Alan 'Nick' Nicholson (alias)
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Alan 'Nick' Nicholson is the alias of an undercover officer with the Special Demonstration Squad, who was deployed 1990-1991 against the British National Party.[1]
He is also referred to by the cipher HN56 (for the N cipher system, see the N officers page).
In the Undercover Policing Inquiry
- May 2018: real name restricted; application over cover name rejected.[2]
- 17 Apr 2018: cover name released[1]
- 20 Feb 2018, directions issued that applications for restriction orders to be submitted by end of month.[3]
- Nov 2017: Metropolitan Police asked to clarify the extent of the application to restrict real / cover name.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Undercover Policing Inquiry, Update of Cover names page, ucpi.org.uk, 17 April 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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, 20 February 2018 (accessed 1 March 2018).
- ↑ Counsel to the Inquiry's Explanatory note to accompany the 'Minded-To' Note (2) in respect for restrictions over the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstration Squad, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 14 November 2017.
