24/05/2008 by admin.

Bravery can be termed in many ways however I would like to make it known that a fellow colleague deserves a medal for holding his nerve and maintaining his professional composure.

Whilst we were engaged on a Local Authority contract gathering evidence against house holders on a notorious estate, where an ASBO family were terrorising local residents and neighbours. My colleague was engaged on surveillance duties in a tactical observation vehicle captured a culprit firebombing a neighbours house.

He without panic dialled 999 and called for the Fire Brigade. Before they were able to arrive a masked man walked in to the small car park (with only eight spaces) where he was parked in the back of his van and witnessed the fire-bomber then hurl two petrol bombs at a mini-bus owned by the householder whose house had also been attacked.

My colleague remained calm and captured the evidence on film which will be used in a later prosecution. He kept his nerve where many would have lost theirs. He did not know if his vehicle was next and if he had compromised himself by panicing and ’showing out’ then he certainly may have been next.

Even after all had gone quiet and the police and fire brigade had gone he kept the video rolling capturing the returning culprit who needed to evidence the matter on his mobile phone for himself.

 We extracted our man just before 6am. Talk about ‘courage under fire’

Well done that man! you know who you are.

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20/05/2008 by admin.

Anti-social behaviour is behaviour which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people who are not in the same household as the perpetrator. Anti-social behaviour presents a considerable problem for neighbourhoods across the UK. 

Among the many forms it can take are: 

• abusive and intimidating language
• drunken behaviour in the streets, and the mess it creates
• excessive noise, especially late at night
• fouling the street with litter
• graffiti – which can on its own make even immaculate urban spaces look squalid unpleasant
• drug dealing all the problems that follow. 

An ASBO is a civil order, not a criminal penalty – this means it won’t appear on an individual’s criminal record. However, a breach of an ASBO is a criminal offence punishable by a fine or up to five years in prison. 

An ASBO can ban an offender from:

• continuing  the offending behaviour
• spending time with a particular group of people
•  visiting certain areas 

ASBO’s are issued for a minimum of two years. 

Combating anti-social behaviour has proved to be difficult, costly and time consuming for local authorities, housing associations and private individuals across the country.  What is often the case is that many members of troubled communities are unwilling to report anti-social behaviour, or to testify in court because of possible repercussions they can face from the perpetrators. What is needed is a solution that can provide demonstrative evidence of antisocial behaviour which can be then used in court to secure convictions against the perpetrators. But awarding the ASBO is not enough. They need to be enforced too. Some have seen the ASBO as a Badge of Honour amongst their peers simply because it has failed to be enforced with follow up action.

At Trident Investigations we can gather evidence to court standards taking in to consideration the laws under RIPA. This can be presented in photograph and video format taken from our covert cameras and vehicle installations. For further information call us Free on 0800 756 6872.

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08/05/2008 by admin.

Its a mystery to me
The game commences
For the usual fee
Plus expenses
Confidential information
Its in a diary
This is my investigation
Its not a public inquiry

I go checking out the report
Digging up the dirt
You get to meet all sorts
In the line of work
Treachery and treason
Theres always an excuse for it
And when I find the reason
I still cant get used to it

And what have you got at the end of the day ?
What have you got to take away ?
A bottle of whisky and a new set of lies
Blinds on the window and a pain behind the eyes

Scarred for life
No compensation
Private Investigations

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