On 8th June 2016 Kat Hadjimatheou and Christopher Nathan hosted a workshop in collaboration with the College of Policing to explore fundamental questions about the practice of undercover policing in the UK. A full report, including recommendations that arose from the meeting, is available here.

On June 16th the IERG, in association with Tom Sorell's GU Leadership Fellowship, held an event entitled 'Disruption, Policing, and Ethics'.

The event was well attended by leading academics, serving and retired members of the police force, and several officials concerned with police regulation.

Topics which were discussed were:

• What different forms of disruption are appropriate to serious and organised crime and terrorism?
• How do agencies decide between disruption and e.g. further surveillance?
• Is disruption sometimes preferable on cost grounds to further investigation?
• Is disruption more harmless ethically than surveillance and other preventive measures?
• How is the effectiveness of disruption to be measured?

For further information about the event: Disruption, Policing, and Ethics

Today the College of Policing announced that its new Code of Police Ethics will be published within the next few weeks. The announcement can be found on the website

Click here to read the IERG submission to the public consultation on the Draft Code, published October 2013.