Issue - meetings

[To approve an updated RIPA Covert Investigation Policy and corporate RIPA Operating Procedure]

1.      That the updated, corporate RIPA Covert Investigation Policy and corporate RIPA Operating Procedure be approved.

2.      That the contents of the report and the steps taken to address comments made by the most recent inspection of the Council’s arrangements in respect to RIPA regulated matters be noted.

Councillor Paula Brookfield presented the update report on how the Council is meeting its legal obligations under the RIPA and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA). The legislation helped the Council ensure it keeps its residents safe and the environment protected through the use of necessary and proportionate lawful covert investigation techniques such as covert surveillance, covert CCTV cameras and convert intelligence gathering. Cabinet was asked to approve an updated corporate RIPA Covert Investigation Policy and Corporate RIPA Operating procedure and to note the Council’s response to the most recent inspection of its arrangements in respect to RIPA regulated matters.

Resolved:

1.    That the updated, corporate RIPA Covert Investigation Policy and corporate RIPA Operating Procedure be approved.

2.    That the contents of the report and the steps taken to address comments made by the most recent inspection of the Council’s arrangements in respect to RIPA regulated matters be noted.