Monitoring the Policing of Anti-Fracking Protests
Anti-Frackers Guides
Netpol’s guidance for the anti-fracking movement covers many of the most common questions from both participants in protectors camps and local groups.
Expert Legal Advice
Our 'Protest Solicitors List' enables you to find an expert criminal, civil or public law solicitor recommended by other campaigners, graded by an experienced panel.
Know Your Rights
Looking for practical guidance on protecting your rights?
Police Databases
If you believe your personal data may have been gathered and retained by the police, then you are entitled to see what information they hold about you by making a Subject Access Request.
Monitoring Local Policing
Netpol believes there is a compelling case for communities up and down the country setting up their own local police monitoring projects.
Influencing Policy
Netpol regularly seeks to influence policy carried out by government, parliamentary committees and regulatory bodies on policing issues.
Support Netpol
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CALL OUT: Netpol Seeks Additional Steering Group Members
Netpol is looking for additional members to join its Steering Group. Netpol (the Network for Police Monitoring) is a collective of experienced activists, campaigners, lawyers and researchers challenging disproportionate or excessive public order policing at protests...
Researcher required: Community Toolkit for Monitoring the Police
Researcher required by Netpol to develop a Community Toolkit for Monitoring the Police The position is commissioned as a short-term project on a consultancy basis for the equivalent of around 125 hours of work (with completion no later than Thursday 28 February 2019)...
A War on Dissent?
This essay by Netpol was first published by the Transnational Institute and ROAR Magazine in October 2018. An accompanying short film is available here. Writing in 2016, Netpol observed that the government and the police in Britain are in a “permanent state of war”...