PSNI appoints legal counsel to report on police conduct after McCullough surveillance review | Computer Weekly
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PSNI appoints legal counsel to report on police conduct after McCullough surveillance review | Computer Weekly
"Jon Boutcher, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, told the Northern Ireland Policing Board that he had appointed an "eminent" legal counsel, John Beggs KC, to review a 200 page report on PSNI surveillance and report back to confirm there was no misconduct or wrong-doing by police officers. Beggs, a specialist in police misconduct cases, represented the police commanders at the 2016 Hillsborough inquests, and is the co-author of Police Misconduct, Complaints, and Public Regulation"
"Boutcher was speaking following the publication of a 200 page review by Angus McCullough KC, which found that the PSNI had made 21 phone data applications to identify journalist's confidential sources, collated a secret register of over 1000 journalists phone numbers, and identified four cases where the PSNI had used "directed surveillance" for investigations involving journalists and one involving a lawyer."
Jon Boutcher, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, appointed John Beggs KC to review a 200-page report on PSNI surveillance and to confirm whether any police misconduct or wrongdoing occurred. Beggs is a specialist in police misconduct cases, represented police commanders at the 2016 Hillsborough inquests, and co-authored Police Misconduct, Complaints, and Public Regulation. The PSNI referred itself to the Information Commissioner's Office to assess the lawfulness of a 'defensive operation' that collected and compared journalists' phone numbers against internal records. Angus McCullough KC's review found 21 phone data applications to identify journalists' sources, a secret register of over 1,000 journalists' phone numbers, four uses of directed surveillance involving journalists and one involving a lawyer, and unlawful retention of two journalists' data despite court orders.
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