Surveillance Operation Plan

Detects documents containing physical and electronic surveillance operation plans including observation post positions, equipment deployments, team compositions, and target movement tracking plans. Disclosure enables counter-surveillance by criminal targets and compromises reusable surveillance positions and techniques.

Type: keyword_proximity
Engine: universal
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium confidence: surveillance operation planning terminology is highly specialised and the co-occurrence of OP planning, equipment deployment, and target movement terms within classification markers is distinctive to genuine operational planning documents. General references to 'surveillance' alone are insufficient.
Jurisdictions: global
Regulations: Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld), Crime and Corruption Act 2001 (Qld)
Frameworks: ISO 27001, ISO 27701, QGISCF
Data categories: law-enforcement
Scope: wide
Risk rating: 10

Pattern

(?i)\b(surveillance\s+operation\s+(?:plan|order|briefing)|observation\s+post\s+(?:plan|location|deployment)|OP\s+plan|technical\s+surveillance\s+(?:device|deployment)|listening\s+device\s+(?:warrant|deployment)|tracking\s+device\s+(?:warrant|deployment)|surveillance\s+deployment\s+(?:plan|order)|trigger\s+plan)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

PROTECTED, Law-Enforcement, COVERT, RESTRICTED, QPS Surveillance Group, observation post, OP, target movement, trigger point, eyeball, follow, static surveillance, mobile surveillance, technical attachment, callsign, radio channel, investigation, enforcement, prosecution, arrest (+37 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

PROTECTED — COVERT. Surveillance Operation Plan — Operation MERCURY. QPS Surveillance Group. Observation post locations: OP1 at corner of Smith St and Main Rd (elevated position, 3rd floor car park). OP2 at unit 4, 127 Queen Street. Target: white Toyota Hilux Rego ABC-123. Trigger plan: team Alpha to follow on target departure from premises. — QPS surveillance operation plan with observation post locations and trigger plan
RESTRICTED. Technical surveillance deployment order. Tracking device warrant number 2025/0034 authorises attachment of GPS tracking device to target vehicle. Listening device warrant LD-2025-0021 authorises deployment within target premises at 45 Park Avenue, Southport. Surveillance deployment to commence 0600 hours Monday. — Technical surveillance deployment order with device warrants
Surveillance operation briefing. Callsigns assigned: Alpha-1 through Alpha-5 for mobile surveillance team. Radio channel 4 encrypted. Static observation post established at location ECHO. Target movement pattern analysis indicates subject departs residence between 0730-0800 weekdays. Trigger plan attached. — Surveillance briefing with callsigns and target movement pattern analysis
To: Director-General From: Principal Legal Officer Date: 12/08/2026 Subject: Surveillance Operation Our ref: LS2026-0412 This briefing sets out the Surveillance Operation for decision. — Populated doc record reaching the 75/85 structure gate
COVERT — Surveillance operation plan To: Detective Inspector, QPS Surveillance Group From: Operation Commander Date: 12/09/2026 Subject: Operation plan for target vehicle movements Warrant number: 2026/0412 (surveillance device warrant) Callsign ALPHA-2 on radio channel 4; eyeball on the target vehicle from 0600. — Complete record with a labelled reference in the documented identifier form (reaches 85)

Should not match

The Queensland Government's surveillance devices legislation review examined the framework for authorising listening devices and tracking devices. The review recommended enhanced judicial oversight of surveillance warrants. — Government policy review of surveillance legislation
A security consultant published a guide to counter-surveillance techniques for corporate executives concerned about industrial espionage. The guide discussed common surveillance methods used by private investigators. — Published corporate security guide about counter-surveillance
In the thriller novel 'The Observer', a retired surveillance operative describes the techniques used during Cold War operations including observation post selection and target tracking methods. — Fiction novel depicting surveillance techniques
Policy guidance: this procedure explains how records about Surveillance Operation are handled, who may access them and how long they are kept. It contains no records about any person or system. — Policy guidance naming the topic without any record (discovery only)

Known false positives

Government policy reviews and legislative discussions about surveillance powers Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'policy review', 'legislation', 'review recommended', 'judicial oversight', 'parliamentary'. Require proximity to specific operational details.
Corporate security and private investigation materials Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'security consultant', 'corporate', 'private investigator', 'industrial espionage', 'published guide'
Fiction depicting surveillance operations Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'novel', 'fiction', 'thriller', 'retired', 'Cold War', 'movie', 'television'