Decision - Surveillance Policy

144.1    Councillor Kitcat introduced the report which provided a summary of the activities that had been undertaken utilising the powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) since the last report to Cabinet in September 2011.  He also noted that recommendation 2.3 should be amended to approve the revised policy guidance and its publication.

144.2    RESOLVED:

(1)   That the continued use of covert surveillance as an enforcement tool to prevent and detect all crime and disorder investigated by officers be approved, provided the activity was in line with the revised Policy and Guidance and the necessity and proportionality rules were strictly applied;

(2)   That the surveillance activity undertaken by the authority since the report to Cabinet in September 2011 as set out in appendix 1 to the report be noted;

(3)   That the revised Policy and Guidance document as set out in Appendix 2 to the report be approved and published accordingly.