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Annual Surveillance Report 2024
Decision Maker: Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
RESOLVED –
That the Audit, Standards and General Purposes Commitee:
1) Approves the continued use of covert surveillance as an enforcement tool to prevent and detect crime and disorder investigated by its officers, providing the activity is in line with the Council’s Policy and Guidance and the necessity and proportionality rules are stringently applied.
2) Notes the surveillance activity undertaken by the authority since the report to Committee in January 2024 as set out in paragraph 3.3 in the report.
3) Approves the continued use of the Policy and Guidance document as set out in Appendix 1 in its updated form.
Report author: Jim Whitelegg
Publication date: 29/01/2025
Date of decision: 28/01/2025
Decided at meeting: 28/01/2025 - Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee
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