Case Study of the Phantom Cock Artist

Before creating and publishing this case study, Titan did gain full permission from the client and would not use material or content of a client’s case unless authority is given. It is rare that we would request permission, however this particular case was rather amusing in reflection, however was upsetting and particularly upsetting at the time for our client.

Our client was having childish phallic symbols annoyingly sporadically drawn on their house number on the entrance to their driveway. This was at first smiled at, rubbed off and nothing more thought of it.

However, the intensity slowly increased from once a month, too fortnightly, to weekly and then almost daily. The client began to become annoyed of having to rub the graffiti off and started to wonder who it could be, why and will this escalate to something more serious. This was becoming harassment as it was occurring on multiple occasions and was starting to cause alarm and distress to the client and wider family.

Titan were called in to suggest how this may be investigated to gain the times of when the artist/offender was committing the offence of criminal damage and harassment and to try and identify the culprit.

The options were surveillance utilising two operatives or the use of a covert camera. Surveillance would have been expensive due to the time of the offence not being known and the fact it may not occur on the day the operatives are deployed. As a result, we recommended the use of a covert camera which will blend into the shrubbery of the garden from behind the house number which was subject to attack.

The camera was installed covertly within the garden with a view up towards the sign to avoid false activations from passing traffic and general movement.

2 days after the device was deployed, we had a visit from the artist/offender who left his trademark phallic symbol mark. We were able to identify that he arrived at a bicycle which had a bag fitted onto the handlebars and was a racing style bike. The subject was dressed in dark clothing other than his blue jeans with a dark helmet and facemask concealing his identity. His visits were between 0620 and 0630 hours, followed by 1545 and 1615 hours. From this, we could assess that he passed the address on the way to work and on the way home.

The more he visited, the more imagery and intelligence we gained whilst the Police were deciding whether it was a civil dispute or criminal damage.

The Police were still deciding how to get out of dealing with the offence which was actually harder than actually dealing with it and detecting a crime. So, we recommended to our client to commence surveillance based upon the routine identified by the covert cameras. The sole intention was to house the subject or to identify his home address.

The client gave the go ahead, and we commenced the surveillance utilising two surveillance operatives to covertly follow him away from the client’s address. As predicted, the subject/ offender arrived at the address bang on cue and was followed away by the operatives seamlessly to his home address. We were then able to perform an occupancy check to identify the name and date of birth of the subject.

The information was passed on to the Police who finally took positive action by questioning the offender under caution and to date there have been no further incidents and there is still the option of a civil prosecution if so required.

If you are subject to anti-social behaviour or harassment and are at the end of your tether by the Police being ineffective then feel free to get in touch to see how we may be able to help.

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