Police surveillance and protests

Apr 1, 2021 | Support Us

Police carry out intense surveillance on protest movements, collecting even seemingly innocuous personal details in order to build up a detailled picture of the groups and individuals they are targeting. Here’s our guide to interacting with the police and...

Netpol is seeking an exceptional Communications Coordinator

Oct 29, 2020 | Support Us

THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS POSITION Netpol (the Network for Police Monitoring), is expanding. We need an exceptional and excellent communicator with digital skills to engage with grass-roots campaigns across Britain. Netpol is seeking to significantly grow...

WE ARE HIRING: Netpol is looking for a Communications Coordinator

Aug 12, 2020 | Support Us

Netpol (the Network for Police Monitoring), is expanding. We need an exceptional and excellent communicator with digital skills to engage grass-roots campaigns across Britain. Netpol wants you to help us grow our digital reach, fundraising and campaigns through...

CALL-OUT: Investigating Policing of #BlackLivesMatter protests in Britain

Jul 2, 2020 | Support Us

LAUNCHED 3 JULY 2020 Police forces in Britain insist they are listening to the concerns of the global Black Lives Matter movement, since the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota in the US on 25 May. However, it has been young Black people who are more likely to...

Thank you to everyone who supported our “Protecting Freedom to Protest Fund” appeal

Feb 4, 2020 | Protest, Support Us

The comments below were left by some of the many contributors to our hugely successful “Protecting Freedom to Protest” crowdfunding campaign, which in November and December 2019 raised £11,109. A month has passed since it closed so this is an update on...

It is time to open up the secret world of “domestic extremist” policing

Jul 5, 2019 | Support Us

PHOTO: Netpol Last week, the Guardian’s report on compensation paid by the Metropolitan Police for the mass arrests of anti-fascist campaigners in 2013 included confirmation from court documents of the deployment of covert officers at the demonstration in Tower...