Reposted by Martin Rosenbaum
Watching the watchers: How the police are tracking who is asking them for information.
Police forces are referring requests made about MPs and royals to a special screening unit at the NPCC, sharing who is making the request.
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Watching the watchers: How the police are tracking who is asking them for information
The police hold unique powers to demand answers, to surveil us without our knowledge, to access our homes and most sensitive personal records, and ultimately, to deny us our liberty. How they use, …
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![GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
Our Ref: MGLA060515-5011
1st July 2015
Dear
Freedom of Information Request from Fiona Twycross AM – Southwark Fire Station
I write further to my letter of the 3rd June 2015 and in response to the letter of the 5th May 2015 from Fiona Twycross AM that asked for the release of the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
‘..all correspondence (i.e. emails and letters) and details of meeting between [Boris] and/or [his] office with:
1. London Square
2. Hadston Ltd
3. GL Hearn
regarding the disposal of the former Southwark fire station’.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wm2dud5yxkp2jcgkratgapum/bafkreigzhb7dclhdqn2kxcx7ndd3ubs5ajqdnzvcaxz4eisdsajey263mm)
