SOP for covert monitoring post evidence recording
Jermaine Baker Inquiry · Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · Issued 5 July 2022 · Addressed to: Metropolitan Police Service
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 15.15
When a CMP is being used to gather evidence or intelligence, the MPS (and other forces) should consider developing an SOP to ensure that the information is adequately recorded to provide a clear audit trail.
Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · 5 Jul 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- No published evidence that the MPS has completed a specific SOP for CMP audit trail recording has been identified to March 2026.
Sources
Response — verbatim from government
●Metropolitan Police Service
MPS formally responded on 28 October 2022 (para 30). MPS has not yet developed SOP pending national D-DaCS system. Reinforcing national Surveillance MoS via internal guidance and training.
Metropolitan Police Service · 28 Oct 2022 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 1 Aug 2023 Status as of College of Policing APP-AP update (August 2023): In Progress Source →
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