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 * ''For more detail see: [[National Domestic Extremism Database]]''
-One the functions of the NPOIU was the maintaining a database of individuals related to protest, something it had inherited from the Animal Rights National Index. Over time this database, known as the National Domestic Extremism Database grew to include images and details of up to 9000 protestors.<ref>Paul Lewis, Rob Evans and Vikram Dodd, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/25/undercover-police-domestic-extremism-unit National police unit monitors 9,000 'domestic extremists'], ''The Guardian'', 26 June 2013, accessed 31 August 2014.</ref>  Officers from the domestic extremism units were regularly seen at protests and other political gatherings noting details and taking photographs,<ref>The monitoring of activists is regularly chronicled on sites such as [http://www.fitwatch.org.uk FITWatch.org.uk] and [http://indymedia.org.uk Indymedia.org.uk].</ref>  As well as its own officers, it gathers intelligence from other forces and specialist units<ref name="hmic.2013" /><ref>Metropolitan Police Service, [https://netpol.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/uk-met-plo-foi-aims.pdf Police Liaison "Gateway" Team], document released following FOIA request of Kevin Blowe and published by Netpol in June 2014.</ref>, and uses specialist software to scan social media.<ref name="wired.1">Paul Wright, [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/26/socmint Meet Prism's little brother: Socmint], ''Wired'', 26 June 2013, accessed 26 August 2014.</ref>
+One of the functions of the NPOIU was the maintaining a database of individuals related to protest, something it had inherited from the Animal Rights National Index. Over time this database, known as the National Domestic Extremism Database grew to include images and details of up to 9000 protestors.<ref>Paul Lewis, Rob Evans and Vikram Dodd, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/25/undercover-police-domestic-extremism-unit National police unit monitors 9,000 'domestic extremists'], ''The Guardian'', 26 June 2013, accessed 31 August 2014.</ref>  Officers from the domestic extremism units were regularly seen at protests and other political gatherings noting details and taking photographs,<ref>The monitoring of activists is regularly chronicled on sites such as [http://www.fitwatch.org.uk FITWatch.org.uk] and [http://indymedia.org.uk Indymedia.org.uk].</ref>  As well as its own officers, it gathers intelligence from other forces and specialist units<ref name="hmic.2013" /><ref>Metropolitan Police Service, [https://netpol.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/uk-met-plo-foi-aims.pdf Police Liaison "Gateway" Team], document released following FOIA request of Kevin Blowe and published by Netpol in June 2014.</ref>, and uses specialist software to scan social media.<ref name="wired.1">Paul Wright, [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/26/socmint Meet Prism's little brother: Socmint], ''Wired'', 26 June 2013, accessed 26 August 2014.</ref>
-It became a subject of controversy when campaigners claimed that it was helping to criminalize protest.<ref>Paul Mobbs / The Free Range Network, [http://www.fraw.org.uk/pubs/q02.html Paper Q2: Britain’s Secretive Police Force], ''electrohippies project'', April 2009, accessed 31 August 2014.</ref> Further controversy was added when it became known that ‘spotter cards’ based on it were being issued to local police at major events, <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/oct/25/spotter-cards Spotter cards: What they look like and how they work], ''The Guardian'', 25 October 2009, accessed 31 August 2014.</ref> and later when it emerged that much of the detail on it related to lawful activity.<ref>Kevin Blowe, [http://www.blowe.org.uk/2014/02/secret-diary-of-olympic-domestic.html Secret Diary of an Olympic Domestic Extremist], ''Random Blowe'' (blog), 5 February 2014, accessed 24 June 2014.</ref> Following two court cases which found police retention of protestor surveillance breached human rghts,<ref name="catt.judgement">[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/192.html Judgment in case of Catt vs Association of Chief Police Offices and ors.], Court of Appeal (Civil Division), (2013) EWCA Civ 192, 14 March 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/414.html Judgment in Wood v Commissioner of the Metropolis], Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 2009 EWCA Civ 414, 21 May 2009.</ref> and two inspections by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, it was ordered to be cleaned up and better processes put in place.<ref name="hmic.2012" /> However, it remains in place being one of the key functions of the domestic extremism units that has survived the reorganization and transfer to the Metropolitan Police, and the fallout from the Mark Kennedy scandal. <ref name="hmic.2013" />
+It became a subject of controversy when campaigners claimed that it was helping to criminalize protest.<ref>Paul Mobbs / The Free Range Network, [http://www.fraw.org.uk/pubs/q02.html Paper Q2: Britain’s Secretive Police Force], ''electrohippies project'', April 2009, accessed 31 August 2014.</ref> Further controversy was added when it became known that ‘spotter cards’ based on it were being issued to local police at major events, <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/oct/25/spotter-cards Spotter cards: What they look like and how they work], ''The Guardian'', 25 October 2009, accessed 31 August 2014.</ref> and later when it emerged that much of the detail on it related to lawful activity.<ref>Kevin Blowe, [http://www.blowe.org.uk/2014/02/secret-diary-of-olympic-domestic.html Secret Diary of an Olympic Domestic Extremist], ''Random Blowe'' (blog), 5 February 2014, accessed 24 June 2014.</ref> Following two court cases which found police retention of protestor surveillance breached human rights,<ref name="catt.judgement">[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/192.html Judgment in case of Catt vs Association of Chief Police Offices and ors.], Court of Appeal (Civil Division), (2013) EWCA Civ 192, 14 March 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/414.html Judgment in Wood v Commissioner of the Metropolis], Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 2009 EWCA Civ 414, 21 May 2009.</ref> and two inspections by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, it was ordered to be cleaned up and better processes put in place.<ref name="hmic.2012" /> However, it remains in place being one of the key functions of the domestic extremism units that has survived the reorganization and transfer to the Metropolitan Police, and the fallout from the Mark Kennedy scandal. <ref name="hmic.2013" />
 It has been the subject of a number of legal challenges over the validity and retention of data on it (see [[National Domestic Extremism Database]] for further detail).

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	During the August 2011 riots, the NDEU provided ‘support and daily tension briefings’ for the President of ACPO who was attending COBR meetings with the Government. This followed the Police National Information and Coordination Centre being overwhelmed by the demands being placed on it due to the scale of the disorder.		During the August 2011 riots, the NDEU provided ‘support and daily tension briefings’ for the President of ACPO who was attending COBR meetings with the Government. This followed the Police National Information and Coordination Centre being overwhelmed by the demands being placed on it due to the scale of the disorder.
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		+	==Destruction of files==
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		+	In February 2017 the [[Independent Police Complaints Commission]] launched an investigation into the NDEDIU destruction of material ahead of the [[Undercover Policing Inquiry]] (the 'Pitchford Inquiry'). It was alleged that the NDEDIU had shredded a large number documents shredded in May 2014, after the Public Inquiry had been announced, and counter to an express instructions from the MPS itself. A separate complaint was made by Baroness Jenny Jones that she had been informed by a whistleblower that records relating to her where destroyed in June 2014.<ref>[https://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/investigation-document-destruction-metropolitan-police-service Investigation into document destruction at Metropolitan Police Service], ''Independent Police Complaints Commission'', 8 February 2017 (accessed 13 April 2017).</ref><ref>Rob Evans, [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/08/inquiry-over-met-police-intelligence-unit-claimed-to-have-destroyed-files Inquiry over Met police intelligence unit claimed to have destroyed files], ''The Guardian'', 8 February 2017 (accessed 13 April 2017).</ref><ref>Rob Evans, [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/15/jenny-jones-calls-for-ipcc-to-investigate-alleged-destruction-of-her-police-files Jenny Jones calls for IPCC to investigate alleged destruction of her police files], ''The Guardian'', 15 November 2016 (accessed 13 April 2017).</ref><ref>Ben Kentish, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/independent-police-complaints-commission-ipcc-metropolitan-police-deleted-files-undercover-policing-a7570521.html Met Police 'shredded internal documents after inquiry into undercover officers launched'], ''The Independent'', 9 February 2017 (accessed 13 April 2017).</ref>

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 {{Police_Unit_sidebar|Series=Undercover Police Units|Name=National Domestic Extremism Unit (NDEU)|Alias=National Coordinator for Domestic Extremism (NCDE), National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit (NDEDIU)|Parents=[[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)]], [[Counter Terrorism Command]]|SubUnits=[[National Public Order Intelligence Unit|NPOIU]], National Domestic Extremism Team, [[National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit|NETCU]], [[Confidential Intelligence Unit]]|Targets=[[Domestic Extremism]]|Dates=2004 to present}}
-'''The National Domestic Extremism Unit''' refers to specialist police organisation that began life as the National Coordinator for Domestic Extremism (NCDE),<ref>There is no consistent title for this position, with various official documents using 'National Coordinator Domestic Extremism’, ‘National Coordinator - Domestic Extremism’, ‘National Coordinator of Domestic Extremism’, 'National Coordinator, Domestic Extremism' or 'National Coordinator for Domestic Extremism', and with or without a hyphen in Coordinator, and also National Domestic Extremism Coordinator. For convenience we have chosen to use 'National Coordinator for Domestic Extremism' or more generally NCDE.</ref> and was subsequently renamed the National Domestic Extremism Unit (NDEU) and more recently the National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit (NDEDIU). For much of its history it was controlled by the [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)|Association of Chief Police Officers' Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee]], before being transferred to the the [[Metropolitan Police Service]]'s [[Counter Terrorism Command]] in the wake of the [[Mark Kennedy]] undercover scandal.
+'''The National Domestic Extremism Unit''' refers to specialist police organisation that began life as the '''National Coordinator for Domestic Extremism''' (NCDE),<ref>There is no consistent title for this position, with various official documents using 'National Coordinator Domestic Extremism’, ‘National Coordinator - Domestic Extremism’, ‘National Coordinator of Domestic Extremism’, 'National Coordinator, Domestic Extremism' or 'National Coordinator for Domestic Extremism', and with or without a hyphen in Coordinator, and also National Domestic Extremism Coordinator. For convenience we have chosen to use 'National Coordinator for Domestic Extremism' or more generally NCDE.</ref> and was subsequently renamed the '''National Domestic Extremism Unit''' (NDEU) and more recently the '''National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit''' (NDEDIU). For much of its history it was controlled by the [[Association of Chief Police Officers (Terrorism and Allied Matters)|Association of Chief Police Officers' Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee]], before being transferred to the the [[Metropolitan Police Service]]'s [[Counter Terrorism Command]] in the wake of the [[Mark Kennedy]] undercover scandal. There, in April 2016, its functions were merged into the '''National Counter Terrorism Police Operations Centre''' (NCT-POC), since renamed the '''Counter Terrorism and Policing National Operations Centre''' (CTP-NOC).<ref>Metropolitan Police Service, [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/national_counter_terrorism_polic Natioanl Counter Terrorism Police Operations Centre (FOIA Request of Jason Sands)], ''WhatDoTheyKnow.com'', 20 July 2016 (accessed 13 April 2017).</ref><ref>Jonathan Hall &amp; Amy Mannion, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170330-response-for-hearing-on-20170405-MPS.pdf MPS Submissions for hearing on 5 April 2017], Undercover Policing Inquiry, 30 March 2017 (accessed 13 April 2017).</ref><ref>David Barr, Kate Wilkinson, Emmar Gargitter &amp; Victoria Ailes, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170302-Counsels-Note-for-hearing-on-5-April-2017.pdf Counsel to the Inqury's Note for the hearing on 5 April 2017], Undercover Policing Inquiry, 2 March 2017 (accessed 13 April 2017).</ref>
 During its time under the control of ACPO, the NDEU consisted of a group of police units, several of which have gained national attention for their role in the policing of protests and deployment of undercover police into political and activist movements. These units were the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPOIU), [[National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit]] (NETCU), National Domestic Extremism Team (NDET).<ref>The Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (WECTU), though performing functions similar to the NCDE/NDEU and also connected to ACPO’s Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee, appears to be a distinct unit that answered to Welsh police forces.</ref> Many began as separate units, or created out of the merger of smaller units around the UK. It was a sub-unit of the NPOIU, the [[Confidential Intelligence Unit]], which ran a number of infiltrators that targeted protest movements.

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 [[File:NDET_logo.jpg|thumb]]
-NDET was a unit of detectives set up in 2005<ref name="hmic.2012" /> by ACPO to provide assistance - practical and intelligence - to police forces facing protests from 'domestic extremists', and to look at all crimes 'linked to single-issue type causes and campaigns'. In particular, it was 'responsible for co-ordinating police operations and investigations against domestic campaigns and extremists, as well as identifying possible linked crimes across the country.<ref name="acpo.ncde">Association of Chief Police Officers, [http://www.acpo.police.uk/ncde/ National Co-ordinator Domestic Extremism, Frequently Asked Questions], circa 2010-2011, archived by Undercover Research Group.</ref> The unit came to public attention when it led the investigation into the letter bomber Miles Cooper<ref name="somerset" /> and was asked to assist the investigation into the hacking of the Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8453117.stm Police extremist unit helps climate change e-mail probe], ''BBC News Online'', 11 January 2010, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref> It also oversaw Operation Achillies under DCI [[Andy Robbins]] which investigated Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty.<ref>Chris Broom, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108004702/http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Activist-targeted-bank-in-animal.6681167.jp Activist targeted bank in animal rights crime wave], ''Portsmouth Today'', 6 January 2011, (accessed April 2016 through archive.org)</ref>
+NDET was a unit of detectives set up in 2005<ref name="hmic.2012" /> by ACPO to provide assistance - practical and intelligence - to police forces facing protests from 'domestic extremists', and to look at all crimes 'linked to single-issue type causes and campaigns'. In particular, it was 'responsible for co-ordinating police operations and investigations against domestic campaigns and extremists, as well as identifying possible linked crimes across the country.<ref name="acpo.ncde">Association of Chief Police Officers, [http://www.acpo.police.uk/ncde/ National Co-ordinator Domestic Extremism, Frequently Asked Questions], circa 2010-2011, archived by Undercover Research Group.</ref> The unit came to public attention when it led the investigation into the letter bomber Miles Cooper<ref name="somerset" /> and was asked to assist the investigation into the hacking of the Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8453117.stm Police extremist unit helps climate change e-mail probe], ''BBC News Online'', 11 January 2010, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref> It also oversaw Operation Achillies under DCI [[Andrew Robbins|Andy Robbins]] which investigated Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty.<ref>Chris Broom, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108004702/http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Activist-targeted-bank-in-animal.6681167.jp Activist targeted bank in animal rights crime wave], ''Portsmouth Today'', 6 January 2011, (accessed April 2016 through archive.org)</ref>
-The Unit was led by an officer of the rank of [[Detective Chief Inspector]].<ref>ACPO, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807132156/http://www.experteer.co.uk/vacancies/job-as/national-operations-co-ordinator-head-of-national-domestic-extremism-team-ndet-215985 Head of National Domestic Extremism Team], Experteer website, 7 Aug 2011, (accessed via Archive.org April 2016)</ref> From January 2009 - January 2013, this was [[Andy Robbins]], on secondment from Kent police.<ref>Andy Robbins, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-robbins-35075366 LinkedIn profile, 2015 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
+The Unit was led by an officer of the rank of [[Detective Chief Inspector]].<ref>ACPO, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807132156/http://www.experteer.co.uk/vacancies/job-as/national-operations-co-ordinator-head-of-national-domestic-extremism-team-ndet-215985 Head of National Domestic Extremism Team], Experteer website, 7 Aug 2011, (accessed via Archive.org April 2016)</ref> From January 2009 to January 2013, this was Andy Robbins, on secondment from Kent police.<ref>Andy Robbins, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-robbins-35075366 Profile], ''LinkedIn.com, 2015 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
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-In 2009 and 2010 a number of reports highlighted issues of weak governance and oversight within the units.<ref name="home.affairs" /> At the time the NDEU had a staff of about 100 and a budget of 8.1million.<ref name="rwsY" /> It was decided to move it from ACPO's control<ref name="hmic.2012" /> and to merge the role of National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism and the three units under him into one unit- the National Domestic Extremism Unit (NDEU).<ref name="hmic.2013" /><ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/NationalPolicing/NationalDomesticExtremismUnit/AboutNDEU.aspx National Domestic Extremism Unit], ACPO site. Accessed 2 October 2013.</ref><ref>Association of Chief Police Officers, [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/100077/response/250841/attach/3/0812%20ACPO%20Response%2002022012.pdf Letter from ACPO in response to a FOIA request], 2 February 2012, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref> This was finalised in January 2011, at a meeting of ACPO's top decision body, the Chief Constables Council.<ref name="herne.1" /> DCS Adrian Tudway was appointed as the new NCDE - replacing Setchell who had been told to resign that month.<ref name="telegraph.1" />
+In 2009 and 2010 a number of reports highlighted issues of weak governance and oversight within the units.<ref name="home.affairs" /> At the time the NDEU had a staff of about 100 and a budget of 8.1million.<ref name="rwsY" /> It was decided to move it from ACPO's control<ref name="hmic.2012" /> and to merge the role of National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism and the three units under him into one unit- the National Domestic Extremism Unit (NDEU).<ref name="hmic.2013" /><ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/NationalPolicing/NationalDomesticExtremismUnit/AboutNDEU.aspx National Domestic Extremism Unit], ACPO site. Accessed 2 October 2013.</ref><ref>Association of Chief Police Officers, [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/100077/response/250841/attach/3/0812%20ACPO%20Response%2002022012.pdf Letter from ACPO in response to a FOIA request], 2 February 2012, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref> This was finalised in January 2011, at a meeting of ACPO's top decision body, the Chief Constables Council.<ref name="herne.1" /> DCS Adrian Tudway was appointed as the new NCDE, replacing Setchell who had been told to resign that month.<ref name="telegraph.1" />
 For the most part, the activities of the combined unit were to remain the same,<ref name="acpo.1">Association of Chief Police Officers, [http://www.acpo.police.uk/NationalPolicing/NDEDIU/AboutNDEDIU.aspx About NDEDIU], undated, accessed 19 June 2014.</ref> including the handling 'intelligence related threats across force, national and international boundaries’ - inherited from the NPOIU <ref name="rules.of.engagement">Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, [http://www.hmic.gov.uk/media/a-review-of-the-august-2011-disorders-20111220.pdf The Rules of Engagement: A review of the August 2011 disorders], 20 December 2011, para. 2.35.</ref>

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 [[File:NDET_logo.jpg|thumb]]
-NDET was a unit of detectives set up in 2005<ref name="hmic.2012" /> by ACPO to provide assistance - practical and intelligence - to police forces facing protests from 'domestic extremists', and to look at all crimes 'linked to single-issue type causes and campaigns'. In particular, it was 'responsible for co-ordinating police operations and investigations against domestic campaigns and extremists, as well as identifying possible linked crimes across the country.<ref name="acpo.ncde">Association of Chief Police Officers, [http://www.acpo.police.uk/ncde/ National Co-ordinator Domestic Extremism, Frequently Asked Questions], circa 2010-2011, archived by Undercover Research Group.</ref> The unit came to public attention when it led the investigation into the letter bomber Miles Cooper<ref name="somerset" /> and was asked to assist the investigation into the hacking of the Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8453117.stm Police extremist unit helps climate change e-mail probe], ''BBC News Online'', 11 January 2010, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref> It also oversaw Operation Achillies under DCI [[Andy Robbins]] which investigated Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (see below).
+NDET was a unit of detectives set up in 2005<ref name="hmic.2012" /> by ACPO to provide assistance - practical and intelligence - to police forces facing protests from 'domestic extremists', and to look at all crimes 'linked to single-issue type causes and campaigns'. In particular, it was 'responsible for co-ordinating police operations and investigations against domestic campaigns and extremists, as well as identifying possible linked crimes across the country.<ref name="acpo.ncde">Association of Chief Police Officers, [http://www.acpo.police.uk/ncde/ National Co-ordinator Domestic Extremism, Frequently Asked Questions], circa 2010-2011, archived by Undercover Research Group.</ref> The unit came to public attention when it led the investigation into the letter bomber Miles Cooper<ref name="somerset" /> and was asked to assist the investigation into the hacking of the Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8453117.stm Police extremist unit helps climate change e-mail probe], ''BBC News Online'', 11 January 2010, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref> It also oversaw Operation Achillies under DCI [[Andy Robbins]] which investigated Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty.<ref>Chris Broom, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108004702/http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Activist-targeted-bank-in-animal.6681167.jp Activist targeted bank in animal rights crime wave], ''Portsmouth Today'', 6 January 2011, (accessed April 2016 through archive.org)</ref>
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 * See also [[National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit|NETCU]]
-===NPIOU ===
+===NPOIU ===
-[[File:NPOIU_logo.jpg|thumb|That this logo was used by the NPOIU is unconfirmed.]]
+[[File:NPOIU_logo.jpg|thumb|]]
-The NPIOU was formed in 1999 as part of a national strategy within ACPO around public order issues, and funded by the Home Office, in particular:<ref>[https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/152949/response/371088/attach/3/6313%20ACPO%20Response%2020032013.pdf Response to FOIA Request of Mr. Graham], Metropolitan Police, 20 March 2013, accessed 10 January 2015.</ref>
+The NPOIU was formed in 1999 as part of a national strategy within ACPO around public order issues, and funded by the Home Office, in particular:<ref>[https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/152949/response/371088/attach/3/6313%20ACPO%20Response%2020032013.pdf Response to FOIA Request of Mr. Graham], Metropolitan Police, 20 March 2013, accessed 10 January 2015.</ref>
 : it was established to support police forces in managing the intelligence around the threat to communities from public disorder connected to domestic extremism and single issue campaigning.

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 For the most part, the activities of the combined unit were to remain the same,<ref name="acpo.1">Association of Chief Police Officers, [http://www.acpo.police.uk/NationalPolicing/NDEDIU/AboutNDEDIU.aspx About NDEDIU], undated, accessed 19 June 2014.</ref> including the handling 'intelligence related threats across force, national and international boundaries’ - inherited from the NPOIU <ref name="rules.of.engagement">Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, [http://www.hmic.gov.uk/media/a-review-of-the-august-2011-disorders-20111220.pdf The Rules of Engagement: A review of the August 2011 disorders], 20 December 2011, para. 2.35.</ref>
-The merger of January 2011 involved a downsizing of the units, the loss of senior officers and budget cuts put in place.<ref name="telegraph.1">Jason Lewis, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8131131/Did-police-cutbacks-allow-extremists-to-hijack-student-demonstrations.html Did police cutbacks allow extremists to hijack student demonstrations?], ''The Telegraph'', 14 November 2011, accessed 19 June 2014.</ref> The unit itself was given lesser status with Setchell's two successors as NCDE, [[Adrian Tudway| Tudway]] and [[Chris Greany| Greany]], not given the rank with the ‘seniority of a chief officer’, <ref name="hmic.2012" /> but holding the lesser with rank of Detective Chief Superintendent.<ref>Metropolitan Police Service, [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/police_11 Police - Response to FOIA request of Ashley Davis of 5 November 2013], WhatDoTheyKnow.com, 5 December 2013, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref><ref name="rwsY">Police on 'tightrope' at protests, Press Association, 23 November 2010. Orginally at [http://www.pressassociation.com/component/pafeeds/2010/11/23/police_on_tightrope_at_protests Press Association website], archived at [http://archive.today/rwsY archive.today] on 11 Sept 2012, accessed 19 June 2014. Note: date on page refers to the date it was archived; actual date of article derived in this case from the page's URL.</ref> The newly combined National Domestic Extremism Unit formally transferred to the control of the Metropolitan Police's [[Counter Terrorism Command]] on 1 June 2011.<ref name="catt.judgement" />, the end of a transition process that started in August the year before, when Netcu registred the domain name for the forthcoming NDEU website.<ref>http://ndeu.org.uk domain was registered 26-Aug-2010 by NETCU, details from geektools.com/whois.php (accessed June 2013), ndeu.org was registered the same day, DomainHistory.net, [http://www.domainhistory.net/ndeu.org, Ndeu.org WHOIS], (accessed April 2016)</ref> .
+The merger of January 2011 involved a downsizing of the units, the loss of senior officers and budget cuts put in place.<ref name="telegraph.1">Jason Lewis, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8131131/Did-police-cutbacks-allow-extremists-to-hijack-student-demonstrations.html Did police cutbacks allow extremists to hijack student demonstrations?], ''The Telegraph'', 14 November 2011, accessed 19 June 2014.</ref> The unit itself was given lesser status with Setchell's two successors as NCDE, [[Adrian Tudway| Tudway]] and [[Chris Greany| Greany]], not given the rank with the ‘seniority of a chief officer’, <ref name="hmic.2012" /> but holding the lesser with rank of Detective Chief Superintendent.<ref>Metropolitan Police Service, [https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/police_11 Police - Response to FOIA request of Ashley Davis of 5 November 2013], WhatDoTheyKnow.com, 5 December 2013, accessed 30 August 2014.</ref><ref name="rwsY">Police on 'tightrope' at protests, Press Association, 23 November 2010. Orginally at [http://www.pressassociation.com/component/pafeeds/2010/11/23/police_on_tightrope_at_protests Press Association website], archived at [http://archive.today/rwsY archive.today] on 11 Sept 2012, accessed 19 June 2014. Note: date on page refers to the date it was archived; actual date of article derived in this case from the page's URL.</ref> The newly combined National Domestic Extremism Unit formally transferred to the control of the Metropolitan Police's [[Counter Terrorism Command]] on 1 June 2011.<ref name="catt.judgement" />, the end of a transition process that started in August the year before, when Netcu registred the domain name for the forthcoming NDEU website.<ref>http://ndeu.org.uk domain was registered 26-Aug-2010 by NETCU, details from geektools.com/whois.php (accessed June 2013), ndeu.org was registered the same day by 'a government body, with the same contact details as NETCU, PO box 525, Huntindon, Cambridgeshire, PE299AL, DomainHistory.net, [http://www.domainhistory.net/ndeu.org, Ndeu.org WHOIS], (accessed April 2016)</ref> .
-At the same time downsizing and merging was taking place, the scandal around [[Mark Kennedy]], an NPOIU undercover officer, was breaking. This led the Minister for Police, Nick Herbert to declare of the units that ‘operationally something has gone very wrong’, <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmhaff/695/11011803.htm Examination of Witnesses (Question Numbers 199-240) Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP], Home Affairs Select Committee, 18 January 2011, accessed 18 June 2014.</ref> and that he subsequently stripped the NDEU of its operational powers, in particular its ability to infiltrate protest movements with undercover officers. <ref>James Slack, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1348380/Police-chief-body-loss-power-run-undercover-unit-Mark-Kennedy-scandal.html Police chiefs body loses power to run undercover units in wake of eco-warrior spy scandal], ''Daily Mail'', 18 January 2011, accessed 19 June 2014.</ref> As was explained here, the stripping was part of a process that had started months before.
+At the same time downsizing and merging was taking place, the scandal around [[Mark Kennedy]], an NPOIU undercover officer, was breaking. This led the Minister for Police, Nick Herbert to declare of the units that ‘operationally something has gone very wrong’, <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmhaff/695/11011803.htm Examination of Witnesses (Question Numbers 199-240) Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP], Home Affairs Select Committee, 18 January 2011, accessed 18 June 2014.</ref> and that he subsequently stripped the NDEU of its operational powers, in particular its ability to infiltrate protest movements with undercover officers. <ref>James Slack, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1348380/Police-chief-body-loss-power-run-undercover-unit-Mark-Kennedy-scandal.html Police chiefs body loses power to run undercover units in wake of eco-warrior spy scandal], ''Daily Mail'', 18 January 2011, accessed 19 June 2014.</ref>
 ===Transfer of control to the Metropolitan Police===