Sixteen months into the Public Inquiry into undercover policing, and a whole year after the Metropolitan Police apologised to some of the women who’d been deceived into relationships with undercover officers… There has still been no disclosure about these human…
Women speaking out
It is incredibly powerful to hear the voices of the people affected by relationships with undercover police speak about their experiences. Helen Steel and “Lisa” Jones will be speaking at public events in October, and encourage you to go and…
No faith in new undercover policing guidelines
Eight women who were affected by relationships with undercover officers, and who started Police Spies Out of Lives, have issued the following statement in response to the new guidelines for undercover policing issued by the College of Policing. These guidelines…
New undercover guidelines contain absurd get-out-clause
The College of Policing published a draft ‘Authorised Professional Practice’ for Undercover Police. This is the first time that such Guidelines have been published, and it is welcome as previously the world of undercover policing has been completely opaque. It…
Police continue to stall in Undercover relationships case
On Tuesday 7th June, a legal case over undercover police relationships was in the High Court. It was the latest battle in a four year campaign to hold the police to account, and in it the police continued to try…