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| − | Lord [[Peter Imbert]] is a former [[Met]] commissioner. He was Chairman of [[Capital Eye]] Ltd, a security consultancy now wholly owned by the [[Inkerman Group]], for which he acts as a consultant. The Inkerman Group reportedly monitors protesters. | + | {{Template:Revolving Door badge}} |
| + | Lord [[Peter Imbert]] is a former [[Met]] commissioner. He was Chairman of [[Capital Eye]] Ltd, a security consultancy now wholly owned by the [[Inkerman Group]], for which he acts as a consultant. The Inkerman Group reportedly monitors protesters. <ref> Paul Lewis and Rob Evans, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/14/environmental-activists-protest-energy-companies Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranks], The Guardian 14 February 2011 </ref> | ||
Imbert was raised to the peerage as Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent 1999. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/peter-imbert/26778 Lord Imbert], www.parliament.co.uk, 5 January 2011 </ref> | Imbert was raised to the peerage as Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent 1999. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/peter-imbert/26778 Lord Imbert], www.parliament.co.uk, 5 January 2011 </ref> | ||
==Monitoring protestors== | ==Monitoring protestors== | ||
| − | + | According to the Guardian, a "restricted" report produced by the Inkerman Group in 2008 warned of a growing threat of "eco-terrorism". Under a section on "recent acts of eco-terrorism", the document listed various peaceful campaign groups, including the anti-aviation collective [[Plane Stupid]].<ref name="Evans2"/> Arguably it has been this elusive threat of "eco-terrorism", sometimes tainted with the conflation between "illegal" and "violent" protest, that serves to justify the need for both the domestic extremism units and the private security firms.<ref>Matilda Gifford [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/26/protest-surveillance Why spy on peaceful protesters?] ''The Guardian'', 26/04/09, accessed 17/01/11</ref> | |
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==Transferable skills and alliances: police and private security industry== | ==Transferable skills and alliances: police and private security industry== | ||
Questions have been raised regarding the ethics of "former police officers cashing in on their surveillance skills for a host of companies that target protesters".<ref name="Evans2">Paul Lewis and Rob Evans [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/14/environmental-activists-protest-energy-companies Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranks] ''The Guardian'', 14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11</ref> See the Powerbase overview of [[Private security industry and the police: revolving door|the revolving door between the private security industry and the police]]. | Questions have been raised regarding the ethics of "former police officers cashing in on their surveillance skills for a host of companies that target protesters".<ref name="Evans2">Paul Lewis and Rob Evans [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/14/environmental-activists-protest-energy-companies Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranks] ''The Guardian'', 14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11</ref> See the Powerbase overview of [[Private security industry and the police: revolving door|the revolving door between the private security industry and the police]]. | ||
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| + | ==Register of Interests== | ||
| + | ====Remunerated employment, office, profession==== | ||
| + | *Member, editorial advisory board, and occasional contributor, [[Professional Security Magazine]] <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-imbert/2531 Lord Imbert] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 23 April 2015 </ref> | ||
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Lord Peter Imbert is a former Met commissioner. He was Chairman of Capital Eye Ltd, a security consultancy now wholly owned by the Inkerman Group, for which he acts as a consultant. The Inkerman Group reportedly monitors protesters. [1]
Imbert was raised to the peerage as Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent 1999. [2]
Contents
Monitoring protestors
According to the Guardian, a "restricted" report produced by the Inkerman Group in 2008 warned of a growing threat of "eco-terrorism". Under a section on "recent acts of eco-terrorism", the document listed various peaceful campaign groups, including the anti-aviation collective Plane Stupid.[3] Arguably it has been this elusive threat of "eco-terrorism", sometimes tainted with the conflation between "illegal" and "violent" protest, that serves to justify the need for both the domestic extremism units and the private security firms.[4]
Transferable skills and alliances: police and private security industry
Questions have been raised regarding the ethics of "former police officers cashing in on their surveillance skills for a host of companies that target protesters".[3] See the Powerbase overview of the revolving door between the private security industry and the police.
Register of Interests
Remunerated employment, office, profession
- Member, editorial advisory board, and occasional contributor, Professional Security Magazine [5]
Affiliations
- Chairman, Capital Eye Ltd (security consultancy now wholly owned by Inkerman Group Ltd)
- Strategic Adviser, Inkerman Group Ltd (international business risk and intelligence)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, and occasional contributor, Professional Security Magazine
- Trustee, University College Hospital Charitable Foundation
- Trustee, Metropolitan Police Museum Trust
- Trustee, Police Foundation
- Vice President, Friends of St Thomas' Hospital
- Vice President, Cinq Ports Branch, Royal Society of St George
- Vice President, Surrey County Cricket Club
Notes
- ↑ Paul Lewis and Rob Evans, Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranks, The Guardian 14 February 2011
- ↑ Lord Imbert, www.parliament.co.uk, 5 January 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paul Lewis and Rob Evans Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranks The Guardian, 14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11
- ↑ Matilda Gifford Why spy on peaceful protesters? The Guardian, 26/04/09, accessed 17/01/11
- ↑ Lord Imbert www.parliament.uk, accessed 23 April 2015
