Surveillance that documents what is actually happening
Discreet mobile and stationary surveillance across Brevard County, conducted lawfully and documented so the record still makes sense months later.
Surveillance in Melbourne & Brevard County
Surveillance is the part of investigative work most people picture, and the part most people misunderstand. It is not dramatic. Done properly, it is patient, boring, and meticulous — and that is exactly what makes it useful.
The purpose is not to catch someone out. It is to establish a factual record of where a person was, when, and what they were doing, in circumstances where anyone could have observed them. That record either supports what you suspected or it does not. Both outcomes are worth having, and both are better than continuing to wonder.
We conduct surveillance in unmarked vehicles, in plain clothes, and with the assumption that being noticed would compromise your case. If a subject becomes aware of surveillance, you hear about it from us immediately — not in the report a week later.
When surveillance is the right tool
If your situation is not on this list, it is still worth a conversation — most are not.
- A spouse’s account of where they are does not match what you are seeing
- You need to document how a child is actually being cared for during another parent’s time
- An employee’s reported activity does not match their claimed condition or schedule
- A person is suspected of violating a court order, custody agreement or non-compete
- An attorney needs an activity record to test a witness or opposing party’s account
- You need to establish a pattern — where someone goes, when, and with whom
How a surveillance case runs
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We define the question
Surveillance without a specific question wastes money. We agree what you need established, and what evidence would actually settle it.
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We plan around the pattern
The subject’s own routine decides the schedule. Documenting something that happens on Thursdays means being there on Thursdays, not for forty hours.
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Field work
Observation from public vantage points, with continuous timestamped photo and video where it can be obtained lawfully.
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The report
A written chronology of what was observed and when, with the supporting media attached and organised for someone else to read.
Why this is worth doing properly
The instinct to handle this yourself is completely understandable, and it is usually the single most expensive decision in a case.
Three things go wrong. The first is being recognised: a subject who realises they are being followed changes their behaviour, and the thing you were trying to document may simply stop happening. The second is evidence that cannot be used — footage with no timestamp, no continuity and no independent witness is easy to challenge and easy to dismiss. The third is legal exposure. Following someone yourself while emotionally invested can escalate quickly, and methods that feel reasonable in the moment — a tracker on a car, a recording through a window, access to someone's phone — can be unlawful and can damage your own position badly.
A licensed investigator is a neutral third party with a professional obligation to work within the law. That neutrality is a large part of what makes the resulting record persuasive.
What surveillance can and cannot do. A licensed investigator may observe and document a person in public places where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. We do not trespass, record inside private spaces, misrepresent ourselves as law enforcement, or access anyone's accounts or devices. This is general information rather than legal advice — your attorney can advise on your specific circumstances.
Why clients choose Redeemed for surveillance
You are told the truth about feasibility. Some situations cannot be usefully surveilled — a subject who never leaves the house, an address with no lawful vantage point, a schedule too irregular to plan around. We say so at the consultation rather than billing hours against a poor prospect.
Documentation built for what comes next. Reports are written on the assumption that an attorney, a mediator or a court may read them. Chronological, factual, and free of the editorialising that undermines credibility.
Cost you agree to first. Surveillance is time, and time is the cost. You will know the rate, the planned hours and what happens if the situation changes, before anything starts.
Continuity on your case. The licensed investigator assigned to your matter is the one in the vehicle and the one who writes the report — so the person who saw it is the person who can speak to it.
Surveillance — common questions
It depends on what you are trying to establish and how predictable the subject is. Documenting a specific recurring event can sometimes be done in a handful of well-chosen hours; establishing an unknown pattern takes longer. We will give you a realistic estimate at the consultation, and we will tell you if the hours are not likely to be worth it.
The entire method is built around them not knowing. We work from unmarked vehicles in plain clothes, vary position and approach, and stop rather than risk exposure. No investigator can promise a subject will never notice anything, but if there is any indication of compromise you will hear from us right away so we can decide together how to proceed.
Evidence gathered lawfully and documented properly is generally usable, which is the reason the method matters so much. Admissibility is ultimately a matter for the court and for your attorney, so if your case is already with a lawyer it is worth having them involved in how the work is scoped.
That happens, and it is a legitimate result. A period of observation that documents ordinary behaviour is evidence too — sometimes exactly the evidence a client needed. We will never manufacture a finding, and we will tell you when continuing is unlikely to change the picture.
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