Decisions for issue Surveillance Policy

(1)         That Cabinet approves the continued use of covert surveillance and the accessing of communications data as an enforcement tool to prevent and detect all crime and disorder investigated by its officers, providing the necessity and proportionality rules are stringently applied.

(2)         That Cabinet notes the surveillance activity undertaken by the authority since the last report to Cabinet in March 2011 as set out in Appendix 1.

(3)         That the Cabinet notes the outcome of the internal review and approves the implementation of the proposed changes with immediate effect.