance Reports
Improving Your Surveillance Product
What’s Allowed on Surveillance Video?
Editing Surveillance Video Footage for Court
Surveillance Tricks of the Trade
Summer Surveillance Considerations
Winter Surveillance Issues
 
The Legal Aspects of Surveillance
Laws and Traffic Violations
“Garbology”
Criminal Trespass
Use of Criminal Instrument
Interception of Communications
Use of Pen Register or Trap and Trace Device
Access to Stored Communications
Installation of Tracking Device
Disorderly Conduct
Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway
False Alarm or Report
Harassment
Stalking
Theft
Roping and Entrapment
Surveillance Case Law
 
Conclusion
Bibliography
 
Comprehensive Review
 
Final Examination

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