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| + | Peter Imbert was a Met commissioner [[Peter Imbert]]. He subseuqently acted as a strategic adviser to the [[Inkerman Group]], which is a company which monitors protestors. | ||
| + | ==Monitoring protestors== | ||
| + | A "restricted" report produced by the company three years ago warns of a growing threat of "eco-terrorism". Under a section on "recent acts of eco-terrorism", the document lists a number of 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== | ||
| + | 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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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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Revision as of 12:33, 11 March 2011
Peter Imbert was a Met commissioner Peter Imbert. He subseuqently acted as a strategic adviser to the Inkerman Group, which is a company which monitors protestors.
Monitoring protestors
A "restricted" report produced by the company three years ago warns of a growing threat of "eco-terrorism". Under a section on "recent acts of eco-terrorism", the document lists a number of peaceful campaign groups, including the anti-aviation collective Plane Stupid.[1] 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.[2]
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".[1] See the Powerbase overview of the revolving door between the private security industry and the police.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
