Policing
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens The Metropolitan police have revealed ‘soft’ tactics for policing next week’s Climate Camp protest in London. In contrast to the heavily criticised tactics implemented at the G20 demonstrations in April, the Met have promised “community-style” policing. The police force has also registered an account on Twitter named CO11MetPolice which will be used… Read more »
By Liz Stephens The family of Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper seller who collapsed and died after being hit by an officer at the G20 protests in London, has spoken out and accused the police of engaging in a cover-up. Speaking to the Guardian, Mr Tomlinson’s widow and son said they felt the police were determined… Read more »
