Professional surveillance, start to finish.
This intensive, highly practical course teaches new PIs how to conduct professional fixed, mobile, and foot surveillance. You'll cover planning, technique, equipment, documentation, legal limits, and counter-surveillance awareness — with heavy emphasis on real-world drills, so you leave with field skills you can actually use, not just notes on a page.
THE COURSE
DAY BY DAY
DAY ONE
Planning & Fixed Surveillance
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Live Exercise #17A
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Surveillance mindset and professional standards
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Legal boundaries and privacy laws in Texas
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Pre-surveillance planning and intelligence
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Live Exercise #17B
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Fixed / static surveillance techniques and positioning
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Note-taking, photography, and video best practices
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Equipment selection and vehicle preparation
DAY TWO
Mobile, Foot & Live Drills
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Mobile surveillance techniques (urban and suburban)
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Team vs. solo mobile operations
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Foot surveillance fundamentals
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Live Exercise #17C
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Counter-surveillance awareness and detection
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Live Exercise #17D
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After-action review and report writing from surveillance
Who THIS IS For
Essential for anyone who WIll do field work
Built for newly licensed Texas PIs and serious aspiring investigators. If you're going to sit on a target, follow a vehicle, or work a foot tail, this is the course that gets you field-ready.
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Newly licensed Texas Private Investigators
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Serious aspiring investigators preparing for field work
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Anyone who will perform surveillance as part of their caseload
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Completion of the StriderPI BASIC Course (S.P.I.T.)
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Valid Texas driver's license
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Willingness to participate in outdoor and vehicle-based exercises
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A smartphone with a usable camera and moderate zoom, a digital camera with a 75–300mm (or similar) zoom lens, and a Dictaphone or other recorder
PREREQUISITES
Before You EnrolL
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Taught by working investigators
Lead instructor is a Texas-licensed PI with extensive surveillance experience and a proven instructional background. Field assistants support the live drills so every student gets hands-on coaching, not just a demonstration.
OUTCOMES
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
A StriderPI Academy Certificate of Completion for 16 hours of specialized training in Professional Surveillance — plus the field reps most rookies don't get until months into casework.
StriderPI Training (S.P.I.T.) is preparatory skill-building only. It is not DPS-approved training and does not satisfy Texas licensing or experience requirements. All hands-on exercises are educational simulations. Strider Private Investigations is a separately licensed Class A investigations company. Training participants are not employees or agents of the licensed company.
StriderPI
202 Walton Way
Suite 192-155
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Get IN TOUCH
Primary Courses
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Surveillance “SURF"
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of surveillance via lectures, 1:1 discussions and live exercises.
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Open Source Investigation “OSINT"
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of computer investigations, including: background checks, social media, undercover ops and more.
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Criminal Investigation “Crime OPS"
Qualified students will learn about crime scenes, robbery fraud, sex crimes and homicide.
This course is available to students that have completed both “SURF” and “OSINT” school.
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Undercover OPS
Qualified students will learn about covers (develop + maintain), subject assessment, team UC OPS and more.
This course is available to students that have completed “SURF”, “OSINT” and “Crime OPS”.
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Advanced Surveillance
Master the techniques of covert observation and digital tracking in our Advanced Surveillance course, designed for seasoned professionals seeking to enhance their investigative skills.
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Advanced OSINT
Dive deeper into sophisticated techniques for digital forensics, social media analytics, and undercover online operations.
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360 Course
One month of PI Training | Coming Soon
STR-SV-101 · 2-Day Intensive IN-PERSON COURSE
MASTERING SURVEILLANCE
The skill every case is built on. Go master it.
Fixed. Mobile. Foot. This is the essential fieldwork course for any Texas PI who's actually going to work a case — planning, technique, equipment, documentation, and the legal lines you can't cross.