Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Confirming surveillance can often be difficult. It is usually done to determine if surveillance exists (in order to evade it). For this reason, obvious surveillance detection should be avoided. If operators think a target is engaging in counter-surveillance, they may become more sophisticated in their approach, and may believe the target is going to carry out some ‘illegal’ activity. In most cases, surveillance operators will withdraw if they believe they have been detected. Surveillance itself may be stopped. In other situations, surveillance teams may maintain command of the target even if detected (overt surveillance). Obvious surveillance by police is sometimes used to intimidate targets as part of a larger psychological warfare operation, usually designed to neutralize the target through fear and paranoia.

Detection of Physical Surveillance

The key to successful surveillance detection is awareness and observation of one’s surroundings, including persons and vehicles. In identifying potential operators, make note of their clothing, size, mannerisms, and facial features (including hair style & color, the shape of head & face, mustache, marks, etc.). In particular, any distinguishing marks or features can greatly assist in retention & the ability to later identify the same individual or vehicle. Most operators will attempt to blend in and to minimize any attention being drawn to them. Colorful or odd clothing, hairstyles, etc. will be avoided due to the involuntary attention they attract. Therefore, most operators will be marked by their ‘unnoticeable’ and normal appearance. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

In identifying possible operators, begin by observing those around you. Assume that all are potential operators. Begin eliminating those who are most likely to not be engaged in surveillance, in order to focus on those that are. Keep in mind that some surveillance teams consist of persons who look as if they could not pass a basic physical fitness test, and can include old Asian ladies, fat short men, etc. Undercover police have also infiltrated biker gangs, facilitated in part by their own personal interest in tattoos, growing their hair long, and not shaving. It is most important to evaluate what people do and their behavior, not their appearance or what they look like. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Surveillance Detection Techniques

One of the best times to detect surveillance is when a surveillance box has been established around a location. Surveillance teams are most vulnerable to detection during this phase of an operation. In some cases, they may sit for hours waiting for the target to move or appear.

Observation Posts in overlooking apartments or houses can often be identified by their apparent lack of activity, drawn blinds or curtains, or some other coverings over windows. Although they want to see out, they do not want you to see in. In order to see out, all they may require is a slight opening for a camera lens or telescope.

 Possible OP locations can be observed from within the target location (using the method described above) as well as when leaving/entering the area. For surveillance teams, the ideal location has a good line-of-sight observation of the target’s front door and vehicle.

The more familiar one is with their neighborhood, the easier it is to identify new vehicles & even neighbors, both of which could be potential surveillance. Sometimes, it is impractical for police to rent out apartments or use the homes of civilians. Then, a vehicle Observation Post is used.

Detection of Technical Surveillance

Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Technical surveillance is difficult to detect, especially that involving telecommunications. A general rule in regards to technical surveillance is to assume it is always possible and to protect information as if it were subject to eavesdropping. Even using technical countermeasures to detect surveillance devices or technologies is not a guarantee of security. Our enemy has far greater technological resources, including access to telecommunications facilities, corporations, etc. This determines our means of security against technical surveillance.

One purpose of physical surveillance is to enable police intelligence agents to plan physical break-and-enters in order to put in place technical devices. Special entry teams may first break into a residence, workplace, or vehicle and photograph interior walls, fixtures, layout, objects, etc. They determine the best locations and types of devices to be used. They then leave, prepare the devices, and return. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Industrial espionage and electronic eavesdropping surveillance are growing at a phenomenal rate. This growth has created new demands for eavesdropping detection devices, bug detection, wiretap detection equipment and other TSCM counter surveillance products and bug sweep services.

Surveillance equipment can be an effective technique to protect public safety and detect or deter criminal activity. Surveillance equipment is increasingly being installed inside and outside of public buildings (in elevators, hallways, entrances, etc.), on streets, highways, in parks and public transportation vehicles.

One of the most versatile and important skills any investigator can possess is surveillance and the use of equipment for this purpose. Communications skills involving interviewing and report writing are usually thought of as the most critical investigative competencies.

The primary skill used in surveillance is the power of observation, which always precedes reporting. Surveillance, being such an important part of the investigation, is a topic that should not be taken lightly. It is important for investigators to understand when surveillance should be used, the objectives of surveillance, stress related to surveillance, and ethical/legal concerns about surveillance. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Depending on the type of investigation, there are many reasons why surveillance equipment can be beneficial. The objectives of surveillance will vary from case to case, but are most often one or more of following:

  • ƒ Obtain information for a search or warrant.
  • ƒ Locate a subject, contraband, or the site of illegal activities.
  • ƒ Obtain intelligence about a subject, criminal group or location.
  • ƒ Prevent a crime from occurring through covert or overt surveillance.
  • ƒ Gather intelligence for a raid.
  • ƒ Provide protection for informants, undercover individuals or others.

Surveillance detection is the process of detecting and mitigating hostile surveillance; it is an important aspect of counterterrorism and security operations. Good surveillance detection provides a means to prevent an attack from happening especially using professional equipment. Surveillance detection can be an individual or group effort, involving a dedicated surveillance detection cadre. Representative individuals from a synagogue or school can and should conduct their own surveillance detection by being aware of their surroundings and watching for individuals or vehicles that are out of place. Once an actual attack has begun, it cannot be undone. The genie cannot be put back into the bottle. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

TSCM

TSCM (technical surveillance counter-measures) is the original United States Federal government abbreviation denoting the process of bug-sweeping or electronic counter surveillance. It is related to ELINT, SIGINT and electronic countermeasures (ECM). Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

The United States Department of Defense defines a TSCM survey as a service provided by qualified personnel to detect the presence of technical surveillance devices and hazards and to identify technical security weaknesses that could aid in the conduct of a technical penetration of the surveyed facility. A TSCM survey will provide a professional evaluation of the facility’s technical security posture and normally will consist of a thorough visual, electronic, and physical detection process in and about the surveyed facility.

This definition is, however, lacking some of the technical scope involved. COMSEC (communications security), ITSEC (information technology security) and physical security are also a major part of the work in the modern environment. The advent of multimedia equipment and remote control technologies allow huge scope for the removal of massive amounts of data in very secure environments by the staff employed within, with or without their knowledge.

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) can best be defined as the systematic physical and electronic detection of a designated area by properly trained, qualified and equipped persons in an attempt to discover electronic eavesdropping devices, security hazards or security weaknesses.

Types of TSCM

To keep pace with the different forms of spying, there are different types of counter surveillance measures as well. Technical security measures include:

  • Vulnerability audits
  • TSCM surveys
  • Eavesdropping detection
  • SCIF Inspections
  • Bug sweeps
  • Wiretap detection
  • In-Place Monitoring (IPM)
  • TSCM sweeps

Off Site RF Monitoring

The timing of detection surveys and location scans is critical to success and varies with the type of location being scanned. For permanent facilities, scans and surveys must take place during working hours to detect remotely switchable devices that are turned off during non-working hours to defeat detection. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Electronic Eavesdropping and Surveillance

Technology advancements have significantly enhanced the capabilities and size of electronic eavesdropping devices during that last decade. Discover how radio transmitter bugs are designed to avoid detection by radio scanners and counter surveillance receivers. Also, learn about how miniature wireless cameras and nanny cams have expanded the scope of electronic surveillance beyond the traditional methods of installing room bugs and wiretaps. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Some Gadgets for wiretapping detection or disabling

Telephone Instrument detection Analyzers

Telephone Instrument Analyzers must be designed to detect hook switch bypass devices and wiring modifications inside the telephone instrument, which would allow the interception of telephone and/or room conversations. Equipment must also be capable of activating and detecting both single and multi-tone devices, as well as other various types of remotely activated hook switch bypasses. Depending upon particular requirements, analyzers must be capable of interfacing with all three generations of telephone instruments: electro-mechanical, electronic, and digital electronic.

Time Domain Reflectometers (TDR)

The TDR is one of the most valuable TSCM test instruments available. This equipment is capable of detecting many wiretap methods that are undetectable by conventional telephone analyzers, meters or other instrumentation.

Spectrum Analyzers

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Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

The Spectrum Analyzer is a swept receiver that provides a visual CRT display of all known radio transmitting modulation techniques. This allows for RF signal detection with a visual display of amplitude versus frequency.

The RF Spectrum must be analyzed with a Spectrum Analyzer capable of covering a minimum frequency range of 3 KHz to 2.5 GHz. Equipment must be capable of detecting carrier current devices on power lines as well as demodulating subcarrier transmissions. Sophisticated techniques such as frequency hopping, spread spectrum, and video transmissions must also be addressed. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

While the tunable receiver detects by demodulation, it can detect only that type of modulation for which it was designed. Because the spectrum analyzer displays how energy is distributed as a function of frequency. Any type of modulation applied to a previously unmodulated carrier will result in an observable display change.

The same inherent characteristics allow the direct detection of subcarrier or sub-subcarrier, since the subcarrier(s) display themselves as sidebands from the original carrier and are responsive to sound changes as discussed above. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Non-Linear Junction Detectors

The Non-Linear Junction Detector (NLJD) is technically a microwave transmitter and receiver, designed to detect all transistors, diodes, and other semiconductor devices which are found in transmitters, tape recorders, electret microphones and other eavesdropping devices.

Without the NLJD, the TSCM service would be unable to detect tape recorders, hidden electret microphones, remotely controlled transmitters, ultrasonic, infrared or microwave transmitters and other hidden devices which may be embedded in the walls or furniture and possibly beyond the detection capability of other test equipment. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Infrared Bug Detection

Bugs release heat that may be detected with infrared photography or viewing devices. They are especially effective if you use an ice pack or fire extinguisher to cool your wall down prior to infrared detection.

Commercial Bug Detection Kits

Commercial detectors are available for purchase online or in specialty stores if you are convinced that your home or office is bugged. They will often vibrate rather than beep to indicate that a bug is present so as not to indicate to your eavesdropper that you’ve discovered their bugs or listening devices. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Audio Jammers

They are not for detection but instead the disable any wiretapping device in your phone. Audio jammers generate a random masking sound that desensitizes microphones in the area, rendering them completely unable to record. Audio jammers are effective against any wiretapping device with a microphone as a major component, including tape recorders, RF transmitters, hard-wired microphones, and shotgun microphones. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Phone Wiretap Detection

The counter-surveillance technology available to you today is sophisticated. In SpyWorld Miami you can buy equipment that analyzes your analog phone lines and detects wiretaps in the phone, the phone jack, outside on the pole, and even in the transformer box. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

Electronics’ Detection

More sophisticated surveillance devices can be turned on and off as needed. When a bug is turned off, it does not transmit any RF signals and is, therefore, invisible to RF detection devices. In order to find these stealthy devices, the TSCM professional will turn to a Non-Linear Junction Detector (NLJD). The NLJD looks a bit like one of those metal detectors they used to sell in the back of comic books. It works by sending out RF signals tuned to cause the semiconductors in electronic devices to resonate, even if they are powered off. During a sweep, the TSCM operator passes the NLJD over every surface in the office, looking for electronics in places where they should not be. Surveillance Detection Miami Beach Coral Gables

SpyWorld offers countermeasures systems, bug detectors, and other detection equipment available from many manufacturers and we also give you professional advice so you get a general evaluation of the devices’ functions and usefulness in detecting wiretaps and bugs. We are located in Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Florida. Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located southwest of Downtown Miami. v

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