Colin Hughes, Consultant Lawyer, introduced this report which recorded the use by Council of covert surveillance and invited the Committee to review the Council’s Policy and Procedure Document on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000(RIPA). Annual training had been undertaken and at the training in November 2019 the trainer had suggesting adding more detail in the Policy Document on record keeping where officers used social media for their work. Any investigation would still require approval by an authorising officer and/or a magistrate and a record kept for future reference

Resolved – That the report be noted and the revisions and additions to the Council’s Policy and Procedure Document approved.