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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for protest movements (u.k.)
1 results foundAuthor: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary Title: Policing Public Order: An overview and review of progress against the recommendations of Adapting to Protest and Nurturing the British Model of Policing Summary: After a period of relative quiet in public order terms, we have seen increasing protest activity in size, frequency and spread across the United Kingdom. During 2009, and following the G20 protests that April, causes such as animal rights and climate change have continued to feature regularly in the national public order calendar. In the latter part of 2009, the Defence League protests1 and the United Against Fascism (UAF) counter protests gathered momentum – a momentum that has continued throughout 2010 and into 2011. The most recent dimension to public order policing has included the UK Uncut protests directed through Twitter2 and the protests over tuition fees; in particular, the student protests in London during November and December 2010. The schedule on page 12 is just a sample of the events taking place – evidences the change in reach and tempo. Following the student protests in London on 10 November 2010, where greater numbers gathered than had been anticipated by police, and the incursion of the Conservative Party headquarters in Millbank, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson stated that ‘the game has changed’3. The character of protest is evolving in terms of: the numbers involved; spread across the country; associated sporadic violence; disruption caused; short notice or no-notice events, and swift changes in protest tactics. After a few, relatively quiet years, this is a new period of public order policing – one which is faster moving and more unpredictable. Foreseeing the character of events will prove more difficult and, in some cases, their nature and mood will only become apparent on the day. What seems evident is a willingness to disrupt the public and test police. Police tactics have to be as adaptable as possible to the circumstances to keep the peace for all of us. The fine judgement required to strike the right balance between competing rights and needs is getting harder. HMIC’s approach has been to review the progress made in public order policing since the publication of Adapting to Protest in July 2009, and to raise further questions in relation to the need to adapt (which we will re-visit in the course of 2011). Such questions arise from the present flux in public order demands. The issues need to be aired openly, and reflected upon carefully, as they test some of the fundamentals of policing, not least the British practice of policing protest amongst the people - ‘toe to toe’. Details: London: HMIC, 2011. 45p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 14, 2011 at: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/PPR/PPR_20110209.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/PPR/PPR_20110209.pdf Shelf Number: 122052 Keywords: DemonstrationsDisorderly ConductPolicingProtest Movements (U.K.)Public Order Policing |