Forward Intelligence Team outside the American Embassy, London
Forward Intelligence Teams are units in UK Police forces that use high-visibility police officers — in full uniform — using cameras, camcorders and audio recorders to conduct overt surveillance of the public. First appearing as part of the Public Order Intelligence Unit (CO11), a section of the Public Order Branch of the Metropolitan Police, they were initially targeted at football fans and political protesters, but the concept has since been extended to routine police work on low-level crime and disorder. Despite the implication in the name that their function is to gather intelligence they are actually intended to have a deterrent effect.
References
- FIT Policing is Here to Stay. The Law. Essex Police (2006-05-25). Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
External links
- "WANTED!". 21 December 1995, SchNEWS 54.
- George Monbiot, "Defective Inspectors". 29 August 1996, The Guardian
- Alan Lodge (Tash), "All about my 'BIG BROTHER'…!!". January 1999.
- Matt Salusbury, "Caught on Camera". 15 September 2003, New Statesman
- Matt Salusbury, "The Police Paparazzi". 19 October 2003, Independent on Sunday
- FIT Watch, an activist response to Forward Intelligence Teams.
