Summary
A network of cameras and recorders installed in private residences under investigation. In review over how footage is retained and who is assigned to watch it.
License conditions
- Footage is retained only for the duration of a warranted investigation.
- Reviewers may not be assigned footage in which they appear.
The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:
- 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
- 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
- 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.
Filing history
Licensed for residential surveillance under warrant.
Review opened after it emerged that at least one undercover officer had been assigned to watch footage of himself. The second condition above was added as a result.