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Undercover cops1/15/2024 So far the inquiry has held three rounds of public hearings, across 26 days, which scrutinised the undercover operations between 19. The undercover officers routinely stole the identities of dead children to use as fake personas during deployments that usually lasted four years. Four officers are known, or are alleged, to have fathered children with women they met during covert deployments. It was set up after a series of revelations about the misconduct of undercover police officers, who spied on the campaign for justice run by the parents of Stephen Lawrence after he was killed by a racist gang.Īt least 20 undercover officers deceived women into intimate relationships, often lasting years. The so-called “spy cops” inquiry, which has so far cost £50m, was commissioned by Theresa May when she was home secretary and was initially expected to finish by 2018. The longevity of his inquiry could match another that is infamous for the length of time it took to complete – Lord Saville’s inquiry into the killing of 13 unarmed civilians by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday lasted 12 years. Retired judge Sir John Mitting, the inquiry’s chair, is examining the conduct of 139 undercover officers who spied on more than 1,000 mainly leftwing and progressive political groups in secret operations between 1968 and at least 2010. Many blame the police for deliberately dragging out the inquiry. The long gap until the next set of hearings has been criticised by victims of the surveillance who are frustrated and angered that it is taking a long time to establish how they were monitored. Set up originally in 2015, it is not expected to end before 2026. The public inquiry is on course to become one of the longest ever. We urge the inquiry to rethink this timeframe.” Police Spies out of Lives, a group that represents women deceived into intimate relationships by undercover officers, said: “The idea that we have to wait until 2024 for the next tranche of hearings is beyond belief.
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