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NPOIU at Climate Camp

Fighting Fit | 28.07.2009 09:30

A report released into the policing of Climate Camp has confirmed that the NPOIU were used to manage surveillance and intelligence gathering.

The report frequently commends the NPOIU and recommends their 'earlier involvement' at future events.

The NPOIU is the National Public Order Intelligence Unit. It is a sister organisation to the better known NETCU. But while NETCU focuses on providing advice and support to businesses that are the target of political protest, the NPOIU provides the intelligence.

They are both private companies, but as they are ACPO 'domestic extremism' functions they also have access to all existing police data. It is a matter of speculation how much personal info is passed on to the private sector.

It is hard to know what these units get up to as they are unaffected by the Freedom of Information Act, and are not overseen by Police Authorities. They seem to be able to operate entirely as they wish.

The debrief report also commends PS Sully for his role as FIT's NPOIU manager. Mark Sully is well known to those who have attended demonstrations outside London, such as at EDO, Heckler and Koch, No Borders camps, and of course the climate camp. His involvement with NPOIU comes as no surprise, but it's nice nonetheless to know for certain which of these murky organisations are taking our pictures.

More info on the Fitwatch blog.

Fighting Fit
- e-mail: defycops@yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.fitwatch.org.uk

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Interesting...

28.07.2009 11:00

...considering previous reports that the cops gave info on activists to Eon:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/20/police-intelligence-e-on-berr

Ms Anne Thropy


NPOIU at EDO trials

28.07.2009 12:50

'amanda' from the NPIOU, and a male colleague, have been attending all EDO trials wearing NPIOU ID

EDO smasher


NPOIU address and Data Protection Act

28.07.2009 21:01

the NPOIU are subject to the Data Protection Act.

You can make a Subject Access Request to

A Mitchell
OIC NPOIU
Room 1915
New Scotland Yard
London SW1H

you have to make the usual Subject Access Request for ALL information they keep on you, under the Data Protection Act, enlosing £10 and proof of who you are ie NHS card or passport.

If you can give them times and dates when you know you were photographed or other ways you believe you came to their attention this will facilitate their search of their records, but is not absolutely essential, just state that you request All the information they have on you.

If the above person/address is out of date please update it here when they gt back to you.

and by the way EDOSmasher - got any photos of the NPOIU attendees at the trial? Stick em up here if you have, and forward them onto FITwatch.

cheers

secret squirrel


Sports at Climate Camp

29.07.2009 09:29

As a keen follower of sport, I feel sporting activities were neglected at previous climate camps.

Sport helps to obtain and retain "healthy mind and healthy body" - in short: I want to be Healthy Healthy Harold Hamlet, and, additionally want to encourage as many others to be HHHH´s too. We need at least a Dirty Dozen sports organisers and trainers, workshops, practice sessions, and also to try it out in the field.

Coppers like sport too, dont they. It would seem so from their previous activities. But I am not tralking about violence, in this Summer of Utter Love (SOUL).

Look: I can do cricket and gymnastics, I have a lot of experience, of tumbling and slow right arm spinning, etc ..

I can do crimpart my knowledge, experience, and training expertise in various sports.

I am desperate to improve my golf, and will bring along the set I would many years ago in England, when in fact a golfing tournament was promised at Gleneagles, but never materialised - poor show. Then my level was at code 2 level yello, more or les. Currently my golfing proficiency has gone up a notch: is at Level 3, code Green. I am sure my level wont drop, and could go up to Level 4 code Orange during climate Camps

Fishing: I know a little but not to train.

Fencing would be interesting: along with conkers, catapultting, bouls, or bowls or petang,

So I say everyone into sport, should bring along something to play with, then the camp will be more fun.

I am particularly concerned about viruses and stuff getting in the food, so I am bruinging my own to cook.
Also everone should bring hats, hard ones too. Anyone know what sort of hat can stop zapping from satellites, not very pleasant I can tell you first thing in the morning: this morning in fact. It makes you feel sick sick, and gives a floatly mind, also they can hear your talk.

I am not sure if Satellite eyeball contact, combined with mobile phone location finding is in regular use. In spain I have seen human eyeball contact cobined with number location dientification to see who is actually using the phone because somepeople swap phones ets. If the former has been developed, make you call undercover - the toilet is a good place, to do calls and browsing, and you can relax and have a goo crap.

Make sure you have a good crap (relax and do you calls and browing, but the buggers will probably have someone filming the bogs now), and BE ON TIME, sometimes. Dont forget to brinh a piece of sporting equipement even if you are a novice, because it´s a good time to learn.

HHHH

PS. Will there be a workshop on Knotting?

Harold Hamlet


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