Police & security services
Description
A unique insight into the hidden world of informers and related aspects of covert policing.
Edited by Roger Billingsley, head of the Covert Policing Standards Unit at New Scotland Yard, this book is the first to look behind the scenes of undercover police work since the authorities lifted the rules on secrecy.
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) covers such key matters as:
What is meant by CHIS
The legal framework
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)
Inherent powers and the position at Common Law
‘Informers’ and ‘informants’
Working methods and oversight
Handlers, controllers and authorising officers
Dangers and risks
Human rights, proportionality and ‘necessity’
Corruption and ‘noble cause corruption’
Protection and the duty of care
Undercover officers: strains, duties and requirements
‘Official’ participation in crime: how far is it legal?
Motives of informers
Records and management of information
Juvenile informers
Texts, public interest immunity and anonymity
Debriefing and human memory
The context of informer relationships
‘Ownership’ of intelligence and communications
A European perspective
General background, views and opinions
Contributors: Jonathan Lennon, Clive Harfield, Ben Fitzpatrick, John Potts, Kingsley Hyland OBE, John Buckley, Alisdair Gillespie and Michael Fishwick. With a preface by John Grieve QPM and a Foreword by Jon Murphy QPM
Roger Billingsley has served for 32 years in the English police service, mainly within the field of criminal investigation. He was actively involved in the world of informers - as a handler, controller and authorising officer - and now heads London’s Metropolitan Police Service Covert Policing Standards Unit, dealing with every aspect of covert policing, including informers.
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World rights available.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Waterside Press
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781904380443 / 1904380441
- Publication Country or regionGB
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 22.50 GBP
- Pages192
- Publish StatusPublished
- Responsibilityedited by Roger Billingsley ; preface by John Grieve ; foreword, Jon Murphy.
- Edition1st
- Page size24
- IllustrationIllustrations
- Reference CodeBDZ0008898228
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