WHO ARE WE?
Police Spies Out of Lives (PSOOL) is a campaigning support group working to end sexual and psychological abuse perpetrated by undercover police officers. We are women deceived into intimate, sexual relationships with undercover police officers, many of whom were infiltrating environmental and social justice campaign groups. We support the legal actions, and participation in the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing, by women who have been victims of abusive undercover policing. We work to expose the unethical, immoral and misogynistic practices of undercover policing, and the institutional prejudices which have led to the abuse.
Please donate to support us, and find out how to get involved.
CONTACT THE HOME OFFICE
In July 2026, the Home Office launched a public consultation into the future of the Undercover Policing Inquiry — without consulting survivors. We believe this is a deliberate move to scrap or severely limit the Inquiry’s scope before it reaches more recent abuses by undercover police.
We are calling on everyone to boycott the official consultation and message the Home Office directly via this link. Use the campaign action page to put your message straight to officials. Let them know you support our call for the Inquiry to complete its work in full. Responses can be submitted up to 23:59 on 20th September 2026. Please send in yours today.
FOLLOW THE UNDERCOVER POLICING INQUIRY
Tranche 3 hearings are scheduled to start again in September 2026. More details to follow. You can listen to the evidence via the Inquiry’s YouTube channel. Follow our social media for regular updates.
WATCH OUR DOCUMENTARY
‘The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed’ first screened on Thursday March 6th 2025 at 9pm on ITV and all episodes are now available on ITVX. The 3 part series has had brilliant reviews and powerfully reveals institutional sexism and misogyny in the Metropolitan police whilst highlighting the psychological impact on women campaigners who were deceived into intimate, sexual relationships with on-duty undercover police officers.
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES
Despite this unprecedented apology given to the first eight women who brought a case against the police for these abusive deployments, the police continue to be obstructive and secretive in response to many new cases which have since emerged. Combined with recent appalling and disturbing events showing sexual violence, systemic misogyny and sexism within the Metropolitan Police Service and other constabularies, this apology now rings hollow.
