Abstract
Abstract Is it illegal, unethical, or even misconduct for police officers to covertly record conversations with colleagues and managers? Non-consensual recordings of meetings and conversations are becoming increasingly prevalent within policing owing to the ubiquity of smartphones. Whilst there is little in the way of legislative restraint, nevertheless, it is capable of causing serious harm and should not be considered a morally neutral act. It is possible for surreptitious recordings to be ethically justified, but the threshold for such justification is high and requires an exceptional set of circumstances. The article goes on to present a tripartite typology of the behaviour and from this to develop a misconduct framework for assessing the seriousness of the behaviour and making a number of recommendations to reduce the incidence of covert recording.
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