Just what is domestic surveillance ?
Surveillance is the method used to determine if spouses are infact cheating on each other. It may involve husbands, wives, boyfriends or girlfriends. Also referred to as "tailing" it is the technique of putting an investigator in the field who will follow or "tail" the suspected individual to document their activities without their knowledge. This is accomplished by recording their activities with still photograhy or videotape.
What if I am wrong?
If there's no evidence the subject is cheating, you will have peace of mind. Our investigations are 100% confidential, you will not have risked sacrificing the relationship.
Is domestic surveillance legal?
Surveillance is the process of documentation as to what is transpiring in the world of an individual. As long as we stay with in the law while conducting our investigation (i.e. not trespassing, etc.), surveillance by a licensed detective is completely legal.
What are the costs for a domestic surveillance?
Surveillance is billed on an hourly basis plus a mileage charge. Before a case is started, a strategy is established depending on the situation and your requirements. After establishing the plan, a budget can be set.
How is the domestic surveillance plan established?
Planning is often more important than execution. The better the design of the surveillance, the more productive and the more cost effective it will be. You know more about your spouses behavior than we ever will, we'll rely on you to assist us in developing the correct time and place to watch them. We need you to determine when they are most likely to be engaged in this behavior and where we should start the surveillance. Your input is crucial.
What do I do once the surveillance is set up?
Once the surveillance plan is in place it is important that you do not do anything. Do not change your habits and do not ask too many questions about their activities. Your days should proceed as normal.
Will the suspected cheating spouse fine out that they are being watched? Surveillance investigations are 100% confidential. Everything necessary will be done to insure the covert nature of the investigation. If we ever perceive that the security of the investigation is threatened, we'll re-group & re-evaluate with your input. One important point: Never threaten to hire a PI. This will make the suspect even more difficult to watch.
What evidence will I receive at the conclusion?
The evidence collected in domestic surveillance consists of the videotape of the activities and a surveillance report which details all the activity in writing. Both are submitted to you.
What should you do if you know they are cheating but have idea when?
First of all, don’t get angry with your investigator. Any good investigator will have many questions for you, one of the most important being, where and when will the surveillance begin? We don’t ask this question to frustrate you. We realize that in most cases, “if you knew that” you wouldn’t need us. Well, here’s the thing, we don’t know your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend at all. I don’t know that your significant other works late on Tuesdays and Thursdays, has dinner with his folks every Sunday at 5 and has his kids every Wednesday and every other weekend, for example.
With that being said, there are a couple of things you can consider when choosing your most effective “start time”. Rule out the periods of time when you are absolutely certain that it CANNOT be happening, i.e., those times listed above. Once you put pen to paper, you may see a clear pattern of behavior emerge, for example; Aha! Monday evenings, he is supposed to get off of work at 5, but he never gets home until 8. There you have it, your rock solid start time.
But he’s in sales, you say. He is his company’s most valued employee as he is tireless in his dedication to his work and clients. He is ALWAYS working, you say. Well, have no fear. Here is when some good, ol’ fashioned creativity comes in handy. If cheater offers no clear opportunity, then we will create one for him.
Do you ever travel? Enjoy weekend visits with your folks or old friends? Not usually?
Well, do it now. Hire yourself a professional investigator to monitor the where-abouts of your sweetie. Give him plenty of notice. If cheater is seeing someone else who is supposedly in a committed relationship, this will give them an opportunity to get their stories straight and free them self of their significant other during the same time. Still nothing? You say, “but we haven’t spent one night apart in 25 years……” Then you leave your investigator very few options. You must increase your budget.
We hate to ask. We like to work cost efficiently. But in cases such as the above, we just have to ask you to pick a time and go for it. Perhaps you can start with 30-40 hours. Let the investigator get out in the field to get a feel for his subject. He may find that after 5 hours spent tailing the subject, he has an idea of what’s going on and can offer helpful suggestions as far as when the subsequent surveillance sessions should realistically begin.
We do hope that these tips help. We want to help you, but remember, you’ve loved this person for how long now and you don’t know what’s going on.
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