TSCM Bug Sweeps 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

If you think someone may be listening to you or tracking you, do not research this from a device or account that person can see. Call 941-297-8213 from a phone they do not have access to, or have someone call for you. What you tell us is confidential to you under section 493.6119 of the Florida Statutes.

Insight Investigative Group, LLC is a licensed, veteran-owned Florida private investigative agency, agency license A3400127, providing TSCM bug sweeps for homes, offices and vehicles across Bradenton, Sarasota, Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater. Sweeps are priced at $1.50 per square foot with a $500 minimum, and a vehicle sweep is $500 flat. TSCM stands for technical surveillance countermeasures: the physical and electronic inspection of a space to find hidden cameras, listening devices and tracking devices.

The REI technical surveillance countermeasures sweep kit used by Insight Investigative Group, with long lens camera and 4K camcorder
Our REI sweep kit. Electronic detection is half the job; the other half is a hands-on physical inspection.

What a bug sweep covers

A sweep combines electronic detection with a hands-on physical inspection. We check for radio frequency transmitters, hidden cameras whether transmitting or recording, listening devices, and GPS trackers on vehicles. The physical inspection matters as much as the equipment: outlets, fixtures, furnishings and vehicle mounting points get examined directly, because the cheapest devices are often the quietest ones.

How much does a bug sweep cost in Florida?

Sweeps are $1.50 per square foot with a $500 minimum. A vehicle sweep is $500 flat. Those prices are quoted and agreed before any work begins. A single vehicle is a smaller job than a two-story home or an office suite, so square footage is what moves the number.

A covert audio recording device concealed inside a car key fob housing, of the type found during a TSCM bug sweep
A covert recorder in a key fob housing. Devices like this are why a sweep combines hands-on physical inspection with electronic detection.

Signs you might be under surveillance

Private conversations surfacing with people who should not know them. An unfamiliar object or new wiring in your home or office. A person with past access to your space, such as an ex-partner, a former employee or a business rival, behaving as if they know your movements. Contentious litigation or a difficult separation in progress. None of these prove anything on their own. A sweep replaces suspicion with an answer.

Homes, offices and vehicles

Residential sweeps cover the living space and anything attached to it. Commercial sweeps cover offices, conference rooms and vehicles used by principals. Vehicle sweeps look for GPS trackers and recording devices. In Florida, installing a tracking device on another person’s vehicle without consent is generally a crime under section 934.425 of the Florida Statutes, so a device we find is potential evidence. We document it to evidentiary standards rather than simply throwing it away, so your attorney can decide what to do with it.

REI Orion technical surveillance countermeasures equipment laid out in its case, including the Orion non linear junction detector, ANDRE near field receiver and MESA spectrum analyser
The kit itself: an Orion non linear junction detector, an ANDRE near field receiver and a MESA spectrum analyser. A non linear junction detector finds electronics whether or not they are powered on or transmitting.

What a sweep is and is not

A sweep addresses devices planted in a space or a vehicle. It is not phone or computer forensics, and it is not a promise about the future: a clean result describes the space on the day it was swept. Anyone promising more than that is selling reassurance, not countermeasures. What we provide is a documented inspection by a licensed investigator, with findings you can act on.

Discretion is the point

Sweeps are scheduled discreetly and reported only to you. Under section 493.6119 of the Florida Statutes, the contents of the investigative file are confidential to the client. If a device is found, what happens next, whether law enforcement, an attorney, or quiet removal, is your decision, made with full documentation in hand.


Bug sweep questions, answered


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Consultations are confidential. If you believe your space is compromised, contact us from a phone or device the other party has no access to.

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