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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. <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>
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The '''Inkerman Group'''is a private security company that reportedly monitors protestors. <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>
 
  
 
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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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* Lord [[Peter Imbert]], 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.<ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/peter-imbert/26778 Lord Imbert], www.parliament.co.uk, 5 January 2011 </ref>
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The Inkerman Groupis a private security company that reportedly monitors protestors. [1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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".[2] See the Powerbase overview of the revolving door between the private security industry and the police.

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  • Lord Peter Imbert, 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.[4]


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  1. Paul Lewis and Rob Evans, Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranks, The Guardian 14 February 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. Matilda Gifford Why spy on peaceful protesters? The Guardian, 26/04/09, accessed 17/01/11
  4. Lord Imbert, www.parliament.co.uk, 5 January 2011