Home Department written question – answered at on 26 November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's policy is on the personal information that undercover officers are required to pass on to supervisors where that information has been gathered from surveillance targets with whom the undercover officer is in a sexual relationship; and if she will make a statement.
The requirements for supervising and managing the deployment of undercover officers are set out in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and its related statutory code of practice. In addition, the Association of Chief Police Officers produces its own guidance on managing undercover deployments. Senior police officers have made clear in recent months that it is not acceptable for the police to engage in sexual activity with members of the public, and that this is not authorised conduct.
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