Annual Surveillance Report 2025

January 27, 2026 Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee (Committee) Awaiting outcome View on council website
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Content

RESOLVED –
 
That the Audit, Standards, and General
Purposes Committee:
 
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)       Note the
surveillance activity undertaken by the authority since the report
to Committee in January 2025 as set out in paragraph 3.3 of the
report.
 
3)       Approve the
continued use of the Policy and Guidance document as set out in
Appendix 1 in its updated form.

Supporting Documents

Annual Surveillance Report 2025 APX. n 1.pdf
RIPA and IPA Policy January 2026 APX. n 2.pdf

Details

OutcomeFor Determination
Decision date27 Jan 2026