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Our Services

Shannon Detective Service, Inc., offers a wide range of services and expert advice.

Investigative Specialties:

• Activity Checks: We Perform All Intelligence Gathering & Background Info. 
• AOE/COE: Interviews Done in Person at Accident Sites 
• Asset Searches: Property Ownerships, Deeds, Domestic & Overseas Bank Account Info., Stocks & Bonds Ownership, Employment and SSI Income. 
• Background Checks: All Court Levels Including liens/Judgements, Marriage,  Business Ownership, Corporate Affiliations and All License Verifications
• Business & Consumer Financial Reports
• Criminal & Civil Investigations: Plaintiff & Defendant 
• Domestic Related: All Types of Personal Investigations
• Driving Histories with Vehicle Ownership Including Aircrafts and Watercrafts
• Education & Certificates, Occupational Good Standing Verifications 
• Liability Investigations: Insurance Related, Corporate and Attorneys  
• Witness Interviewing, Obtain Declarations and Neighborhood Canvassing 
• Locates & Missing Persons: Insurance, Attorneys and Domestic Related 
• Personal Injury Accidents: Plaintiff & Defendant
• Phone Records: Businesses, Home & Cell Phones
• Process Service for (Serving Subpoenas)
• Product Liability Investigations: Insurance, Corporate and Attorneys 
• Record Retrievals of Public Records Including Police Reports/911 Tapes
• SIU and All Insurance Related Investigations 
• Sub Rosa 
• Surveillance: Stationary or Mobile and Unmanned with Remote cameras
• Subrogation Investigations (Determining the Involvement of a Third Party) 
• Undercover Operations: Insurance, Domestic and Corporate

Average Turnaround Time:

• Backgrounds and Locates — 5 Business Days
• Activity Checks — 7 Business Days
• Sub Rosa & Surveillances — 7 Business Days
• AOE/COE — 15 Business Days

Errors And Omissions Coverage:

• $1,000,000.00 with $2,000,000.00 aggregate

Shannon Detective Service supplies the client with typed reports, including statements, declarations, and still photography on all cases using Microsoft Word 2007 Format.  Our investigation reports are paperless and e-mailed to the client to save mailing costs and to expidite service.  Clients can also choose from having hard copies mailed directly to them or scanned and placed onto a flash drive.  We charge $15 per typed report page excluding the cover and billing pages.  *Note clients with domestic related cases can substitute typed reports for verbal reports thus resulting in savings for the client.  We record HD video (1920 X 1080) evidence onto SDHC-UHS (secured digital high capacity ultra high speed) memory cards on a Panasonic AG-HMR10 AVCCAM hand-held mobile recorder or hidden cameras that both stamp the time & date onto the video.  The video eveidence is then marked with the investigators name and the amount or recorded evidence before it is stored securely in our climate controlled evidence locker.   *Note we no longer use CD's, standard DVD's and analog video tapes since they deteriorate over time causing damage to these recorded formats.  We copy our videoed evidence onto Blu-Ray DVD's in order to be viewed in it's full HD quality in which the video was originally captured.  We charge $35 per Blu-Ray DVD for the client or designee.  *Note the client should have a Blu-Ray DVD player and a HD monitor to review the videoed evidence in its full 1080p quality or choose to view the video on Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere CS5 software installed on their computer's hard drive with a HD monitor capable of 1080p.    

Equipment can be purchased from Shannon Detective Service depending on the application that best suits the client for each individual case which may include the elimination of actual physical surveillance as it pertains to the use of GPS devises attached to vehicles.  

Various types of background information or other intelligence gathering can be quoted as it pertains to each client's specific needs.  Court testimony is charged at a half day rate of up to 4 hours including travel time at $350 and a full day thereafter at a rate of $650 per day not to exceed 8 hours including travel.  Parking fees for court attendance are billed in addition. 

We do not charge for initial consultations or telephonic updates to the client and their council.  Over-night delivery requests for videos will be charged directly to the client's FedEx or UPS accounts.  Domestic related and plaintiff attorney cases will require a retainer paid in advance before the start of a case.  All other invoices are due upon receipt.  We do accept cash, checks, money orders and PayPal accounts which accept all major credit and debit cards however we do not finance or extend any type of credit.               

We guarantee to get the job done right the first time and will work hard to make sure you are completely satisfied. Call us today and let us show you the Shannon Detective Service, Inc., difference.

Below are trackers that this agency has been deploying for over twelve years.  The newest model is the smallest unit on the market today and is displayed in a photograph A below.  This unit can be used inside or outside a vehicle, carried in a backpack or placed into a waterproof Pelican 1010 case with a magnet attached and hidden on a vehicle.  The other unit displayed in a photo B below is one of our older units that is approximately three times larger and wider than the newer model and is self contained and waterproof.  it's depicted with its underside displaying two magnets and an attached GPS antenna.  Both trackers have motion detection that gives the user SMS text messages to any desired cell phone (up to three at any one time) when they are in motion and when they come to a final stop.  They can be monitored live 24/7 on your cellphone (with internet access for Google mapping) or computer via the internet.  The older unit has software that can track speed, list routes travelled and log time and date in a daily detailed report form.  It will also record the duration of stops and starts with physical addresses.  The newer tracker model has a listening device built-in and if activated remotely, will allow the user to hear via the hidden microphone inside the unit.  Both units can be contacted to get an immediate GPS location sent back to their desired cell phones.  Photo C is a fire-fly used for night surveillance.  It uses a detachable magnet and is powered by a 9 volt battery that emits 3 IR strobe lights.  It can be used on a subject's vehicle (rear license plate) to help identify a moving target at night or used to identify a fixed target as a marker that last for over 24 hours.  Night vision binoculars are needed to view the IR light.  Photo D is an omi directional Yagi magnetic mount antenna that utilizes the 1.2G frequency and enhances the reception range of wireless video we often deploy on surveillance.

 A   B  C    D

Below are some of our hidden cameras used in various waterproof disguises that can house either a 1.2G or a 2.4G transmitter powered by 200 Milli-watts, 1 watt or 2 watts that will transmit video/sound from 1000 feet to a mile or more.

Picture #1 is a pelican 1020 case with a color camera mounted on top for use in rural conditions.  Picture #2 is a drain pipe with a camera mounted on the front used for residential sitsuations.  Picture #3 is an electrical box for use in an interior building or warehouse that hides a pin-hole camera mounted inside and behind the yellow triangle.  Picture # 4 is a recipe box that houses a night vision B & W camera and six small IR lights.  All of theses cameras can be powered by 110 wall plugs or various types of rechargeable battery-packs. 

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These cameras allow surveillance to be performed from safer distances by transmitting video to a remote location without the investigator being detected by a suspicious subject.  It can eliminate the use of two or more investigators needed to observe a subject who has access to multiple entrances/exits.  This is done by the investigator monitoring multiple cameras through a quad processor on a split screen monitor and able to record on all channels simultaneously using a 4 channel DVR.  This will obviously save you, the client from paying for the additional investigator(s) that most other agencies would have the client believe is necessary.   

The bottom far right photos display 2 video receivers we use.  Photo D is a 4 channel 2.4G receiver and Photo E a 15 channel  digital displayed 1.2G receiver.

Photo F is our mini DVR used for covert surveillance with a built-in 2.5" LCD monitor, rechargeable lithium battery that can record video with sound, still photographs all onto SD memory cards with 640 X 480 lines of resolution.  

The camera below has  a "C" mount base and is connected to a Rainbow manual vari-focal optical 10-120 mm zoom lens.   With the addition of a 2x magnification converter it becomes a 20 to 240 mm lens tat  has an "F" stop of 1.6. This provides license plate recognition at over 200 yards. There is an IR illuminator scope mounted on top of this camera that allows video to be captured in total darkness up to 100 yards. 

The box camera below uses a manual vari-focal optical100-500mm lens that has an auto iris and can also house a 2X converter doubling the magnification into a 200-1000 mm lens.  This camera is especially useful when surveillance is necessary from far distances in rural conditions.

Below and to the left is the Panasonic palm size AG-HMR10 hand-held HD 1080p mobile video recorder we use.  The recorder has a HD screen and uses the new 3G-SDI cabling connections for use in all of our cameras (including  hidden).  It has a small external battery pack thus allowing it to become mobile and even body worn. 

Below and to the right is our mini OSD 1/3 Super HAD II CCD camera.  It has 600 lines of resolution and a lux rating of .00001.  The camera  takes night color video in only starlight conditions including license plate recognition.  This is the smallest video camera on the market that has a smart IR, 3D-DNR that houses "C & CS" mounts  for use of  interchangeable lenses.  The photo below depicts the actual size of the camera head which is only 1.3" wide by 1.3" heigh by 2" long.   

 Below are two hidden hardwired cameras we use in undercover assignments with built-in DVR's that watermark the recorded video by stamping the time and date onto it. The pen cam is functional and uses an USB plug to download the video with sound while the key chain camera uses a micro SD card that can record still photographs, video with sound and has 1.3 mega pixel quality.

Below are box type cameras we use in our surveillance vehicles that all operate using Sony 1/3 CCD sensors.  This camera below has an auto  iris with a built in 35x optical auto zoom lens and can be used for day or night operations since it has a lux rating of .01.  This camera is also IR sensitive and with an IR illuminator can be used in total darkness.  It operates with a wireless remote control and is mounted on a hard wired electronic pan & tilt  controller.  The pan & tilt  is connected to a Manfrotto universal arm which is secured to a desk inside the surveillance vehicle.  All our cameras can be interchanged and fit the pan & tilt controller that rests a universal arm for steady videoing. 

                                                                                    Below in photos A, B and C are three types of video transmitters we use during surveillance.  

Photo A is a 2 watt transmitter with 4 channels that operates on a 2.4G frequency and has a built-in semi omni directional antenna. 

Photo B is also a 2 watt transmiter with a choice of 15 channels of operation on the 1.2G frequency that has an external antenna and houses a fan on top of the unit to keep from over heating. 

Photo C is one of two  single channel transmitters we can use that operate on the 2.4 G frequency in either a 200 milli-watt or  1 watt configuration.  They are the smallest of all the units and require the  least amonut of battery consumption for short ditance tansmissions.            

 A    B   C 

 D  E   F