The Civil Nuclear Police Authority (Welsh: Yr Awdurdod Heddlu Niwclear Sifil) is the police authority that oversees the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
[5] Through the Civil Nuclear Constabulary the authority is authorised to carry out covert intelligence operations against anti-nuclear protesters.
In July 2009 Judge Christopher Rose said the CNC's "approach to covert activity is conspicuously professional".
He found that the system for storing the intelligence gained from informers was "working well" and that "senior officers regard covert surveillance as a long-term requirement".
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