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16/07/2013
Police Will Not Reveal Which Children's Identities Were Used
Police will not reveal the identities of 42 dead children used as assumed names by undercover police officers, saying it could endanger the officers lives.
The Metropolitan Police apologised for the "shock and offence" caused by the practice of using such identities, but a report has confirmed that they would not tell relatives if their children's identities were used.
A investigation into undercover policing was ordered following a report by the Guardian, which revealed that the identities of around 80 children who had died young had been stolen by officers.
The report's author, Derbyshire Chief Constable Mick Creedon concluded that at least 42 children's identities had been used by the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU), which the Met has overseen since January 2011 and which was previously under the auspices of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).
(MH)
The Metropolitan Police apologised for the "shock and offence" caused by the practice of using such identities, but a report has confirmed that they would not tell relatives if their children's identities were used.
A investigation into undercover policing was ordered following a report by the Guardian, which revealed that the identities of around 80 children who had died young had been stolen by officers.
The report's author, Derbyshire Chief Constable Mick Creedon concluded that at least 42 children's identities had been used by the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU), which the Met has overseen since January 2011 and which was previously under the auspices of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).
(MH)
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