Surveillance Equipment and Spy Gear for Investigations
Surveillance equipment includes any equipment, gadget, or device used to conduct various types of surveillance, counter-surveillance, and investigations.
The equipment is most often used to perform surveillance. Surveillance involves observing the behavior of a particular person...
Audio Surveillance Equipment for Investigators
Overview of Audio Surveillance Tools
Audio surveillance equipment is used by intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and private investigators to monitor and record subjects in various settings. Audio surveillance can be conducted from a distance using...
Faraday Bag – How to keep others from tracking your mobile phone
As a private investigator, you know how easy it is to track someone's location. For instance, placing a GPS tracking device on someone's vehicle (in states where it is legal to do so). Then,...
Dropcam HD Wireless Remote Video Monitoring Camera
Stream Live Video and View Anytime, From Anywhere
Like a home alarm monitoring service, the Dropcam wireless camera is a cloud-based video monitoring service that helps you stay connected to your home, family, baby, nanny, pets, and even...
Binoculars and Night Vision Goggles for Surveillance
This article provides an overview of binoculars and night vision goggles, sometimes abbreviated NVG, that private investigators use for surveillance purposes.
What are Binoculars?
Once known as field glasses or lorgnettes, binoculars are a pair of...
Walkie-Talkies, Two Way Radios for Communication
What are Walkie-Talkies?
Walkie-talkies, also known as two-way radios, are hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceivers. The walkie-talkie's development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald L. Hings, radio engineer Alfred J....
Using Hidden Cameras and Nanny Cams to Capture Video Footage
What is a Hidden Camera?
A hidden camera is a still or video camera used to capture video footage of people without their knowledge or consent. The camera is "hidden" because it is not visible...
iDrive Car Dashboard Mount Camera
Car Dashboard Mount Camera
Private investigators need a hands-free car dashboard mount camera during surveillance missions in many situations. Dash mountable cams provide a simple solution for capturing video while following a subject on the...
Tile Bluetooth Tracking Device
One cool gadget to emerge in recent years is the small Bluetooth tracking device. The most popular such item is the Tile item tracker. The device can be attached to almost anything and then...
Digital Camcorders and Video Cameras for Surveillance
What is a Digital Camcorder or Video Camera?
A digital camcorder (video camera recorder) is an electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit. All tape-based camcorders use removable media...