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Government to pay for policing of future anti-fracking protests in Sussex

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 31, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

31/3/14 The Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, Katy Bourne, announced last week that the Home Office would pay for the policing of any future shale gas protests in Sussex. It also agreed to contribute to the cost of last summer’s demonstrations at Balcombe.

Chief constable says cost of Balcombe protest was “value for money”

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 3, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

3/2/14 The chief constable of Sussex Police, Martin Richards, has said the nearly £4m cost of policing last year’s anti-fracking protests at Balcombe was “value for money”. In an interview with the Mid Sussex Times, he explained: “The public suffered no real serious injury, protestors were allowed to […]