COVERT VIDEO CAMERA INSTALLATION


    It's been estimated that nearly 33% of all employees are stealing from their employer at any given
    time.  While overt security cameras serve to deter theft within their field of view, our hidden
    cameras are there to document what happens when your employee doesn't think they're being
    watched.
















    (The woman in this image, taken from a videotape recording, once worked in a small retail store.  The video camera that took this
    image required a lens opening no larger than the head of a pin.  It was not your typical security camera.)


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    WORKPLACE INJURIES

    You have an employee who’s filed a worker’s compensation claim and is “restricted” by his doctor
    to doing lite-duty work; that’s if you’re lucky. Some employees claim to be totally disabled and don’t
    return to work at all.  Accidents and injuries really do happen on the job – they’re not all scams.  But
    when you hear that your employee was out skiing, snowmobiling, running, working on his car etc
    when he was claiming he couldn’t come to work due to his pain, it’s time to do something about it.  
    Unfortunately, your insurance carrier might not be interested in assigning surveillance.  Sometimes
    they don’t believe that the value of the claim warrants the investment in surveillance – it’s just a
    dollars and cents issue to them.  Still other insurers don’t believe in surveillance at all – a lot of
    them have had bad experiences with poorly trained investigators.  When this happens, especially
    when your other employees become aware of the ease of getting away with filing false or
    exaggerated claims, it’s time to take matters into your own hands.  We’ve conducted thousands of
    insurance defense investigations over the years, and we know what the issues and objectives are.  
    We can help you put an end to the inevitable problems caused by the employee who just wants to
    take an extended vacation on your dime.













    (The above images are stills taken from videotape.  They are typical examples of insurance claimants who didn't "go to work" on
    the day of our surveillance due to their disabling injuries.)


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    NON-COMPETE VIOLATIONS

    There is no shortage of employees who will sign a non-compete agreement today, and then turn
    around and violate it tomorrow.  Many non-compete agreements are unenforceable; they were
    written by lay people who had a poor understanding of the law.  Word has thus gotten out that non-
    compete agreements aren't worth the paper they're written on.  In some cases – that’s true;
    however, many non-compete agreements are enforceable.  You’ll want to speak with a qualified
    attorney, preferably one who specializes in labor law, to determine which version of the non-
    compete agreement you have.  If you have an enforceable agreement, and you believe that it’s
    being broken, we can help with the documentation.
















    (The man shown in this image, taken from videotape, signed a non-compete agreement with his former employer.  He agreed to
    refrain from competing in the carpet laying business within about 40 miles of his former employer.  This video was taken within
    five miles of that employer - our client, on one of his jobs.)


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    EMPLOYEE INTEGRITY

    We’ve seen it over and over again – an employee who appears to be a hard worker but for his poor
    productivity.  We've seen salesmen head out the door to make sales calls for the day, but instead
    go straight home for the remainder of the day.  We’ve seen them out on the golf course with their
    buddies.  We’ve seen them meet with our clients' competition to pass information and / or plan their
    joint ventures.  We’ve even seen them go to their other jobs (what a great way to get paid twice for
    the same hours!).  Still other employees, while still engaged in their work related activities, slow
    down to a snail’s pace as soon as they’re out of view of their employer.  When you have an
    employee who seems to play the game well, but is unexplainably under-performing, it may be time
    for you to look for the answer as to why.

              













    (This image, taken from videotape, shows an employee smoking marijuana in the parking lot of his employer.  Funny thing about
    it is - he wasn't the target of our surveillance.  He just happened to park next to our surveillance vehicle.  Every once in awhile – we
    get a "gimme.")


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