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  • Guidance to undercover police on sexual relationships

    • Reference: 2014/1425
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2014
    Thank you for your answer to my question 2014/0672. Please could you explain to me how undercover operatives are made aware that sexual relationships should not occur on any undercover deployment?
  • Terms of deployment for undercover police

    • Reference: 2014/1428
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2014
    It is clear from your answers to my questions 2014/0672 and 2013/3446, that you are relying on the supervisors of under-cover police to expressly include in their terms of deployment that sexual relations are not pre-authorised and for the officer to sign that they have understood everything that was said to them. Does this mean that if the supervisor neglects to include this, or the officer misunderstands the instruction, they will not be subject to disciplinary action if they do engage in sexual relations? To simplify matters and avoid errors, why don't you just have this printed on every form...