Region 2

Certified Technicians serving

Central Texas including Austin and San Antonio

    Louis L. Akin, Certified for 2009  Interview of Akin by Dr. D.P. Lyle   Article by Akin 

        512 477-2546   www.akininc.com email address: ai@akininc.com 

Louis L. Akin’s first involvement with countermeasures sweeps was when a woman came to his office convinced that something bad had happened where she worked and that her employer was eavesdropping on her. She worked at 3-Mile Island and turned out to be right on both accounts. Akin began his formal countermeasures training by completing basic and advanced TSCM courses at Texas A&M School of Engineering Extension Center in 1987. He continued training at the Jarvis International Intelligence Academy, Tulsa 1988 and has continually updated his training having attended his last 40-hour training course at REI in 2008. He first testified as an expert on technical surveillance countermeasures in a case filed in the 348th District Court in Tarrant County, Texas in January 1991. Akin has accumulated twenty-two years of experience performing sweeps at levels 3 and 4. In March 2007 Louis Akin, was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for Investigative Excellence by the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators for discovering a wiretap installed on the telephone line beneath the home of an Austin woman. The discovery led to the arrest and conviction of a 55-year old Austin contractor who had stalked, harassed, and psychologically tortured ex-girlfriends over the past 20-years. On evidence Akin developed, the contractor was convicted of wiretapping and burglary and sentenced to five years in prison. Akin has written articles on TSCM for the American College of Forensic Examiners, the National Association of Criminal Defense Investigators, The Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and other magazines including the Texas Investigator.

    Ken Bates, Certified for 2009

        512 502-1111 or 210 401-5403   Bates Investigations email address: Ken@batesinvestigations.com 

Ken Bates received countermeasures training in the US Military and attended classes in countermeasures at Texas A&M University in the Law Enforcement & Security Training Division. His partner (Mark Thompson) also received initial countermeasures training at Texas A&M University and continues his training as a 20 year active member of the National Technical Investigators Association. Mark created and ran the Austin Police Department Tech Unit for 18 years where he maintained, taught the use of and deployed the departments surveillance equipment. Retired from the Austin Police Department, he currently works as a Communication Technology Manager in the Austin public safety realm.

The firm “Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Service” provides services primarily to Government Agencies, law firms & large corporations in North and South America as well as Europe.

 

    Claude L. Bookout, Certified for 2009

512-687-3490 / 512-853-9084 512-415-0217 mobile  United International Investigations

email address: Investigations@austin.rr.com

Claude Bookout is the owner of United International Investigations. Mr. Bookout has been performing electronic countermeasure investigations since 1991, and he is licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Mr. Bookout provides electronic countermeasure investigations for both individuals and corporations.