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Police officers cited in the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) are generally designated by a cypher / nominal starting with N or HN followed by a number. The practice of assigning these cyphers was begun in by the Metropolitan Police inquiry Operation Herne which investigated the activities of the Special Demonstration Squad undercovers. It was subsequently adopted by Mark Ellison for his Review and the UCPI, both of which draw heavily on the material assembled by Operation Herne. The system appears to have changed in 2017, when the 3 August 2017 rulings and direction of the new Inquiry Chair, John Mitting, began using the 'HN' label, though the associated numbers appear to be unchanged.[1]
- For a general introduction into the cypher system, see N Officers (main page).
- For N officers with numbers less than 100, see N officers part 1.
- For N officers with numbers 100 - 299, see N officers part 2.
- For N officers with numbers 300-399, see N officers part 3.
- Updated 5 March 2018
N series officers part 4 (>399)
| Cypher | Name | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| N406 | Barry McDowell | Special Branch officer who moved to Racial and Violent Crime Task Force (CO24 / under John Grieve) and was appointed as a liaison between the two units 1998/1999 (Herne II, 21.1.6; Ellison, multiple pages).[2][3] | |
| N519 | Marco Jacobs (alias) | Cover name confirmed.[4] | NPOIU UCO |
| N587 | unknown | Author of the SDS Annual Report in 1985 (Herne II, 18.1).[2] | |
| HN593 | unknown | Minded to: real name to be published (no restriction order application made)[5] | SDS management / back-office. Deceased.[5] |
| N596 | Rod Richardson (alias) | Cover name Confirmed.[6] | NPOIU UCO |
| HN608 | unknown | Minded to (March 2018): refuse restriction order in respect of real name.[7] | SDS Manager in 1970s with rank of Det. Supt.; died 2017, leaving a widow in deteriorating health who is unaware of the Inquiry; the family is concerned of the impact of media intrusion upon her, of which Mitting wrote:[7]
11 January 2018, directions issued for any application for restriction orders to be submitted by 30 & 31 January 2018 for MPS and Designated Lawyers Team respectively.[8] |
| HN819 | unknown | Minded-To: real name to be published (15 Jan 2018)[9] | SDS back office staff / manager only.[9] No application made to restrict the real name.[10] |
| HN1251 | Phil Saunders | SDS back office / manager. No application for a restriction order made.[11] Real name was to be published in due course, Mitting wrote in August 2017,[1] but it was then accidently revealed in January 2018 in the Risk Assessment of N348, as one of two officers who recruited her to SDS (with N294).[12] | |
| HN1668 | unknown | Real name to be published in due course.[5] | SDS back office / manager. No application for a restriction order made.[5] |
| HN2152 | unknown | Real name to be published in due course.[5] | SDS back office / manager. No application for a restriction order made.[5] |
| HN3093 | unknown | Real name to be published in due course.[5] | SDS back office / manager. No application for a restriction order made.[5] |
| HN3095 | unknown | Real name to be published in due course.[5] | SDS back office / manager. No application for a restriction order made.[5] |
| HN3378 | unknown | Real name to be given 'when evidence relating to them is published before hearings'.[13] | SDS Back office staff. No application to restrict real name made.[14] |
- For N officers with numbers less than 100, see N officers part 1.
- For N officers with numbers 100 - 299, see N officers part 2.
- For N officers with numbers 300-399, see N officers part 3.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Press Release: 'Minded to' note, ruling and directions in respect of anonymity applications relating to former officers of the Special Demonstration Squad, Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 3 August 2017 (accefssed 3 August 2017).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mick Creedon, Operation Herne: Report 2 - Allegations of Peter Francis, Metropolitan Police Service, March 2014.
- ↑ Mark Ellison, Possible corruption and the role of undercover policing in the Stephen Lawrence case, Stephen Lawrence Independent Review, Vol. 1, Gov.UK, March 2014.
- ↑ Update on anonymity applications - N519 (“Marco Jacobs”), Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 10 November 2016 (accessed 5 August 2017).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 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 (accessed 15 November 2017).
- ↑ No anonymity sought for undercover identity ‘Rod Richardson’, Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 15 December 2016 (accessed 5 August 2017).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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).
- ↑ 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 (accessed 11 January 2018).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Press notice - ‘Minded-to’ anonymity: Special Demonstration Squad Officers (HN13, HN296, HN304, HN339, HN340, HN354, HN356/124, HN61, HN819, HN109, HN9, HN66), Undercover Policing Inquiry, 15 January 2018 (accessed 15 January 2018).
- ↑ Sir John Mitting, Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstration Squad: 'Minded to' note 3, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 15 January 2018 (accessed 15 January 2018).
- ↑ 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 the Special Demonstrations Squad ‘Minded to’ note, Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 3 August 2017 (accessed 5 August 2017).
- ↑ Graham Walker, N348 - Risk Assessment, Metropolitan Police Service, 17 July 2017 (accessed 5 January 2018
- ↑ Press Notice: Decisions relating to anonymity applications: Special Demonstration Squad, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 25 January 2018 (accessed 25 January 2018).
- ↑ 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 4, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 25 January 2018 (accessed 25 January 2018).
