Workshop Report - Oversight of Police-Use of Surveillance Technology by the VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies

This report documents the main findings of a workshop on the Police-Use of Surveillance Technology hosted by the VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies. The workshop was split into two sessions. The first session entitled ‘Discussing processes and considerations of surveillant activities: Harmonizing crime control, performance, privacy, and social costs’ was moderated by Bram Visser (PhD Candidate at VUB-LSTS) on October 4th, 2022. The second session entitled ‘Discussing accountability arrangements in multi-actor security provision: exploring the triangular relationship between police departments, oversight bodies, and corporate producers of surveillance technologies’ was moderated by Lander Govaerts (PhD Candidate at VUB-CRiS) on October 5th, 2022