Surveillance
Surveillance is often a necessary part of any investigation, regardless of the overall objectives. It can be utilised as an evidence/intelligence gathering tool for brand and fiscal integrity or even as part of a professional standards process.
All POC Management surveillance personnel have been trained to recognised national standards, thus meeting the Police and Home Office guidelines and with some of our more senior personnel being qualified to trainer standards. It is also important to point out that all POC investigations that require any form of covert operation, or similar potential breach of human rights, will only be conducted under the strict guidelines of our Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) authority, as agreed with the client, before any such covert operation takes place. This bespoke RIPA authorisation system whilst not legally binding for POC or their clients, mirrors the current Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) best practice, thus firmly controlling the parameters of the covert activity having considered and documented the necessity and proportionality elements such as the collateral intrusion and other ECHR important considerations.
POC are also able to offer a unique and proven track record in technical surveillance solutions. These can, if necessary and only after meeting our in-house RIPA processes of course, be deployed against vehicles, assets, personnel, or a mixture of all.
We cannot emphasise enough, that POC Management WILL NOT conduct covert operations of any kind, unless we are 100% certain that such tactics are both justified and 100% legal, no matter how important you or your organisation feels the requested project actually is.
