Entry 4 — Oversight Correspondence: Monitoring Notice and Institutional Response

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Date: 29.12.2025.
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom.
Status: RecordedDate: 29.12.2025.
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom.
Status: Recorded

Summary

This entry records correspondence with police oversight bodies and the nature of the response received.

Monitoring notice sent

A monitoring notice was sent to relevant oversight contacts, including:

Professional Standards;

Independent police oversight channels.

The notice:

requested clarification on necessity and proportionality;

asked whether less intrusive alternatives were considered;

explicitly stated that it was not a complaint, but a request for procedural transparency.

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Response received

The response:

did not assess the lawfulness of specific actions;

did not conduct a case-specific analysis;

treated the correspondence as a complaint and closed it procedurally;

confirmed that the response did not affect the ongoing investigation.

Procedural significance

This response establishes that:

questions of necessity and proportionality were raised promptly;

no independent, case-specific assessment was provided;

the issue of third-party impact remains unaddressed.

This record preserves that distinction for future reference.