DESIGNATED LIAISON OFFICERS. The Crime and Disorder (Formulation and Implementation of Strategy) Regulations 2007 sets out a statutory requirement for each responsible authority to nominate a designated liaison officer (DLO) whose role will be to facilitate the sharing of information with other partners. The DLO, whose role includes sharing information with partners, should allow other agencies to know who to approach first for information. The DLO should be a source of expertise allowing good quality decisions about information sharing to be made. Other responsibilities of the DLO’s will be when sharing information: o To act as the single point of contact for information requests between the partnership and relevant organisations, o Understand the relevant legislation. o Work with other DLOs to establish the best ways to share information. o Act as the first point of call for any technical problems with sharing the information that may arise. Each partner will also appoint a Primary Designated Officer (PDO) who will be a manager of sufficient standing and have a co-ordinating and authorising role. Specific responsibilities of the PDO’s will be: o Ensuring that all DLOs and other staff are fully aware of their responsibilities. o Appointing other staff in the agency to act as DLOs in their absence. o Authorising the agency involvement and co-operation in the information sharing process at every stage. o Keeping a Protocol Folder which holds all the partners information sharing documents in general. o Ensuring the agency’s Data Protection Notification entry is accurate, up to date and adequate for the task The PDO or DLO are the data owners. As such, any final decision on whether to share sensitive information rests with them. Only DLOs and PDOs can make formal requests and document agreements for the sharing of personal information. It is the responsibility of the DLO and PDO to ensure the processing of the personal data held is in keeping with the Data Protection Xxx 0000 By declaring a commitment to the procedures set out in this protocol, signatories will ensure that data sharing arrangements between them take account of the following legislation:
DESIGNATED LIAISON OFFICERS. Each party shall designate a primary liaison officer to serve in that capacity for communications between the parties, and shall further designate, if deemed appropriate by either party, a secondary liaison officer to act in times when the primary liaison officer is unavailable.
