The Police Forward 'Intelligence' Unit

Arising from the near total failure of the Police to control the Oct. ‘94 Hyde Park demo, the Police have set up the ‘Forward Intelligence Unit’. The 12 strong team can now be seen on every sizable action around the country. They aim to build a ‘rapport with (key) activists so that people likely to provoke disorder can be identified early in an event’. The aim of this is to split the direct action movement from within. They are relying on people talking to them or simply grassing other activists up.

They have already approached EF!ers in London asking for names of ‘potential troublemakers’. At the Whatley demo they were offering sizable amounts of cash to photographers for their films. Don’t get paranoid but get sensible - don’t talk to cops, don’t take pictures without asking first and if you’re arrested on any action say ‘no comment’!!