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At Sentry Investigations Ltd, we like to give our visitors an idea of what a private investigator Birmingham actually gets up to. Since the profession was created, a very mysterious/'cloak and dagger' reputation has been formed. Furthermore, some unsavoury characters within the industry have unfortunately tarnished the highly professional work we do each day, and we want to put an end to it.

We want to eliminate the common misconceptions surrounding private investigations by being open with clientele from the offset. We do this to allow them to form their own opinions, and see the huge benefits of the investigative services we provide. Don't get us wrong, there are certain aspects to the job that we do like to keep close knit, However, you can quite easily research everything we do simply via online searches on various forums. This blog was formed to give people insights into the private investigations industry, and to showcase the work we do.

School Run in Pyjamas

Sentry Investigations Ltd

3 min

School Run in Pyjamas

Background Our latest private investigation was to determine whether our client’s former husband (subject) was cohabiting with his new girlfriend/fiancée. The client had a legitimate interest in this because they were still going through the financial side of a long drawn out divorce, and the subject stated that he was living at a different address with custody of their son. Proving cohabitation at the fiancé’s address would mean a significantly lower divorce settlement figur

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Positive Trace Search

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Positive Trace Search

We recently received an interesting enquiry to say the least… The client visited a swingers club where he indulged in the activities the venue had to offer. Following his ”activities”, the clients partner and her husband for that evening offered to exchange phone numbers. The client politely declined because, where could things possibly lead to? The client did manage to get their first names and a very clear description of the couple (how could he not?). A few weeks later, th

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Armed Forces Covenant - Bronze Award

Sentry Investigations Ltd

1 min

Armed Forces Covenant - Bronze Award

Yet again, our armed forces are displaying acts of heroism and humanitarianism as the UK withdraws from Afghanistan. Regardless of the circumstances and decisions made from above surrounding the way in which we are withdrawing, the armed forces are leading the way in making it happen. This only strengthens our position on supporting our serving and veteran armed forces as much as we can. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and pledged to give military personnel priority

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Employee Absences

Sentry Investigations Ltd

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Employee Absences

When you set out to form and run business you want it to thrive and succeed. There is no easy way of doing this as it takes hard work and determination. There will be many hurdles to clear and it will have its bumps along the way. In order to make most businesses succeed you need a strong team of employees who support the day to day running of the operation. Essentially, all you want from your employees is for them to turn up (on time), do their job to the best of their abili

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Private Investigator Services

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Private Investigator Services

The private investigations industry covers a whole host of various services designed to support clients usually in need of obtaining information about someone, or something. Depending on who the client approaches as their investigative service provider will determine whether or not that investigator can fulfil the clients wishes. Certain professionals in the industry won’t even consider themselves as a private investigator, and will give themselves a different title. For exam

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Investigative Service Locations

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Investigative Service Locations

Private investigators, but more specifically surveillance operatives are based all over the U.K (and the world). 99% of the industry is made up of self employed operatives who commute all over the country to conduct operations. Whether it be a insurance fraud task or a matrimonial task, a surveillance operative will put in the miles to take o the job. We typically have our areas that we cover and generally like to keep our jobs within a reasonable distance to where we are bas

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Armed Forces Covenant

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Armed Forces Covenant

Having formerly served with HM Forces (2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets, and 4th Battalion The Rifles), it is of huge importance that we as a company support serving members and veterans in any way that we can. To that end, Sentry Investigations Ltd have signed the Armed Forces Covenant promising to do just that. We already offer discounted services to forces personnel as standard, but now, with the private investigations industry being a desired resettlement route away from

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Private Investigator Background Searches

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Private Investigator Background Searches

As private investigators, we we generally specialise in one or a few different fields of the trade. At Sentry Investigations Ltd we focus covert surveillance operations, as well as desktop enquiries. Our desktop enquiries range from trace searches to find missing people, to in depth background checks. Typically, we find that our clients have spent hours and hours trawling through Google to find the information they need about someone before giving up and calling us. Any exper

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COVID -19

Sentry Investigations Ltd

1 min

COVID -19

We have been completely off grip over the past 10 days as we were hit with COVID-19. There was a hope that if we did catch it, it would be a minor inconvenience. Oh how we were wrong! Even after the 1st vaccine It’s been 10 days of fever, no energy, no strength, hot and cold flushes and no sense of taste or smell. Our isolation period is coming to an end and we are almost back to full strength. It’s about time because we’ve got a lot of work to do. We can only apologise for t

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Investigative Services

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Investigative Services

Across the investigations industry, private investigators specialise in various aspects of the trade. The industry is a vast place with many field and desktop roles to consider. Sentry Investigations Ltd are Birmingham based investigators with expertise in both the private and corporate sectors. We conduct covert surveillance operations whether to catch out a cheating partner, or to prove fabricated workplace injuries. These are just two examples of typical surveillance tasks

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Static Camera Deployments

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Static Camera Deployments

Static/covert/drop and go/cellular (or whatever else you want to call them) camera’s have come a very long way over recent years, and they are proving to be highly effective at delivering the goods with our private investigations. Our static cameras run off a long lasting battery (roughly 3 to 4 weeks) and a 4G cellular data network (no WiFi required). The camera only powers up and starts recording once the sensor is triggered by movement, but alternatively we can manually op

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Tricky Job

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Tricky Job

Today we tackled a personal injury private investigation which proved to be fairly difficult from beginning to end! First off, the claimant suspected of fraud is a GP. This alone sets off a few alarm bells because she could well be aware of an investigation being conducted against her. Medical professionals see fraudulent injuries every day. They know full well why their patients are doing it (payouts), so they are well clued up. The fact that the claimant is a GP meant we ha

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Greedy Pig

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Greedy Pig

Upon receipt of a clients instructions, we have a good read over the claimants injuries so we have an idea of what to look out for during the surveillance operation. This helps us to get into the best positions in order for us to film specific areas of the subjects body where they claim to be injured, thus allowing medical experts to make accurate assessments on their injuries. Today’s task involved a claimant who we have in the past found to be quite elusive (we have never a

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Surveillance Vehicles

Sentry Investigations Ltd

3 min

Surveillance Vehicles

There has recently been some industry debate (which did get a bit frosty) around what types of vehicles surveillance operatives should be using. Everyone had an opinion, so we thought we would share ours. First and foremost, we do NOT use Aston Martins. The first thing you do when you see an Aston Martin is dribble, and the whole point of covert surveillance is to remain undetected. Using an Aston Martin (or any other flash vehicle) completely defeats the point. That being sa

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A Rural Setting

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

A Rural Setting

A very recent private investigation took us out to the sticks of the country because of a male who sustained injuries following a car accident a few years ago. As a result of his injuries he was claiming big bucks for reasons of no longer being able to drive or work due to the alleged constant pain he suffers with all over his body. On day 2 of a 2 day job, before lunch we could say with confidence that the claimant was a fraud. Day 1 proved difficult with this claimant as we

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Finding Missing People

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

Finding Missing People

Sentry Investigations are suddenly seeing a big increase in demand for trace search enquires to locate missing people. Generally our clients are trying to get in touch with long lost family members and are hoping to reconnect with them after so many years. Getting in touch with old friends or family has never been so easy as it is today, which is all thanks to the many social media platforms available at our finger tips. However, with privacy concerns now going through the ro

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Virtual Networking

Sentry Investigations Ltd

1 min

Virtual Networking

With tools somewhat downed due to lockdown 3.0 we are making the most of it by attending some virtual networking events hosted by Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce throughout January and February. We would much prefer to make new contacts in person as you can’t beat having a conversation in person, but with everything going on, Zoom is the only option right now. We do hope to make some new corporate contacts over the next few months but what we really hope to see is all

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Start-Up Kit

Sentry Investigations Ltd

3 min

Start-Up Kit

We often see newcomers or people displaying an interest in getting into the investigations industry, and one of the first questions they ask is “What equipment do I need?” Well, first and foremost it depends on what area of investigation you want to get into. If your planning on being a desktop investigator with a focus on trace searches or background checks, then there’s no point splashing out on cameras and GPS trackers etc. You would be better off spending your cash on a

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Christmas Cheats

Sentry Investigations Ltd

1 min

Christmas Cheats

It’s nearly that time of year again where we plan to spend time with family and loved ones. With government leaks starting to show, it’s looking more and more likely that Bojo is going to let us out for a few days during the holiday period to celebrate. Most of us will indeed be enjoying each others company, but others will see the ease on restrictions as a golden opportunity to enjoy someone else’s company... Private investigators find Christmas time to be a very busy time

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#CheatingPartner

Sentry Investigations Ltd

2 min

#CheatingPartner

We have recently got off the ground after having investigated a fairly sensitive infidelity case which brought to light some serious findings. The data subject in question decided to just up and leave our client one day, leaving her high and dry with lots of unanswered questions spinning around in her head. Although the client and the data subject were still in minimal contact, lies, deception and vagueness were a part of every conversation they had leaving the client feeling

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