Covert Authorities Database

The power behind Source and Covert Surveillance activities

Covert Authorities Database

What is it?

The Covert Authorities Database module provides a compliant approach for covert authorities, or any other authority or management process which requires approval, to register and manage authorities from application through to authorisation.

How does it help?

This module ensures that correct procedure is always followed when undertaking surveillance activity from the initial request to the final reporting, including gaining the right authorities and technical support. In addition, it ensures full compliance with RIPA, Local Policy, Best Practice, etc.

What’s special about it?

• Can be fully integrated with CHIS module to reduce compromise
• A standalone module or one that can be integrated with all Covert, Telecoms & TSU authorities
• Automatically handles review and renewals within the system
• Fully searchable across all operations and all applications

What does it do?

The Covert Authorities module automates and manages the full authorisation process as well as reviews, renewals, cancellations and oral authorities and ensures a comprehensive risk assessment is maintained for each authorisation.

An Operation Names database is included within the system ensuring all authorities can be attached to an associated Operation. This helps with searching and auditing of the system as well as the production of statistics.

The Covert Authorities module deals with all matters connected with:

• Fully configurable authorisation chain
• Risk Assessment
• Reviews
• Renewals
• Cancellations
• Oral authorities

A comprehensive search facility allows information held to be quickly and easily located by those authorised.

Key Features

• Covert operations database with all authorities grouped by operation
• All authorities required under RIPA and the Police Act
• Application through to authorisation
• Risk assessment
• Subjects of investigation
• Review, renewal and cancellation
• Automatic reminders for reviews and renewals
• Sanitation and dissemination of intelligence in line with the NIM
• Covert logs (fully auditable).
• Used for observations; R v Sutherland, R v Johnson etc.

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