UK: COVERT SURVEILLANCE: Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary: Report: A review of national police units which provide intelligence on criminality associated with protest (pdf) See also: Police spies: watchdog calls for safeguards over 'intrusive tactic'
UK: COVERT SURVEILLANCE: Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary: Report: A review of national police units which provide intelligence on criminality associated with protest (pdf) See also: Police spies: watchdog calls for safeguards over ‘intrusive tactic’ – Inspector criticises ‘intrusion’ into activists’ lives by undercover officer Mark Kennedy (Guardian, link): “A clandestine operation that secretly deployed police spies in political groups for 40 years is severely criticised today by the official policing inspectorate” but says it should carry on.