One Detective Is being called to monitor Social media For migrant post.
National Internet Intelligence Investigation Team will work from National Police Coordination Center (NPOCC) WestminsterTo attract officials of forces across England and Wales.
The unit will be assigned with flagging Early signs of potential citizen disturbance And “maximizing social media intelligence”, exposed the interval in the police plan after last year’s riots.
House office The ministers say that it will give national support to the local commanders to respond to and respond to online dangers.
This step comes as a protest outside the refuge hotels spread across the country. On Saturday, crowds gathered at Norwich, Leeds and Bornmouth to demand action, in which further demonstrations were planned.
Labor Deputy leader Angela Rener Warned the cabinet that ministers would have to deal with “real concerns of people” about immigration to prevent disorders.
Critics captured the plan, warning it “disturbing” and free The speech violation.
Shadow’s Home Secretary Chris Filp accused the government that “what you post, what you share, what you think” are trying because it cannot “police on the streets”. He said, “Labor has stopped pretending to fix Britain and started trying to silent it,” he said, in favor of monitoring frontline policing on ministers.
The NPOCC, which led the nationwide police reaction to the Kovid lockdown under Operation Tallla, would co -orders the new unit.
The details of the unit emerged in a letter in a letter to Dame Diana Johnson MPs, the policing minister, published before the summer vacation of Parliament and revealed by it. Wire,
He confirmed that the Minister was working on the recommendations of the Inspectors of the Commons Home Affairs Committee and the Inspector of Constable and Rescue Services of His Majesty, both urged the national level co -composed social and media monitoring ability.
Dame Diana wrote that the new team would provide a national ability to “monitor social media intelligence and inform the local operational decision to give advice on its use,” to help the forces manage public and commercial threats and risks. While the initial money lasts until 2026, he said that future support would depend on spending priorities.
A spokesperson of the home office said: “This new team will help police forces track real -time information and protect communities from events and emergency situations.
“As part of the government’s plan for change, we are restoring visible, neighborhood policing, focusing on public priorities, in which knives are crime and violence against women, preventing violence, theft and climbing anti -social behavior, and ensuring that people can feel safe on their high roads.”
