- Classification
- Information Management
- Download the policy
- Download the Directed Surveillance Policy
- Service area
- Legal and Assurance/Regulatory
- Scope
- This procedure applies in all cases where “directed surveillance” is being planned or carried out. Directed surveillance is defined by RIPSA as covert surveillance undertaken “for the purposes of a specific investigation or a specific operation” and “in such a manner as is likely to result in the obtaining of private information about a person” whether or not that person is the target of the operation and other than by way of an immediate response to events or circumstances (Section 1(2) RIPSA).
- Approval body
- Policy and Sustainability Committee
- Download minutes
- Download the Policy and Sustainability Committee Minute of 10 March 2026
- Review cycle
- As required