Remember When V. Today

A few true snippets from “The good old days” of PI work

Then: Spending three 16 hr days, in the cavity between the 1st and 2nd floors of George Courts Store, K Road, Auckland peering through a hole and making notes of staff steal from the till.

Now: Install a covert camera, watch it from you desk on-line

Then: Driving to Lorne St, City, parking and spending hours just to establish the directors of a company.

Now: Login into Coys.co.nz and do the same in 60 seconds

Then: Chop down a bush, drag it to your surveillance location, hide underneath, get pee’d on by a passing motorist and make wet notes of occurrences.

Now: Park your surveillance van, leave it and return later to uplift the footage.

Then: Follow a suspect truck driver stealing product at slow speeds and around various commercial premises to see if they make unauthorized deliveries.

Now: Install a snitch tracking device and watch from your desk.

Then: Be excited about starting a “database” on a Commodore 64 “computer” with 64mb of memory

Now: Operate a fully integrated client login management system with investigation updates in real time