Paul Hogan - Revision history

Eveline at 13:44, 8 September 2016

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Eveline at 12:56, 28 April 2016

2016-04-28T12:56:51Z

Eveline: /* Police associations and networking */

2016-04-28T12:51:30Z

Police associations and networking

Eveline: /* Criticism and controversy */

2016-04-28T11:30:00Z

Criticism and controversy

Eveline: /* Undercover work crossing the border */

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Undercover work crossing the border

Eveline: /* Undercover officers */

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Undercover officers

Melissa Jones: /* Police associations and networking */ typo

2016-04-28T01:35:15Z

Police associations and networking: typo

Melissa Jones: /* Cooperation with Finland & other European countries, and with corporations */

2016-04-28T01:34:11Z

Cooperation with Finland & other European countries, and with corporations

Melissa Jones at 01:32, 28 April 2016

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Melissa Jones at 01:29, 28 April 2016

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 As personal interests, Hogan listed 'Keep fit, Travel and Golf' at his profile. The Facebook page of his current employer [[Alba Power]] mentioned Hogan playing a golf tournament in Turkey with a group of friends, some of whom from his time with the Tayside police, while sponsoring a good cause.<ref>Alba Power, [https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D1248803108480810%26id%3D143672582327207 Facebook Timeline], 22 April 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
 ==Notes==
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 Vice chair of the Tayside Branch is Ross Mitchell, who is also on the IPA golf team with Hogan.
 '''Police golf teams'''
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 In June 1979 Stanley was killed by terrorist action. As a memorial the Stanley Hanna Memorial Trophy was created to be contested by the two Regions. Dickie Simpson has competed for the trophy nearly every year as he has attended the last 27 consecutive years.
 The Stanley Hanna trophy was competed for at the Thornton Golf course in Fife and was won by Region Scotland. The winning team were Alex Brown, Andrew Girdwood, Ross Mitchell, Sharon Boath, Andrew Mather, Alan Harley, Paul Hogan and Jim Westwood. The Northern Ireland team were Tommy Hutton, Gary Canavan, Harry Walton, Mark Kernohan, John Templeton, Maurice Fleming, Bob Barr and Dickie Simpson. IPA, [http://www.ipa-uk.org/Stanley-Hanna-Cup Stanley Hanna Cup], News, IPA website, 2013(accessed April 2016</ref> Both teams have won many prizes.
 ==Personal life==
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 Email: Pdm.Hogan@gmail.com
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 in 2013, Hogan was founding member of Scottish Police Federation – North Area Committee
 <ref>Scottish Police Federation, [Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Scottish Police Federation – North Area Committee held at the Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness], 7-8 May 2013 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
 '''International Police Association'''
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 In June 1979 Stanley was killed by terrorist action. As a memorial the Stanley Hanna Memorial Trophy was created to be contested by the two Regions. Dickie Simpson has competed for the trophy nearly every year as he has attended the last 27 consecutive years.
 The Stanley Hanna trophy was competed for at the Thornton Golf course in Fife and was won by Region Scotland. The winning team were Alex Brown, Andrew Girdwood, Ross Mitchell, Sharon Boath, Andrew Mather, Alan Harley, Paul Hogan and Jim Westwood. The Northern Ireland team were Tommy Hutton, Gary Canavan, Harry Walton, Mark Kernohan, John Templeton, Maurice Fleming, Bob Barr and Dickie Simpson. IPA, [http://www.ipa-uk.org/Stanley-Hanna-Cup Stanley Hanna Cup], News, IPA website, 2013(accessed April 2016</ref> Both teams have won many prizes.
 ==Personal life==

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 ==Criticism and controversy==
 === Undercover work crossing the border ===
-Hogan's work as an undercover specialist took place in Scotland and all over the UK. His own career path shows that there is flawless cooperation between the Scottish police and the undercover units. Scottish MPs have been pushing for quite some time to have Scotland included in the Pitchford Inquiry, or to have a separate national investigation.<ref>Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, [http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2016/01/13/scottish-parliament-debates-spycops-demands-answers/ Scottish Parliament Debates Spycops, Demands Answers], 13 January 2016 (accessed April 2016</ref> Not only is there a long list of exposed undercovers who have been [[Undercover Operations Abroad| active on Scottish soil]], current police chiefs have been responsible in the past for what the press north of the border calls the 'sex spy scandal'.<ref>Undercover Research Group, [http://wp.me/p5C302-mZ Profile: New Scottish police chief Phil Gormley linked to #spycops scandal], 24 January 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref><ref>Billy Briggs, [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/revealed-scots-counter-terrorism-chief-7236055 Revealed: Scots counter-terrorism chief worked for undercover Met squad now under investigation], ''Sunday Mail'', 24 January 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
+The remits of the Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing are limited to operations by English and Welsh forces operating in England and Wales. For several reasons, Scottish MPs have been pushing for quite some time to have Scotland included in the Pitchford Inquiry, or to have a separate national investigation.<ref>Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, [http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2016/01/13/scottish-parliament-debates-spycops-demands-answers/ Scottish Parliament Debates Spycops, Demands Answers], 13 January 2016 (accessed April 2016</ref> Not only is there a long list of exposed undercovers who have been [[Undercover Operations Abroad| active on Scottish soil]]. Hogan's work as an undercover specialist took place in Scotland and all over the UK. His own career path shows that there is considerable cooperation between the Scottish police and the undercover units.
-The <em>Sunday Herald</em> revealed in March that [[Eleanor Mitchell]], who was head of Police Scotland’s Professional Standards Department before retiring in 2016, was also linked to the NPOIU. Her biography states she was an expert in animal rights and environmental extremism who was seconded to the London force for six years until 2006. This makes the two Scottish officers Hogan and Mitchell colleagues in the NPIOU at management level between 2003 - 2006.
+=== Scottish police involved in overseeiing undercover officers===
 Furthermore [[Phil Gormley]], now Scotland’s Chief Constable was in the Met from 2003 to 2007. From 2005, he was head of Special Branch and was on the committee who oversaw the NPOIU and the [[Special Demonstration Squad]].<ref> Paul Hutcheon, [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14340398.Police_Scotland_s__standards_chief__caught_up_in__sex_spy__unit_row/ Police Scotland's 'standards chief' caught up in 'sex spy' unit row], ''Sunday Herald'', 13 March 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref><ref>Undercover Research Group, [http://undercoverresearch.net/2016/01/24/profile-new-scottish-police-chief-phil-gormley-linked-to-spycops-scandal/ New Scottish Ppolice Chief Phil Gormley linked to spycops scandal], Donal O'Driscol and Eveline Lubbers, 24 January 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
 Later, ACC [[National Domestic Extremism Unit: officers| Ronnie Liddle]], was ACPO ACC for Counter Terrorism in the period December 2012 – February 2014. Based at the Metropolitan Police he was co-ordinator of 'UK Counter Terrorism functions and operations', part of which remit he had responsibility for [[National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Unit]], the new name of the undercover unit.

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 ==Criticism and controversy==
 === Undercover work crossing the border ===
-Hogan's work as an undercover specialist took place in Scotland and all over the UK. His own career path shows that there is flawless cooperation between the Scottish police and the undercover units. Scottish MPs have been pushing for quite some time to have Scotland included in the Pitchford Inquiry, or to have a separate national investigation.<ref>Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, [http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2016/01/13/scottish-parliament-debates-spycops-demands-answers/ Scottish Parliament Debates Spycops, Demands Answers], 13 January 2016 (accessed April 2016</ref> Not only is there a long list of exposed undercovers who have been [[Undercover Operations Abroad| active on Scottish soil]], current police chiefs have been responsible in the past for what the press north of the border calls the 'sex spy scandal'.<ref> Paul Hutcheon, [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14340398.Police_Scotland_s__standards_chief__caught_up_in__sex_spy__unit_row/ Police Scotland's 'standards chief' caught up in 'sex spy' unit row], ''Sunday Herald'', 13 March 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref><ref>Undercover Research Group, [http://wp.me/p5C302-mZ Profile: New Scottish police chief Phil Gormley linked to #spycops scandal], 24 January 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref><ref>Billy Briggs, [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/revealed-scots-counter-terrorism-chief-7236055 Revealed: Scots counter-terrorism chief worked for undercover Met squad now under investigation], ''Sunday Mail'', 24 January 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
+Hogan's work as an undercover specialist took place in Scotland and all over the UK. His own career path shows that there is flawless cooperation between the Scottish police and the undercover units. Scottish MPs have been pushing for quite some time to have Scotland included in the Pitchford Inquiry, or to have a separate national investigation.<ref>Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, [http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2016/01/13/scottish-parliament-debates-spycops-demands-answers/ Scottish Parliament Debates Spycops, Demands Answers], 13 January 2016 (accessed April 2016</ref> Not only is there a long list of exposed undercovers who have been [[Undercover Operations Abroad| active on Scottish soil]], current police chiefs have been responsible in the past for what the press north of the border calls the 'sex spy scandal'.<ref>Undercover Research Group, [http://wp.me/p5C302-mZ Profile: New Scottish police chief Phil Gormley linked to #spycops scandal], 24 January 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref><ref>Billy Briggs, [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/revealed-scots-counter-terrorism-chief-7236055 Revealed: Scots counter-terrorism chief worked for undercover Met squad now under investigation], ''Sunday Mail'', 24 January 2016 (accessed April 2016)</ref>
 == Police associations and networking==

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 The timeline below shows the undercover officers exposed so far on infiltration missions while Hogan served with the NPOIU January 2003 - July 2007.
-[[File:Timeline NPOIU undercovers.jpg]]
+[[File:Timeline -spycops -NPOIU.JPG]]
 ===Cooperation with Finland and other European countries, and with corporations===

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 Hogan was Treasurer and Publicity Officer of the Tayside Branch Committee of the International Police Association (IPA). The IPA is a networking group for police officers and former ones with members from all over the world, founded in the UK in 1950. Apart from the Golf Society, the IPA has a Caravan & Camping Group a Motercycle Group and Radio Clubs<ref name = IPA>International Police Association, [https://www.ipa-uk.org/Tayside-Branch Tayside Branch], page last updated 2 July 2014 (accessed April 2016</ref> Hogan joined in 2009; in 2012 Publicity Officers met up for the first time to share ideas of how to promote the International Police Association (IPA).<ref>International Police Association,[http://www.ipa-uk.org/News/Welcoming-new-members-to-Section-UK Welcoming new members to Section UK], News, IPA website, 21 September 2009 (accessed April 2016)</ref><ref>International Police Association, [http://www.ipa-uk.org/4-Region-News/Proof-is-in-the-pudding Proof is in the pudding], News, IPA website, 24 October 2012 (accessed April 2016</ref><ref>International Police Association, [https://www.ipa-uk.org/Tayside-Branch Tayside Branch], page last updated 2 July 2014 (accessed April 2016</ref>
-Vice Chair of the Tayside Branch is Ross Mitchell, who is also on the IPA golf team with Hogan.
+Vice chair of the Tayside Branch is Ross Mitchell, who is also on the IPA golf team with Hogan.
 '''Police golf teams'''
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 Hogan is a member of the Tayside Police Golf team,<ref>Others in the team are Colin Brough, David Scott, and Greg Irvine, source: Copperplate, [https://issuu.com/taysidepolice/docs/copperplate_june_11 The taming of 'Carnasty', Magazine of the Tayside Police, June 2011 (accessed April 2016</ref> and of the IPA golf team.<ref>International Police Association (IPA) 2 Region Northern Ireland Golf Society has been visiting Region Scotland to play golf for well over 30 years. As a result this annual event, first instigated by the Society secretary Stanley Hanna, has developed strong friendships between the two Regions over this period.
 In June 1979 Stanley was killed by terrorist action. As a memorial the Stanley Hanna Memorial Trophy was created to be contested by the two Regions. Dickie Simpson has competed for the trophy nearly every year as he has attended the last 27 consecutive years.
-The Stanley Hanna trophy was competed for at the Thornton Golf course in Fife and was won by Region Scotland. The winning team were Alex Brown, Andrew Girdwood, Ross Mitchell, Sharon Boath, Andrew Mather, Alan Harley, Paul Hogan and Jim Westwood. The Northern Ireland team were Tommy Hutton, Gary Canavan, Harry Walton, Mark Kernohan, John Templeton, Maurice Fleming, Bob Barr and Dickie Simpson. IPA, [http://www.ipa-uk.org/Stanley-Hanna-Cup Stanley Hanna Cup], News, IPA website, 2013(accessed April 2016</ref> Both teams have won many prices.
+The Stanley Hanna trophy was competed for at the Thornton Golf course in Fife and was won by Region Scotland. The winning team were Alex Brown, Andrew Girdwood, Ross Mitchell, Sharon Boath, Andrew Mather, Alan Harley, Paul Hogan and Jim Westwood. The Northern Ireland team were Tommy Hutton, Gary Canavan, Harry Walton, Mark Kernohan, John Templeton, Maurice Fleming, Bob Barr and Dickie Simpson. IPA, [http://www.ipa-uk.org/Stanley-Hanna-Cup Stanley Hanna Cup], News, IPA website, 2013(accessed April 2016</ref> Both teams have won many prizes.
 ==Personal life==

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 [[File:Timeline NPOIU undercovers.jpg]]
-===Cooperation with Finland & other European countries, and with corporations===
+===Cooperation with Finland and other European countries, and with corporations===
 Hogan started spreading the word early on in his career, first in his capaciy in Intelligence Management with the Tayside Police, 'presentations to colleagues and key industry partners on the work of the department in order to develop intelligence sharing opportunities and maximise opportunities'. He continued to do so with the NPOIU: <blockquote>As part of my remit I would provide presentations on the capabilities of the unit to a wide range of partner agencies and interested parties including all law enforcement bodies within the UK and interested commercial partners such as the pharmaceutical industry, often the victim of unwanted Animal Rights extremism.</blockquote>

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 == Background==
-The amount of detail in Hogan's LinkedIn profile was quite astonishing and breached the policy of [https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/neither-confirm-nor-deny/ Neither Confirm Nor Deny] (NCND) that Scotland Yard adopted after the first undercover police officer, [[Mark Kennedy]] was exposed in late 2010/early 2011. Despite apologising to and settling the court case brought by eight women who had discovered they were previously in long-term intimate relationships with undercover officers, the Metropolitan police has steadfastly clung onto this NCND policy.
+The amount of detail in Hogan's LinkedIn profile was quite astonishing and breached the policy of [https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/neither-confirm-nor-deny/ Neither Confirm Nor Deny] (NCND) policy that Scotland Yard adopted after the first undercover police officer, [[Mark Kennedy]] was exposed in late 2010/early 2011. Despite apologising to and settling the court case brought by eight women previously in long-term intimate relationships with undercover officers, the Metropolitan police has steadfastly clung onto this NCND policy.
-Hogan's résumé was discovered just as the police were striving to keep the Undercover Policing Public Inquiry behind closed doors (Chairman Judge Pitchford's ruling on this is expected 3rd May 2016) in a further effort to prevent disclosure of operational details and the undercover units' methods.<ref>For more information on the issue of secrecy and disclosure in the Pitchford Inquiry, see the interview with Tamsin Allan, sollicitor at Bindmans representing activists spied upon, Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, [http://undercoverresearch.net/2016/03/06/whats-the-pitchford-hearing-about/ What's the Pitchford hearing about], 6 March 2016, (accessed April 2016)</ref>
+Hogan's résumé was discovered just as the police were fighting to keep the Undercover Policing Public Inquiry behind closed doors (Chairman Judge Pitchford's ruling on this is expected 3rd May 2016) in a further effort to prevent disclosure of operational details and the undercover units' methods.<ref>For more information on the issue of secrecy and disclosure in the Pitchford Inquiry, see the interview with Tamsin Allan, sollicitor at Bindmans representing activists spied upon, Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, [http://undercoverresearch.net/2016/03/06/whats-the-pitchford-hearing-about/ What's the Pitchford hearing about], 6 March 2016, (accessed April 2016)</ref>
 ==Police career==

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 As NPOIU field officer, he coordinated the deployment of undercovers during the protest against the G8 in Heiligendamm, Berlin, in 2007 (this included the activities  abroad of the known NPIOU officers [[Mark Kennedy]] and [[Marco Jacobs]]). Hogan also visited many EU member states to share his knowledge on the workings of animal rights activism and to set up protocols for the exchange of intelligence.
-''The profile of Hogan's career is exclusively based on his expansive LinkedIn profile, which was taken down a day after it started circulating on Twitter in April 2016, sparking press attention. As such, this profile is a work in progress. If you have more detail [Mailto:contact@undercoverresearch.net please get in touch].''
+''The profile of Hogan's career is exclusively based on his expansive LinkedIn profile, which was taken down a day after it started circulating on Twitter in April 2016 and sparked press attention. As such, this profile is a work in progress. If you have more detail [Mailto:contact@undercoverresearch.net please get in touch].''
 *Also see: