Issue - items at meetings - Quarterly Surveillance Report

Report of the Director of Finance (copy attached).

(1)               That 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 be approved; and

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

228.1    The Chair introduced the report and stated that the powers were used sparingly and commended the report to the Cabinet.  He then put the recommendations to the vote.

228.2    RESOLVED:

(1)         That 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 be approved; and

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