The suggestion, which comes after a new law was introduced making it easier for the police to put conditions on peaceful protests, has drawn staunch defences of the right to demonstrate.
Ruth Ehrlich, head of policy and campaigns at Liberty, said: “Protest is not a burden on society or public bodies – it is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy and one we must proudly protect.”
In a report released on Tuesday, the committee noted that the successive and large-scale nature of the Israel-Gaza protests, as well as organisations such as Just Stop Oil using disruptive tactics, had presented new challenges for the police.
The extra demands come as the Met is “attempting to carry out a massive and necessary culture change exercise, at the same time as it is failing to recruit its full allocation of new officers as part of the police uplift programme”, the report said.
MPs called for police forces to be given greater support, with a comprehensive workforce plan put in place to identify and respond to demand on resources nationwide.
It is vital that the right framework is in place to ensure that protests can continue without the burden on policing becoming intolerable and without regularly taking resources away from communities that have their own local crime-fighting challenges.”
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The suggestion, which comes after a new law was introduced making it easier for the police to put conditions on peaceful protests, has drawn staunch defences of the right to demonstrate.
Ruth Ehrlich, head of policy and campaigns at Liberty, said: “Protest is not a burden on society or public bodies – it is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy and one we must proudly protect.”
In a report released on Tuesday, the committee noted that the successive and large-scale nature of the Israel-Gaza protests, as well as organisations such as Just Stop Oil using disruptive tactics, had presented new challenges for the police.
The extra demands come as the Met is “attempting to carry out a massive and necessary culture change exercise, at the same time as it is failing to recruit its full allocation of new officers as part of the police uplift programme”, the report said.
MPs called for police forces to be given greater support, with a comprehensive workforce plan put in place to identify and respond to demand on resources nationwide.
It is vital that the right framework is in place to ensure that protests can continue without the burden on policing becoming intolerable and without regularly taking resources away from communities that have their own local crime-fighting challenges.”
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