Spycops Info Undercover Policing Podcast

The Undercover Policing Inquiryhas delivered it's interim report, covering "Tranche 1" looking at the Special Demonstration Squad between 1968-1982.
Your usual hosts Chris Brian and Tom Fowler are joined by "Jessica" twitter.com/Jessica_me2 and Kate Wilson twitter.com/fruitbatmania(& Ben) to discuss what in and been missed in the report and what we all make of it.
You can read a summary of the report here: https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/summary-of-ucpi-interim-report-june-2023/
And see the press conference at the launch of the report https://www.youtube.com/live/s8BkdBkjAOA

The Undercover Policing Inquiry is currently on Tranche 1, Phase 3, looking at Special Demonstration Squad managers 1968-1982.
Like all phases of the inquiry, it begins with opening statements.
This episode is the audio version of the daily reports from the opening statements. You can read them here:
Day 1: http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2022/05/09/ucpi-daily-report-9-may-2022/
Day 2: http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2022/05/10/ucpi-daily-report-10-may-2022/
Day 3: http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2022/05/11/ucpi-daily-report-11-may-2022/

The next hearing of the inquiry will be taking place from Monday 9th May. In this show we preview what we might find out from the line up of mostly ex-managers from the Special Demonstration Squad 1968-82 giving evidence in these hearings.

Also taking a look at the many lies of someone who won't be able to give evidence, founder of the SDS, and author of his own fictional obituary, Conrad Dixon.
https://www.ucpi.org.uk/publications/the-times-published-obituary-of-conrad-dixon/

We mention the two exciting books that have recently been published: Small Town Girl by Donna Mclean
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/donna-mclean/small-town-girl/9781529379853/
and Deep Deception by Alison, Belinda, Helen Steel, Lisa and Naomi. http://smarturl.it/DeepDeceptionHB

Despite the numerous deployments of undercover police officers in Scotland, the Public Inquiry is only concerned with events in England and Wales.

Tilly Gifford, raised a judicial review at the Court of Session to challenge the decision of the Home Office not to examine the role of covert policing north of the border. She also challenged the Scottish Government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry on the same issue.

Find out more: https://www.pilc.org.uk/public-inquiries/undercover-policing-inquiry-scotland/

Tilly previous appeared in episode 22 https://soundcloud.com/spycops/episode-22-informers-infiltrators-grasses-part-4-tilly-gifford

Jason Kirkpatrick is a climate change activist based in Berlin who was targeted by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy. He is now taking legal action in Germany over the deployment of British undercover police officers at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in 2007.

As mentioned in the episode, you can read reports from Statewatch at https://www.statewatch.org/news/2011/february/cross-border-spying-on-euro-anarchists-euro-police-link-updates-about-what-became-public-about-mark-kennedy-and-other-undercover-agents-in-germany-and-vice-versa-activities-of-german-undercover-police-in-uk/ and https://www.statewatch.org/analyses/2018/undercover-policing-the-alphabet-soup-of-cross-border-networks-groups-and-projects/

You can also read all about the movements of Mark Kennedy around Germany and elsewhere: https://powerbase.info/index.php/Mark_Kennedy:_A_chronology_of_his_activities

For information on Jason's film project: http://spiedupon.com/

and more from Jason: http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/tag/jason-kirkpatrick/

In this mini series we are looking beyond undercover police to examine the civilian covert human intelligence sources that are used by police to target protest groups and undermine dissent.

This instalment is an interview by Chris Brien with activist Tilly Gifford, who along with being targeted by undercover police was approached by Strathclyde police in 2009 to become a grass against the group she was involved with Plane Stupid. She made recordings of what happened and spoke out about it in the press.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/apr/24/strathclyde-police-plane-stupid-recruit-spy