In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 12:06:37 on Thu,
17 Apr 2008, Carolyn Howard <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I agree Roland, that if an authority is going to carry out surveillance
>that is not within the RIPA remit that it would be helpful to carry out
>a quasi-RIPA assessment - this would focus peoples minds on considering
>whether the surveillance was necessary, proportionate etc. Just don't
>call it a RIPA authorisation, and don't keep it in the RIPA
>authorisations file!
So might it be the case that all the anti-RIPA angst (stirred up it
seems by the parent involved) is actually a red herring. Or at best a
misunderstanding by the LA who filed the forms in the wrong place.
--
Roland Perry
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