Fit watch: Surveillance at Nottingham

Monday 3 March 2008

Surveillance at Nottingham

Coupla examples here from the eight pics I've just uploaded to Flickr.

The Climate Camp gathering at SUMAC in Nottingham, 1st/2nd March '08.

Think they were Nottingham cops rather than proper FIT but not sure. Also unfortunately didn't manage to get pics of collar numbers.
They were monitoring arrivals during the morning on both Saturday and Sunday, and during lunchtime Saturday. Seemed to disappear during the afternoon of both days.

There was a three-man team at the front, and we spotted the unmarked car with two in at the rear.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi,
a few of us recognised the cops in the unmarked car as Met.
Ig.; 4 March 2008 at 14:43
Anonymous said...: There was FIT outside the Sumac the weekend before for the EF! gathering too.; 9 March 2008 at 07:40
Anonymous said...: Did anyone get photos or numbers from the weekend before the EF gathering?; 10 March 2008 at 04:20

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Who are FIT Watch?

Fit Watch are a fluid group of people who have come together to resist and oppose the tactics of the Forward Intelligence Teams (cops who harass protesters).

We aim to act in solidarity with each other, supporting campaigns by being at meetings and protests, making it harder for the police to film and gather intelligence.

We hope to encourage a culture where their presence is not acceptable and to act when we see people being followed and harassed.

We aim to make it harder for them to photograph and intimidate us by getting in the way of their cameras, taking photos and publishing as much information as we can about them on our blog.

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Some Ideas For Fitwatching

FIT Watch can be done by anyone and can be as passive or as confrontational as you wish. Here are some tactics we have found to be effective:

1.Holding large banners in front of photographers. This is particularly effective with double sheets on sticks which can block a camera from a distance. This is the least confrontational way of blocking photography.

2.Taking photos of them. They really don’t like this but it isn’t illegal. With any photos it’s always good to either try and get the cop’s number in the shot, or note it down.

3.Following the FIT. Pick a team and tail them. Turn their tactics onto them – everything time they send a text message look over their shoulder, listen to their phone conversations, look at what they’re writing in their notebooks.

4.Watch out for group huddles, especially with senior officers and go and unobtrusively stand by them. This disrupts their briefings and there’s always the possibility you might learn some useful information.

5.Upload any information gathered about the FIT to www.fitwatch.blogspot.com or email to defycops@yahoo.co.uk

6.Put yourself physically in the way of the camera men by standing constantly in front of the camera and constantly shadow them. This has been the most confrontational tactic used so far and has therefore been the one people have been arrested for. However it has also been possible to do this without arrest, especially if there are larger numbers doings this.

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