Insight Investigative Group

941-297-8213

Surveillance Services in Bradenton, Sarasota and Tampa Bay

Licensed Florida agency A3400127 · Investigator C3400073 · Veteran-led, 12 years Army military intelligence · Phone answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week · Silver, Best Private Investigator, Bradenton’s Best 2025

Insight Investigative Group, LLC is a licensed Florida private investigative agency, agency license A3400127, conducting surveillance across Manatee, Sarasota and Hillsborough counties and the greater Tampa Bay area. Surveillance is $1,000 per day, flat, including unlimited mileage and travel, HD video and stills, and a written case report.

A 4K camcorder mounted on a flexible tripod inside a vehicle, positioned to record through the windscreen during a surveillance assignment
A working setup. Most surveillance is conducted from inside a vehicle, from a public vantage point, which is where it is lawful. The viewfinder here is obscured: what a camera sees on assignment belongs to the client.
An 83x optical zoom surveillance camera with directional microphone, packed in the sweep kit case
Optical reach matters more than megapixels. Cropping a distant subject out of a wide frame produces something a defence expert will call unidentifiable.

Court ready documentation

Every surveillance assignment produces timestamped video, still photographs, and a written chronological log of observed activity, prepared so it holds up under scrutiny and with the investigator available to speak to what he observed. Chain of custody is maintained on all recorded media. That standard is the difference between footage and evidence.

How much does surveillance cost?

$1,000 per day, flat. There is no multi-day discount, because a second day costs us what the first one did. The price includes unlimited mileage and travel, so a subject who commutes to Tampa does not change your invoice. Longer or irregular schedules are quoted to the case.

Where surveillance earns its cost

Workers compensation and disability claims. Personal injury defense. Child custody and parenting time disputes, where the question is supervision and environment rather than gossip. Infidelity and domestic matters. Employee misconduct, moonlighting and workers compensation abuse. Litigation support where a party’s stated limitations do not match their activity.

A 4K camcorder on a flexible tripod, the configuration used for vehicle based surveillance by Insight Investigative Group
A 4K camcorder on a flexible tripod. This is the configuration that works from inside a vehicle, where most surveillance is actually conducted.

Planning beats hours

We would rather establish the pattern first and then commit a day where it will produce something. Three correctly chosen hours routinely beat twenty spent guessing, and we will tell you when a subject’s schedule makes an assignment unlikely to yield rather than opening the file anyway. That conversation costs you nothing and it has talked people out of hiring us.

Legal limits that protect the case

Surveillance is conducted in public places and from public vantage points, where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. We do not trespass onto private property. We do not record private conversations, which requires the consent of all parties under section 934.03 of the Florida Statutes. We do not place GPS trackers on vehicles the client does not own, which section 934.425 prohibits without consent. We do not pretext our way into a residence or workplace.

Those are not squeamishness. Evidence obtained unlawfully is excluded, taints the file it sits in, and exposes the client who commissioned it. Work that cannot be used is not cheaper. It is simply wasted.

Surveillance questions, answered

How much does surveillance cost in Florida?

Insight Investigative Group charges $1,000 per day, flat, including unlimited mileage and travel, HD video and stills, and a written case report. There is no multi-day discount. Longer or irregular schedules are quoted to the case before any work begins.

Is it legal for a private investigator to follow someone in Florida?

Yes, when it is conducted from public places and public vantage points where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. A licensed investigator may not trespass onto private property, may not record private conversations without the consent of all parties under section 934.03 of the Florida Statutes, and may not place a tracking device on a vehicle the client does not own under section 934.425. This is general information, not legal advice.

What happens if surveillance does not find anything?

You are paying for documented investigative time, not for a predetermined result, and the report says plainly what was observed and what was not. A day showing a subject doing exactly what they said they were doing is a real answer, and clients regularly tell us it was the answer they needed. Any firm promising to find something is promising an outcome it cannot control.

Can surveillance video be used in court?

Video documented to evidentiary standards, with timestamps, a written chronology and maintained chain of custody, is prepared to be used in proceedings, and the investigator who captured it can speak to what he observed. Whether any particular piece of evidence is accepted is a matter for the court and for your attorney.

How many days of surveillance will I need?

That depends on the subject’s routine and what you need documented. We will give you an honest assessment before you book, including when we think an assignment is unlikely to produce anything. Establishing a pattern first usually costs less than booking days speculatively.

Ask an investigator

Assignments are scoped and quoted before work begins, including a realistic assessment of what we expect to be able to document.

Call and a licensed investigator answers, day or night, including weekends. Written enquiries are answered within 48 hours.

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