Spy Equipment - Counter Surveillance and the Met Police
Spy equipment and counter surveillance measures are often used in detective work. For anti-terrorist or major crime investigations, audio surveillance techniques are common. But the news that the Met Black Police Association are thought to be taking counter surveillance measures shows how relationships with the Metropolitan Police and the anti-racist body look set to deteriorate. The BBC reported that senior members of the Association were taking counter surveillance measures after suspicions were raised that they were being spied on by other Met officers.
Spy Equipment in the Race Row
Counter-surveillance measures are often taken in the pages of spy novels or James Bond movies. And counter-surveillance and audio surveillance is a major theme in detective dramas such as the US hit, The Wire. But for British police to use counter surveillance techniques to counteract fears they are being spied upon by fellow officers is a sad indicator of the state of relations in the race row. The story began when the Met Black Police Association took out recruitment ads in national newspapers warning black people not to join the Metropolitan police - because they claim the force is guilty of institutionalised racism.
Spy Equipment - Counter Surveillance Cops
According to reports by the BBC, officers from the Met who fear they're being spied on by colleagues are meeting in secret locations to avoid surveillance, taking counter surveillance techniques, and avoiding having their mobiles traced by buying pay-as-you-go phones to stop them being wired. Daily sweeps for spy equipment and audio surveillance bugs are also said to be part of their counter surveillance measures.
The Met's 'Civil War'
The Met Black Police Association have told the BBC they feel the counter surveillance measures are necessary, referring back to an investigation into an officer, Commander Ali Dizaei that lasted two years and they say, turned into a 'witch hunt'. The Met tapped his calls and placed him under routine surveillance. The Black Police Association say their current counter surveillance measures are a reaction to a pervading culture within the Met. The Met have said the comments from the Met Black Police Association were not helpful, adding they did not recognise the description of what they claimed was happening in the Metropolitan Police Service. A spokesman told the BBC: "We are committed to trying to resolve matters with the BPA, if possible. Unnecessary comment is not helpful and we have taken the view that less said in public is better."
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