Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Independent Police Conduct Authority have released the Terms of Reference for their current joint inquiry into Police conduct involving the photographing of members of the public. The joint inquiry will focus on the practice of photographing members of the public who were not being detained or suspected of committing an offence. The intention to jointly inquire into this practice was announced in December 2020 following substantial media publicity about Police taking photographs of Mori young people in Wairarapa in August 2020. While the photographing of youth remains a key focus of the inquiry, the terms of reference are broadened and include the photographing of other members of the public.
