'Jessica' was a vulnerable 19 year old animal rights activist when she was groomed into a sexual relationship by undercover police officer Andy Coles. Although he was exposed nearly a year ago, instantly resigning from his post as Cambridgeshire's Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner, Coles has made no comment on the issue. He continues to […]
It is over seven years since the undercover policing scandal broke, creating shock that the police could commit such abuses against social, animal, and environmental justice campaigners in our country. Public outrage at the scandals around undercover policing led to the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing. Three years in, just ahead of when it was […]
Sir John Mitting The Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting, has announced another preliminary hearing of the inquiry. It will be concerned with the anonymity applications by twelve former members of the Special Demonstration Squad and the 'Lambert Report'. Twelve Undercover Officers On 5 March 2018 the Inquiry published 29 documents in connection […]
Christopher Alder WHERE: Victoria Square, Hull HU1 3DX WHEN: 1pm, 31 March 2018 Christopher Alder was born and brought up in Hull. He joined the army at 16, and served in the Parachute Regiment for six years, including the Falklands War. On March 31 1998, the 37 year old father of two was out in […]
Jason Kirkpatrick Date - 14 April 2018 Time - 14.00 Duration - 3 hours Language - German Venue - Salon, FMP1 am Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin, Germany The Police Lie?! / Die Polizei lügt?! Workshop on spycops and how activists can organise to overcome systematic police use of lying. With presenters who have done media […]
The authors of Blacklisted: The Secret War Between Big Business and Union Activists will speak about how major construction firms ran a secret vetting system to deny jobs to thousands of workers deemed politically unacceptable. Last month the Metropolitan Police finally admitted what we knew for years - that undercover police illegally supplied the blacklist […]
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is in crisis. Over-running by years before it has even begun, with a new Chair who has more hearings in secret than in public, victims and the wider public are finding themselves shut out. As the Inquiry sifts through the spycops deciding which ones get anonymity, it seems to make no […]
Sir John Mitting The Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting, has announced another preliminary hearing of the inquiry. It will be concerned with the anonymity applications by former members of the Special Demonstration Squad. The hearing will take place on Wednesday 9 May 2018 at Court 73 of the Royal Courts of […]
With ten days' notice, there is to be a hearing of the Undercover Policing Inquiry on Friday 18 May 2018. It comes after the Inquiry published its Strategic Review, which has a revised timetable. Originally scheduled to conclude in 2018, the Inquiry hasn't properly begun yet. It now has an 'ambitious' target of reporting in […]
Andy Coles then and now What: Demonstration outside Peterborough City Council meeting calling for former abusive spycop Councillor Andy Coles to resign. Where: Town Hall, St Peter’s Road, Peterborough PE1 1YX (rear entrance; the main Bridge Street entrance is not usually used) When: 5.30pm, Monday 21 May 2018 Why: Andy Coles deceived a teenager into […]