Policing Public disorder has been a controversial topic, and the involvement of Mark Kennedy has attracted much debate.
Richard Parry recently attended a conference with HMIC where the Police policy in policing public disorder was debated. Issues such as accountability and record keeping were raised, and the Police technique of overt surveillance of protesters was challenged.
The covert intrusion into protest groups was also a topic the conference considered, with the role of officers such as Mark Kennedy hotly debated,
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