Require trained CMP manager for covert monitoring posts
Jermaine Baker Inquiry · Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · Issued 5 July 2022 · Addressed to: College of Policing
Government responseMetropolitan Police Service: Noted (Oct 2022)National Police Chiefs Council: Noted (Oct 2022)
DeliveryNo statement from College of Policing found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 15.14
CMPs should not be established without the appointment of a properly trained CMP manager, whose responsibility it should be to appoint a team of CMOs, once satisfied from proper assessment as to their qualifications and ability.
Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · 5 Jul 2022 Source PDF →
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The Inquiry recommended requiring trained managers to oversee covert monitoring posts and appoint staff. In October 2022, the Metropolitan Police Service stated that internal guidance reaffirmed that covert monitoring posts cannot be established without an accredited manager, who appoints appropriately trained operatives and whose appointment must be verified before technical surveillance support is approved (Metropolitan Police Service response, Oct 2022). In October 2022, Chris Haward, National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Lead for Surveillance, stated in a letter that national surveillance standards were being updated to require that an appointed manager ensure all post staff are competent, licensed, and authorised (Chris Haward response, Oct 2022). The record holds nothing dated later than the response of October 2022 (Metropolitan Police Service response, Oct 2022).
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Government response
●Metropolitan Police Service · Noted · 28 Oct 2022
Guidance has been issued within MO3 and MO5 reaffirming the position in Surveillance Manual of Standards (MoS) 2021 (and the previous Manual of Guidance 2019) that only officers who are trained and authorised to perform CMP roles may perform those roles, and no CMP can be instituted without the appointment of an accredited CMP Manager. A significant amount of work has been done to increase the numbers of appropriately trained officers. 25. In line with the Surveillance MoS, the MPS requires the SIO in a given operation to appoint the CMP Manager. It is then the responsibility of the CMP Manager to appoint appropriately trained staff to operative roles within the CMP. The TSU operative dealing with an application for technical surveillance support must check that a CMP Manager has been appointed during the initial strategy meeting with the investigative team (at the end of which the TSU confirm or refuse technical support to the operation as planned).
Response document: Public Inquiry into the Death of Jermaine Baker: Update on Recommendations
●National Police Chiefs Council · Noted · 20 Oct 2022
The previous MOG and MOS do have relevant sections in relation to this recommendation but, again, have been strengthened as shown here: Covert Audio Intrusive Surveillance & Covert Monitoring Posts Staffing (Extract) Where a CMP is to be established for monitoring the product of a technical audio surveillance device, a CMP manager must be appointed. The CMP manager will be occupationally competent and licensed/authorised. Additional Responsibilities The following paragraph is being broken down to clarify the responsibility in relation to staff competency alongside health and safety requirements: (Extract) • Implementing relevant staff health and safety requirements, including annual hearing tests prior to deployment and ensuring that all staff are occupationally competent and licensed/authorised. The new MOS will read: • Ensure all staff deployed in the CMP are occupationally competent, licensed and authorised. • Ensure Health and Safety requirements including annual hearing tests prior to deployment are in place.
Response document: Jermaine Baker Public Inquiry (NPCC Lead for Surveillance response to the Inquiry)
Delivery
No statement on delivery from College of Policing has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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