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Our Privacy Mission
At Chicago Bug Sweeps, we specialize in professional TSCM bug sweeping services to detect and eliminate unwanted surveillance devices and hidden cameras in the Chicago area. Our expertise ensures that your privacy is protected, and we utilize cutting-edge technology to deliver thorough inspections and peace of mind. Please note that we have been practicing for over 35-years, and we are not to be confused with basic PI firms that just "wave around a cheap RF wand around." We are real professionals in electronic harassment investigations and we operate on a national level.

We are committed to safeguarding your personal and business confidentiality. Our experienced team is dedicated to providing discreet and efficient bug sweeping solutions, ensuring you can trust your environment. Reach out to us today to ensure your privacy is secure.

Discretion, trust, and professionalism is the hallmark of our business...
What kind of equipment do we use to search for eavesdropping devices in a modern technological world?

Professional TSCM Bug Sweep & Counter-Surveillance Services
It has become far too common to see part-time private investigation firms purchase a low-cost RF detector online and then present themselves as qualified TSCM experts. Unfortunately, this often provides clients with little more than a false sense of peace of mind. These limited and insufficient services can leave clients exposed, vulnerable, and unaware that a truly professional inspection was never performed.
For more than 35 years, Special Solutions, L.T.D. has made it our business to provide professional, experienced, and properly equipped Technical Surveillance Countermeasures services. We do not simply walk into a room, wave a wand, and tell a client, “You’re clear.” Our approach is far more thorough, strategic, and professional.
Today, anyone with a gift card or credit card can purchase covert listening devices, miniature cameras, GPS trackers, Wi-Fi devices, GSM cellular transmitters, digital audio recorders, and other spy-related technology from online retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, eBay, TikTok shops, Temu, and countless other sources. These devices can range from inexpensive $14 products to highly sophisticated equipment costing thousands of dollars. They can be shipped to homes, businesses, mail drops, or other nondescript locations with little effort.
We know this because we have seen it, dealt with it, and investigated it for decades.
Modern surveillance technology has become smaller, cheaper, easier to obtain, and more difficult for the average person to detect. Whether the threat involves GSM cellular devices, Wi-Fi devices, analog or digital spread-spectrum transmitters, hardwired devices, concealed cameras, GPS tracking devices, or stand-alone digital recorders, the risk to your privacy, business, reputation, and personal security can be significant.
At Special Solutions, L.T.D., we are licensed private investigators and veteran security professionals. We combine investigative experience, modern counter-surveillance equipment, physical inspection techniques, electronic detection methods, and practical security consultation to help identify and reduce privacy threats.
Our TSCM services may include inspections of:
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Private residences
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Corporate offices
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Conference rooms
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Executive suites
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Vehicles
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Aircraft
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Recreational vehicles
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Watercraft
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Smartphones, computers, and electronic environments
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Alarm, CCTV, and access-control-related concerns
We also take the time to sit down with our clients, discuss the circumstances, identify areas of concern, and provide proactive recommendations for ongoing privacy and security. Our goal is not only to inspect the environment, but also to educate the client and help establish stronger preventative security practices moving forward. We believe in proactive security, not reactive panic.
Whether our clients choose to follow every recommendation or simply need an immediate professional inspection, we provide honest, detailed, and experienced guidance every step of the way.
When your privacy, business, family, or reputation is at stake, do not rely on a bargain-basement inspection or someone with a store-bought gadget pretending to be a specialist. Trust a licensed, experienced, and properly equipped professional agency.
Special Solutions, L.T.D.
Professional TSCM Bug Sweep & Counter-Surveillance Services
Over 35 Years of Investigative and Security Experience
Call today for a confidential security consultation: 847-803-6922
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