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::NPOIU supports the police service throughout the UK to maintain a strategic overview of public order issues, including domestic extremism and the activities of animal rights extremists. | ::NPOIU supports the police service throughout the UK to maintain a strategic overview of public order issues, including domestic extremism and the activities of animal rights extremists. | ||
| − | ::The unit liaises with Special Branch teams within police forces in bringing together intelligence that helps to protect the public from domestic extremism and other national security threats.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080202143515/http://www.netcu.org.uk/enforcinglaw/nationalunits.jsp?print=true& National | + | ::The unit liaises with Special Branch teams within police forces in bringing together intelligence that helps to protect the public from domestic extremism and other national security threats.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080202143515/http://www.netcu.org.uk/enforcinglaw/nationalunits.jsp?print=true& National Policing Units], National Extremism Tactical Co-Ordination Unit, accessed 11 February 2009 via the Internet Archive.</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The NPOIU was set up in March 1999 to track green activists and public demonstrations. It incorporated the [[Animal Rights National Index]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/true_spies/2337091.stm Secret State: Timeline], Programmes: | + | The NPOIU was set up in March 1999 to track green activists and public demonstrations. It incorporated the [[Animal Rights National Index]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/true_spies/2337091.stm Secret State: Timeline], Programmes: True Spies, BBC News, 17 October 2002.</ref> |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 11 February 2009
The National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU) is one of a number of national policing units overseen by the National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism.
The NETCU website describes its role as follows:
- NPOIU supports the police service throughout the UK to maintain a strategic overview of public order issues, including domestic extremism and the activities of animal rights extremists.
- The unit liaises with Special Branch teams within police forces in bringing together intelligence that helps to protect the public from domestic extremism and other national security threats.[1]
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History
The NPOIU was set up in March 1999 to track green activists and public demonstrations. It incorporated the Animal Rights National Index.[2]
Affiliations
Subsidiaries
Notes
- ↑ National Policing Units, National Extremism Tactical Co-Ordination Unit, accessed 11 February 2009 via the Internet Archive.
- ↑ Secret State: Timeline, Programmes: True Spies, BBC News, 17 October 2002.
