Lancashire Police face allegations of violence and collusion over fracking site
Councillors and anti-fracking campaigners have accused Lancashire Police of colluding with Cuadrilla to develop its shale gas site near Blackpool.
Claims of “unpredictable policing” at Broadford Bridge oil drilling protest
The organisation which monitors protest policing has raised concerns about tactics by officers at opposition to onshore drilling in West Sussex. Netpol said Sussex Police had described a section of road on the route to the Broadford Bridge oil exploration site near Billingshurst as a “tolerated slow walking area”. […]
Challenges to police links between fracking opposition and domestic extremism
Controversial links made by the police between anti-fracking campaigners and domestic extremism are coming under scrutiny and challenge.
Anti-fracking policing has “chilling effect” on freedom and campaigning – new report
Policing of anti-fracking protests is undermining human rights and campaigns against shale gas, according to a new report.
Police monitoring group offers guidance on the role of security guards at anti-fracking protests
Anti-fracking campaigners who are filmed by security guards outside oil andgas sites can apply to obtain copies of footage held on them, according to a new briefing.
