Peter Imbert
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.
Imbert was raised to the peerage as Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent 1999. [1]
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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.[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.
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
- ↑ Lord Imbert, www.parliament.co.uk, 5 January 2011
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Matilda Gifford Why spy on peaceful protesters? The Guardian, 26/04/09, accessed 17/01/11
