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Annual Surveillance Report
Decision Maker: Audit & Standards Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
1) That the continued use of covert surveillance be approved as an enforcement tool to prevent and detect crime and disorder investigated by officers, providing the activity is in line with the Council’s Policy and Guidance and the necessity and proportionality rules are stringently applied.
2) That the surveillance activity undertaken by the authority since the report to Committee in March 2021 as set out in paragraph 3.3 is noted.
3) That the updated Policy and Guidance document set out in Appendix 1 be approved.
Report author: Jo Player
Publication date: 21/04/2022
Date of decision: 19/04/2022
Decided at meeting: 19/04/2022 - Audit & Standards Committee
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