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| − | {{Undercover_Police_Officer_sidebar|Name='HN300'|Alias=Jim / Jimmy|Series=undercover police officers|Image=Male_silhouette.png |Unit=Special Demonstration Squad|DatesDeployed=late 1974 - Jan 1977|Targets=Socialist Workers Party}} | + | {{Undercover_Police_Officer_sidebar|Name='HN300'|Alias=Jim / Jimmy Pickford|Series=undercover police officers|Image=Male_silhouette.png |Unit=Special Demonstration Squad|DatesDeployed=late 1974 - Jan 1977|Targets=Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Council Anti-Fascist Committee, Federation of London Anarchist Groups, Freedom Collective, Kingston Anarchist Association, Pavement Collective and Wandsworth Anarchist Workers Association / South London Anarchist Workers Association; ? Socialist Workers Party}} |
'''HN300''' is the cipher given to a former [[Special Demonstration Squad]] undercover officer deployed from late 1974 to January 1977, into the Socialist Workers Party. His cover name may have included 'Jim' or 'Jimmy'. He is is deceased.<ref name="mitting.mindedto5.7Mar2018">Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20180307-SDS-anonymity-Minded-to-5.pdf In the matter of section 19(3) of the Inquiries Act 2005. Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and Special Demonstration Squad - 'Minded To' Note 5], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 7 March 2018 (accessed 10 March 2018).</ref> | '''HN300''' is the cipher given to a former [[Special Demonstration Squad]] undercover officer deployed from late 1974 to January 1977, into the Socialist Workers Party. His cover name may have included 'Jim' or 'Jimmy'. He is is deceased.<ref name="mitting.mindedto5.7Mar2018">Sir John Mitting, [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20180307-SDS-anonymity-Minded-to-5.pdf In the matter of section 19(3) of the Inquiries Act 2005. Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and Special Demonstration Squad - 'Minded To' Note 5], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 7 March 2018 (accessed 10 March 2018).</ref> | ||
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| + | On 24 September 2019, the Undercover Policing Inquiry revealed his full cover name was Jim Pickford and that he had targeted Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Council Anti-Fascist Committee, Federation of London Anarchist Groups, Freedom Collective, Kingston Anarchist Association, Pavement Collective and Wandsworth Anarchist Workers Association / South London Anarchist Workers Association.<ref name="ucpi.hn300.page"/> | ||
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* 15 May 2018: ruled that HN300's real name will be restricted in the course of the Inquiry.<ref name="mitting.ruling.15May18">[https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180515_ruling_SDS_anonymity.pdf In the matter of section 19 (3) of the Inquiries Act 2005 Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad: Ruling], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 15 May 2018.</ref> | * 15 May 2018: ruled that HN300's real name will be restricted in the course of the Inquiry.<ref name="mitting.ruling.15May18">[https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180515_ruling_SDS_anonymity.pdf In the matter of section 19 (3) of the Inquiries Act 2005 Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad: Ruling], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 15 May 2018.</ref> | ||
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| + | * 24 September 2019: target name and target groups released.<ref name="ucpi.hn300.page">[https://www.ucpi.org.uk/individuals/hn-300/ HN 300], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 24 September 2019. Announced via [https://twitter.com/ucpinquiry/status/1176519126707294213 Twitter].</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Revision as of 06:35, 2 October 2019
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HN300 is the cipher given to a former Special Demonstration Squad undercover officer deployed from late 1974 to January 1977, into the Socialist Workers Party. His cover name may have included 'Jim' or 'Jimmy'. He is is deceased.[1]
On 24 September 2019, the Undercover Policing Inquiry revealed his full cover name was Jim Pickford and that he had targeted Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Council Anti-Fascist Committee, Federation of London Anarchist Groups, Freedom Collective, Kingston Anarchist Association, Pavement Collective and Wandsworth Anarchist Workers Association / South London Anarchist Workers Association.[2]
- For the N cipher system see N officers page.
As an SDS officer
According to the Undercover Policing Inquiry it is not known what branch of the Socialist Workers Party he was deployed into. His cover surname has not been discovered. During deployment told another undercover that he had fallen in love with a member of his target group and had divorced from second wife in 1979.[1] A gisted note from the Inquiry provides the following:[3]
- During his deployment, another SDS UCO recalls being told by HN300 that he had fallen in love with one of his target group and wanted to disclose to her that he was an undercover officer. HN300 was withdrawn from the field. HN300’s family from his second marriage confirmed that he met his third wife whilst deployed on the SDS and that she sometimes referred to him as ‘Jimmy’. They had a child. This third marriage also ended in divorce. The woman then moved overseas in the 1980s and it has not been possible to contact her. It is understood that she has remarried.
In the Undercover Policing Inquiry
Restriction order
- 11 January 2018: directions issued for any application for restriction orders to be submitted by end of January 2018.[4]
- 29 January 2018: Metropolitan Police Service make application to restrict real identity.[5]
- 7 March 2018: 'Minded To' note stated that HN300's second wife and two children had provided a joint statement about their experiences during his deployment and the impact disclosure of his real name may have on them. Mitting indicated that on the grounds that publishing his real name would interfere with their rights, he would grant the restriction order over it. Though, if further information on his cover name becomes known to the Inquiry it will be published.[1]
- 15 May 2018: ruled that HN300's real name will be restricted in the course of the Inquiry.[6]
- 24 September 2019: target name and target groups released.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sir John Mitting, In the matter of section 19(3) of the Inquiries Act 2005. Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and Special Demonstration Squad - 'Minded To' Note 5, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 7 March 2018 (accessed 10 March 2018).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 HN 300, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 24 September 2019. Announced via Twitter.
- ↑ Gist of additional information in respect of HN300's application for restriction order over real name, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 4 April 2018, published 9 May 2018 via ucpi.org.uk.
- ↑ Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad: Directions, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 11 January 2018.
- ↑ Open application for a restriction order (anonymity) re:HN300, Metropolitan Police Service, 29 January 2018, published 9 May 2018 via upci.org.uk.
- ↑ In the matter of section 19 (3) of the Inquiries Act 2005 Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad: Ruling, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 15 May 2018.
