National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (NETCU) is a unit of the British Home Office that coordinates intelligence and police action against extremist groups in the UK. As of April 2007, it was headed by Superintendent Steve Pearl.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Background
NETCU answers to the Association of Chief Police Officers' (ACPO) Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee, and in particular to ACPO's National Co-Ordinator for Domestic Extremism, Assistant Chief Constable Anton Setchell. It works with the Home Office, the National Crime Squad, and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit.[2]
The unit was created in or around May 2004 to coordinate police action in relation to animal rights campaigns. It is based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, which has been a focal point for animal rights activism as a result of the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty campaign.[3]
Apart from animal rights groups, it has also investigated the UK Life League, a direct action pro-life group that protests outside abortion clinics.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Copping, Jasper. "Animal rights extremists target farmers", The Sunday Telegraph, April 14, 2007.
- ^ "ACPO welcomes 'economic damage' amendent to serious organised crime and police bill", press release, Association of Chief Police Officers, January 31, 2005.
- ^ NETCU contact page
- ^ Laville, Sandra. "Anti-abortionists turn sights on schools and hospitals in US-style campaign", The Guardian, March 27 2006.
[edit] Further reading
- NETCU website
- Glover, Julian; Adam, David; and Ward, David. "Anger over 'victory' for animal rights campaign", The Guardian, August 24, 2005
- "Animal rights protesters", Hansard, May 20, 2004
- Cox, Simon and Vadon, Richard. "How animal rights took on the world", BBC Radio 4, November 18, 2004.
|
||||||||||||||||
