Quotes About Stakeout

I was on a few surveillance jobs as part of a big team. I would be the person to follow the subject on foot when the need arose. But most of the time, we were sitting in a car doing nothing.

The press had had the story of the severed leg since six that morning. Wardle had kept his word to Strike and warned him ahead of time. The detective had been able to leave his attic flat in the small hours with enough clothes in his holdall for a few days' absence. He knew the press would soon be staking out the office, and not for the first time

When you're working in crisis situations, people have a tendency - particularly the media - to stake out your house.

We sat in silence for minutes more before Guy said abruptly, "We're wasting our time. Did you want to grab dinner?" He started the Miata's engine. Stakeout Rule #1. Bring your own car or rent your own car. Do not rely on other people and their dwindling patience for your ride.