Surveillance Operations in Southern California

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As one of the best Los Angeles detective agencies, Kinsey Investigations offers an extensive list of private detective services. Surveillance is one of our investigation services that may be the primary reason a client calls us or may become part of another type of investigation. No matter why we may be carrying out surveillance, and whether it’s in Malibu or Brentwood, Santa Monica or Long Beach, Kinsey Investigations has more than 20 years’ experience working surveillance in Los Angeles County. What this means for our clients is that we understand the unique requirements of surveillance work in all the different cities, locations and communities in southern California. And while some Los Angeles private detective agencies can only take on one or two cases at a time, Kinsey Investigations’ team of female private investigators is large enough to work multiple cases at once, even if more than one or two involve surveillance. It’s one more reason we’ve been named among the best private investigators in Los Angeles, for three years. We may not always be the first California private investigations firm our clients call, but we take pride in being the last.

Kinsey Investigations the Best Choice for Surveillance Services

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What does it take to carry out a surveillance operation in Los Angeles? There’s no simple answer. For one thing, working surveillance somewhere like Long Beach is nothing like working surveillance In Hollywood or Beverly Hills. While Los Angeles County takes up about 4,700 square miles, we have more than 9 million people living here, making every surveillance operation a unique proposition. Crowded streets and the presence of all kinds of people have their benefits, but the real advantage that a well-established California private investigations firm like Kinsey Investigations has over newer Los Angeles private detective agencies is our decades of experience working here. While this would be true anywhere in the United States, private detectives in cites and counties smaller and less diverse than ours would have a hard time imagining the long learning curve of doing private investigation work in southern California. An experienced L.A. private investigator knows the specific strategies needed to carry out a successful surveillance operation in Santa Monica, and how that’s different from the approach to surveilling someone in Culver City. At Kinsey Investigations, our female private detectives can do both, and we can do both well. We haven’t come by our rating as one of the best private investigators in Los Angeles without putting in the time to really get to know our region, and we can put that experience and effectiveness to work for our clients.

Surveillance, like many other private investigation services and techniques has come a long way, with technology advancing as quickly as it has over the past few decades. What used to be almost entirely the purview of the human eye can now be augmented with location-tracking software, real-time financial transaction data, live-streaming video, and many other technologies. Still, the value of having “boots on the ground,” so to speak, has not diminished, and that’s another advantage Kinsey Investigations has over many of our competitor firms. Our team can split up to work various cases and follow up on multiple leads without delay. While we may not be able to see the future, we can respond in real time, when something in the present demands our attention.

Surveillance Operations as Part of California Private Investigations

Many other private investigation services involve surveillance to varying degrees. Activity checks, for example, are short affordable surveillance operations, often used to either confirm our clients’ suspicions or put them to rest. It can be as simple as ensuring that a teen or young adult is attending classes or that a co-parent is fulfilling their obligations to their child. Welfare checks on children or aging adults are much the same, and employee integrity checks, also known as secret shopper or mystery shopper investigations also fall into this category. Any time a California private investigator is tracking someone’s movements or actions, it’s considered surveillance. And while L.A. private detectives have no special privileges to trespass on private property or use technology (such as drones) in a manner that’s not legal for any private citizen, we do have expertise and professional experience to guide us, both in knowing what to look for and where to find it.

And at Kinsey Investigations, we have more than 20 years’ experience working surveillance operations, all over southern California. Licensed and insured throughout the state, Kinsey Investigations is the name you can trust if you need surveillance or any other private investigations services.