Security Consultant & Private Investigator Newcastle upon Tyne | North East

Too many times we’ve been instructed by solicitors to engage in an assignment and come to find that we’re being brought in to re-do or clean up another investigator’s work. Without fail:

1. that investigator’s work has been illegally conducted with inadmissible evidence acquired
2. said investigator was uninsured, ‘unregulated’ and untrained
3. the solicitors engaged them in service because they were the cheapest and/or nearest.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Read more about The ABI’s Lawyer Registration Scheme (LRS) …

This is a little bit of an ‘oldie’ (it’s from 2014) but it’s still a good point of reference that we use with a lot of potential clients when discussing covert surveillance operations, especially relating to concerns they have with their staff.

The first thing the client always raises is the belief that they are not allowed to arrange such surveillance because it will result in the employee taking legal action against them. It isn’t as clear cut as that and this blog post we’re highlighting this week does a great job of explaining why. Read more about It’s Important To Know Surveillance Legalities When Putting It To Use …

Recently we worked with a solicitor who required evidence of someone repeatedly flouting geographically restrictive bail conditions. The person in question was not allowed to enter a specific postal code area or go near a witness’ place of work.

We received a phone call late at night, bringing our attention to a series of Facebook posts from the ‘target’ in which he bragged to his friends online that he was going to do a “walk past” the witness’ place of work to “scare her” and to prove that he was not “going to back down”. Read more about Case Study: Thinking About Breaking Your Bail Conditions? Don’t! …

Below is an interesting article regarding staff honesty, ‘time theft’ and the impact they can have on you as an employer and the organisation you run.

Surmount Investigations offers a HUGE amount of investigatory and security consultancy support to you as an employer – CV and background checks, undercover work, surveillance, covert recording, disciplinary support. But it is imperative that any and all is done in line with Employment Law and your requirements to the ICO.

Your only true guarantee that you’re going to get that is by working with a trained, qualified investigator who is a committed member of the ABI.  Read more about ‘Time Theft’! Yes – It IS An All Too Real Thing …