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The Public Order Act 2023 (c. 15), referred to during its passage through Parliament as the public order bill and the anti-protest bill, [1] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which gave law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom greater powers to prevent protest tactics deemed "disruptive" such as those used by climate protestors.
The Metropolitan Police “didn’t get everything right” and could have made arrests sooner when policing recent large-sale protests, the force’s assistant commissioner has said.
Mer Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan, who leads public order policing in the English capital, said: “The risk of violence and disorder linked to breakaway groups is growing.
All public order officers need to be fit; a Level 1 officer must be able to run 1000 metres, dressed in full protective equipment whilst carrying a long shield, in less than 6 minutes. Level 2 - These officers are drawn from Boroughs/Divisions; they receive similar training to Level 1 officers but only in basic public order functions and ...
Part 3 of the act gives police forces broad authority to place restrictions on protests and public assembly. Under previous UK legislation, police must show that a protest may cause "serious public disorder, serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community" before imposing any restrictions. [21]
The policing of lockdown places the entire population at the centre of a huge public order operation. The public they once protected from threats has itself become the threat.
FITs were first formed in the early 1990s, [2] as part of the Public Order Intelligence Unit (), a section of the Public Order Branch of the Metropolitan Police.They initially targeted football fans, hunt saboteurs and political protesters (since at least 1996), [3] using cameras, camcorders and audio recorders to conduct overt surveillance of the public. [4]
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