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    Surveillance Stories: A Series of Short Stories on Surveillance Methods
    Surveillance Stories: A Series of Short Stories on Surveillance Methods
    Surveillance Stories: A Series of Short Stories on Surveillance Methods
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    Surveillance Stories: A Series of Short Stories on Surveillance Methods

    By Gary Jenkins

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    The author has written a how to book on the art of conduct a surveillance on criminals. Gary Jenkins is a retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective and Gary uses real life situations to entertain and educate the reader in the art of surveillance. He tells about sitting in roach infested apartments for days and days, following a serial killer on foot though the back alleys of Kansas City and following professional criminals as they move from state to state or case a bank or rob a pharmacy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary Jenkins
    Release dateMar 24, 2017
    ISBN9781370935949
    Surveillance Stories: A Series of Short Stories on Surveillance Methods
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    Gary Jenkins

    Gary Jenkins served 25 years with the Kansas City Police Department. He was assigned to investigate the Mob for 13 of those 25 years. He attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law and is a practicing attorney. He produced 3 Documentary films. The first was Negroes to Hire: Slave Life in Antebellum Missouri. The second was Freedom Seekers: Stories From the Western Underground Railroad. The third was Gangland Wire: How the Mob Lost Las Vegas. He created and maintains a popular smart phone app called, Kansas City Mob Tour. He is a speaker on the subject of the Underground Railroad on the western frontier and the Mafia in Kansas City, Missouri. He has written one Young Adult historical fiction titled, John Brown and the Last Train. Gary's most recent project is his fun and interesting true crime podcast, Gangland Wire. He co-hosts this lively and exciting show. Gary's cohost is Aaron Gnirk, comedian and producer of the Big Dumb Fun Show. In 1976, Gary was assigned to Operation Strawman. He helped the F.B.I. follow Kansas City Mafia members to learn which pay phones they were using to call their mob contacts in Las Vegas. You will find an account of his work in the popular book, Casino by Nicholas Pileggi.

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      Surveillance Stories - Gary Jenkins

      Surveillance Stories

      A series of short stories on surveillance methods

      By Gary Jenkins

      Copyright 2017 by Gary Jenkins

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means--electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise--without prior written permission.

      Published March 2017 by Gary Jenkins

      Acknowledgements

      I must acknowledge the following folks for their courage and dedication to duty. We all sacrificed many nights, holidays and weekends to make Kansas City, and the rest of the country, a safer and more civilized place. Robert Pat Pattison, Larry Weishar, Billy Trollope, Ray Kinney, Robert Bobby Arnold, Harold Vito Nichols, Lee Lee Boy Floyd, Lynn Kinder, Tommy Joe Walker, Charles Chuck Lidge, Tommy Black, Galen Heinan and many others who worked in the LEIU of the Kansas City, Police Department.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Foreword

      I. FixedSurveillance

      II. Fixed Surveillance

      III. Auto Surveillance

      IV. Foot Surveillance

      V. Aerial Surveillance

      VI. Electronic Surveillance

      Afterword

      Glossary

      FOREWORD

      Most crime films and TV shows depict the art of moving and fixed surveillance as if the police officers never take a burn. Now, admittedly, a fixed surveillance is usually easy to conduct without fear of being caught, but I have taken a burn, even on a fixed post. I have seen movie situations where the detective follows his target alone at night, with no other cars around, through empty streets and never be spotted. The TV detective can follow the target through crowded city traffic patterns and never get cut off or caught by a red light. My experience is that these situations almost never happen, unless the officer is following someone who is drunk or so high they should not be on the street. Oh, and the person who has nothing to hide is usually easy to follow. In this short book I want to help the reader understand the real story of how to conduct moving and fixed physical surveillances without being caught.

      Fixed Surveillance

      In a fixed surveillance, the officer is watching a stationary target like a house or business. This may be a bar or social club where mob guys are known to meet and hang out, like the Sopranos’ Bada Bing. Or, the detective may watch a criminal’s home because the fixed surveillance can report all visitors or maybe get a pattern on when the target normally leaves and returns. Another fixed surveillance target may be on a business or home that is known to be the target of a burglary or invasion style robbery. The fixed post surveillance may coordinate with a moving surveillance team. When the target leaves or arrives, the fixed post lookout will radio the moving surveillance that their target is either leaving or arriving and give a direction and description of clothing and vehicle. The location for the stationary officer on a fixed surveillance is called the Plant.

      One of my

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