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Chapter 6 Mobile Surveillance Part 1

Below are the questions and indicative answers to Covert Surveillance Theory by each chapter.

 

If you are taking the assessments for the Level 4 NQF qualifications in surveillance, you are advised not to copy and paste these answers into your workbook. It will be easily noticed if you do, and you will be struck off for plagiarism.

 

Only the indicative content is included, not the complete answers, therefore you will have to answer your questions in full to level 4 standard.

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Chapter 6 Questions - Mobile Questions Part 1

 

1. Analyse the requirements of an ‘ideal’ surveillance vehicle.

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  • Make & model

  • Colour

  • Engine

  • Air Con

  • Doors

  • Type

  • Roadworthy

  • Uniformity

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2. To minimise risks when coming to a halt on a mobile surveillance (or static whilst on plot), explain what you should consider in relation to your security and the security of the surveillance.

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  • Observation check

  • Safety & hazards

  • Report

  • Location

  • Escape

  • Cover story

  • Doors

  • Equipment

 

3. Describe what weekly checks you should make to your vehicle.

 

  • POWERS

  • Emergency equipment

 

4. Identify Where would you consider a good location for a mobile handover.

 

  • Natural locations

  • Nearside Junctions

  • Side streets

  • Petrol Stations

  • Roundabouts?

  • Lay-bys?

  • Motorway exits

 

5. Identify When would you consider carrying out mobile handover.

 

  • Heat states

  • Changes in direction

  • Stops

  • Tiredness

  • Anti surveillance

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6. Identify and explain where can be bad place for a hand over.

 

  • Line of traffic

  • Roundabout with lights

  • Offside junctions

  • Certain junctions

  • In view

  • Dual carriageways

  • Motorways

 

7. Explain when a target is more likely to be surveillance aware.

 

  • First appear

  • Spooked

  • Suspicious

  • Before event

  • After event

  • Returning

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8. Examine the dynamics of a ‘secondary’ stakeout.

 

  • Trigger

  • Junctions

  • Options

  • Concentration

  • Driving skill

  • Tracking devices

 

9. Explain the dynamics of a ‘rolling’ stakeout.

 

  • Unknown route

  • Mobile

  • Foot

  • Destination

  • Flexibility

  • Handovers

  • Navigation

 

10. Explain, when alighting from your vehicle, what actions or considerations should you carry out.

 

  • Communications

  • Radio check

  • Location

  • Phone

  • Wallet

  • Camera

  • Control

 

11. Identify where you should you normally get picked up if you are dropped off from a vehicle if you are following an ‘unsophisticated’ target and why.

 

  • Location

  • Communications

  • Radio network

  • Simplicity

  • Compromise

 

End of Chapter Six Questions

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