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UK: SB on the ground in the Met

01 January 1998

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The Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police set up liaison teams in the eight London Met Areas in 1994. Their job is to gather information from divisional intelligence officers, for example, to assist in tracking down suspected terrorists. The liaison teams also provide information to divisional officers on "threat assessments for public order events such as marches and demonstrations to help them make appropriate policing plans".

The Job, 17.10.97.

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