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Home | Friday 4th September 2009 | Issue 689

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AND FINALLY

In 2006 EDO MBM came up a cropper after the High Court turned down their application for an injunction to control protests outside the factory, costing the arms producing giant a million bucks in legal expenses (See SchNEWS 531). Recent internal minutes from Sussex Police in January 2009 show the intention of an enthusiastic new Acting Chief Executive for Brighton and Hove Council to push for a dispersal order around the factory site. The document also gives away that Judith ‘So’ Macho, the Assistant Director Public Safety at Sussex Police, is to measure noise levels at the regular Wednesday protests in anticipation of no-noise measures being implemented.

One of the grave concerns listed in the minutes however are ‘that officers may be swayed by single issue people at meetings.’ surely the police can’t be worried about their officers thinking for themselves and agreeing with protesters..?



 

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