Customer Reviews
An excellent publication - By: I. Harm, 24 Jan 2007 
This is a first class reference book on this fascinating subject & a great accompaniment to the author's practical surveillance courses. The author has extensive knowledge, experience & an excellent pedigreein covert investigative measures. A highly recommended publication.
the best book on surveillance - By: , 26 Aug 2005 Despite the title,you don't need to have any previous knowledge of the subject. It's also for complete beginners. After teaching the basic principles which you apply to every situation,the book has chapters on communications between surveillance operatives,planning & preparation (brilliant chapter ,not seenin most books)specialist equipment & a chapter on the often overlooked subject of the lawin the UK pertaining to putting people under surveillance(its not as simple as the scenarios on tv). Over 120 pagesin 3 chapters on the main subjects of static,mobile & foot surveillance.plenty of photographs & clear line diagrams to explain the tactics simply to the reader. A chapter on anti surveillance & ones on Technical surveillance(room aas well as telephone monitoring as well as monitoring computers,although this is only a taster on the subject,mainly using the keylogger & various software) & photographic surveillance(basics for people who know nothing about the subject & digital & video cameras.Brilliant chapter which highlights some problems of surveillance photography)
DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED
Brilliant - By: , 23 Dec 2004 Advanced Surveillance By Peter Jenkins
This book contains all the information that a Private Investigator needs to plan & run a surveillance operation. I don't think however that it would be a suitable manual for Police or Military, but I don't believe that is the intended readership either. Peter Jenkins has produced a really good book covering just about everything that you need to know covering planning, covert methods, observation skills, mobile surveillance communications, foot surveillance, evidence & law, static surveillance, still & video photography, rural observation posts, specialist equipment, anti & counter surveillance, & electronic surveillance.
All subjects are coveredin enough depth to get even rank beginner off to a good start & experts a like, a good grounding on the subject. It is also a valuable reference for those that need to be surveillance aware, such as high level security dealing with industrial espionage to close protection teams.
My only gripe was that the photographic section was somewhat poor, as it failed to state some obvious points, like the purpose of still photography is to get good identification shots of a subject (That's why the police use still & video together), that digital images may not be allowedin court or considered contentious as they can be manipulated. Regarding the technology on this subject it also seemed to be out of date, there was no mention of image stabilised lenses that allow you to shoot with a long lens hand heldin poor light conditions or triggering the camera with a laptop & wireless connection. Many manufacturers are covering just these topics for military & police applications as well as GPS data embedded into the image & encrypted images to the memory cards all of which is necessary on high risk cases or proof is needed as evidencein court.
That said it's a good manual for such a specialised subject that can cover a huge amount of topics & situations. It would have been nice to have seen a few more training exercisesin it, but these could be worked out & after all, it's a thick book to start with.
I would certainly look forward to other books by Peter Jenkins & despite my gripe it would have to have a rating of 9 1/2 out of 10 & would recommend it highly to all that have a need for this subject.
After all I don't normaly write reviews, but it is such a good book that I had to
