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Handling Information and Intelligence

   

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Running head: POLICING: HANDLING INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE POLICING: HANDLING INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCEName of Student-Name of University-Author’s note-

2POLICING: HANDLING INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCEAnswer 1.1 Legal and Organizational requirementsIn policing, the handling of information and intelligence is a very important aspect. Thehandling of information and intelligence requires certain legal and organizational requirements tobe fulfilled as well (Manning 2015). The following state the various legal and organizationalenforcements, which govern the task of handling information and intelligence and therequirements, to be fulfilled for the purpose: Management of Police Information (MOPI)The management of police information (MOPI) helps in the balancing the necessity andproportionality of those things, which are at the heart of effective police informationmanagement. The MOPI also helps in finding out the issues, which are required to be consideredfor complying with the law and for managing the risks associated with police information. Thissection of the APP (management of police information) is a set of detailed guidance referred toin the Home Office (2005) Code of Practice on Management of Police Information and it alsosupersedes the Guidance on Management of Police Information (Oswald and Grace 2016). Thepolice, while handling information and intelligence must adhere to these guidelines. Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA)In the policing with special reference to handling of information and intelligence, all theChief Officers are required to fulfill the various requirements regarding the handling ofinformation and intelligence laid down under the Data Protection Act, 1988 (DPA). Dataprotection can be said as a core requirement for supporting policing. It aims to identifyresponsibilities, structures, processes and policies, which must be placed for ensuring that it isconsistent with the manner the DPA is applied throughout the police service. In handling

3POLICING: HANDLING INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCEinformation and intelligence, the data protection officers, information asset owners, other dataprotection practitioners and chief officers in their capacity as data controllers, must meet therequirements set by the DPA (Protection 2014). It is to mention that the APP on data protectionhad been made for assisting the forces in performing their statutory responsibility in compliancewith the DPA, 1998.Freedom of Information Act, 2000 (FOI)The Freedom of Information Act, 2000 (FOI) provides the right to access informationheld by public authorities, to any person, anywhere in the world, subject to certain exemptions.Subject to this Act, every police authority is treated as separate public service authorities. Thesepublic services are bound by certain statutory obligations provided by this act and are bound tofollow all such guidelines, which are available from the Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) for helping the forces in meeting their responsibilities (Adshead and Felle 2015). TheFreedom of Information Act, 2000 also interfaces with the DPA, 1988. Therefore, the guidelineswhich the FOI provide are one the requirements, which must be adhered to by the police inhandling information and intelligence. Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (CPIA)The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act, 1996 (CPIA) is a statutory legislation ofthe United Kingdom, which regulates the processes and procedures related to the investigationand prosecution in the different criminal offences. This Act is divided into six (VI) parts. Part IIof the Act defines the term “criminal investigation” and states that it is a process, which thepolice use for ascertaining whether a person, charged with an offence is guilty of it or not. In PartII of the Act, it also provides with an outline of the codes of practices for any investigation,

4POLICING: HANDLING INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCEwhich the Secretary of the State sets out and the ways by which they can be revised. Therefore,this Act also provides with guidelines and ways for conducting an investigation, which alsoincludes the handling of information and intelligence (Amankwaa and McCartney 2018). Hence,these guidelines are also required to be adhered to in handling information and intelligence in aninvestigation process.Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) is a legislation of the UnitedKingdom, which regulates the powers of the public bodies for carrying out surveillance andinvestigation, and for covering the interception of communications. The introduction of the Actwas for taking into account the technological changes like internet growth and strong encryption.The RIP Bill got introduced in the House of Commons on the 9th of February, 2000 and waspassed on 2006, July (Leong 2016). Therefore, this piece of legislation also provides guidelinesfor the public bodies for investigation and surveillance as it regulates the powers of the publicbodies and hence, adhering to the guidelines of the RIPA is a must in handling information andintelligence by the police.Human Rights ActArticle 8 of the Human Rights Act also provides a legal requirement in the handling andinformation and intelligence by the police. Article 8 of the Act protects the right to respect one’sprivate and family life. With regards to the policing activity of handling information andintelligence, the activities must not violate this right of any witness or suspect in the course ofany policing activity. Article 8 clearly states that one’s personal and family life must not bedisturbed by any governmental activity. Therefore, article 8 acts as a requirement for policing

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