INVESTIGATIONS will now have to be completed before undercover surveillance teams are drafted in to expose benefit fraudsters in Redditch.
Under new Human Rights legislation, Redditch Council officers will have to prove the need to carry out surveillance on suspects.
At the moment, any officer can go and carry out observations and surveillance without authority.
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