National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit

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The National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (NETCU) is a unit of the British Home Office, set up around May 2004 to coordinate intelligence and police action against extremist groups in the UK. The unit is believed to have been set up with particular reference to animal rights activists, and animal rights activism continues to be its primary focus. While NETCU states on its website that "NETCU is impartial and does not enter debate on the use of animals in research", critics such as NETCU Watch point to the presence of web links to pro-animal testing groups, and absence of reference to moderate anti-animal testing organisations, as evidence of bias.

As of November 2004, the unit was headed by Superintendent Steve Pearl.