"...at least 5 undercover officers deceived women into sexual relationships in these early operations, and there was evidence that the unit’s managers knew about the deception. “There is also evidence that the risk of sexual misconduct was both obvious and recognised.
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More could and should have been done to reduce the risk of sexual misconduct by the undercover officers.”
...At least 15 other undercover officers deceived women into intimate relationships that occurred between the 1980s and 2010, including fathering children with them.
...At least 15 other undercover officers deceived women into intimate relationships that occurred between the 1980s and 2010, including fathering children with them.
The undercover unit compiled the information gathered about activists into “extensive and deeply personal” reports that were “on many occasions sarcastic, or otherwise unprofessional...
The attitudes betrayed by the language used in reports are significant. There is sexism. There is racism. There are many examples. Such reporting was known to managers and accepted because they signed off the reports.”
Barr said the need to gather information about political groups such as feminists and anti-racism campaigners “was not an adequate justification for the intrusion caused” by the long-term covert operations."
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