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    WITHOUT A TRACE TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST Printed in the UK for HMSO. Dd.8582613 1, 300M 1/87 7083 INTRODUCTION ‘This book is inlonded iogo some way towards evening the balance between us and the police. It ie rot an indepth study, mero a Somunonsense guide folocking ater yourself ‘The police try to get us to believe that they. are alkpowerful and allienewing. Cobblers ‘we use our heads we can run tinge around them. { hope chat you find ths information useful, ana that theve is someting new in it for yak. If you thirle more things could be inelided, of auid better, lee fra to produce aversion of your own. There isno coryzight. Good mek and take car Meriary, Inuioducton, contens. General Tragas, nngorpninis, Glass Traces, Dust Races, Wood Treces, Soll & Plant Traces, Hair Traces Riood Traces Teutle Traces, Shoa Traces. ‘eal Tracer, Giove Teacos, Body Secretion Traces, Vehicle Traces. Arson & Sjre Traces, Ballistic & Firsarras Tzaces, \Voive Taeniticaton, Face Idenalleation, Kospenstbitty totes. ‘Typewniters, Traces Jn Painting, Making impressions Visible Aaxin Video Survedance: How Does it Affect You? How To Deal Wh Video Servellance, Vidoe 2 The Polise, Video & The Private Soctor. Police Helicopters & Ther Video Capacity. Journalists, Cop Cars & How To Spot Ther. How Ta Spot A Planclottes Cap, Demo's, Pickers, Ricts, aide Telephones, Are You Beina Followed? Blend tn & Got Ray, What Po Do Wham Arrested ‘Who's Watching Who, Leeal Intelligence, ‘The Special Branch. 2a, i, Private Security Agencies, The PNC. ‘a iovertew With Ra ALP Acta. (Cap Communications @ How To Undorctard Them, Network Systere, Section One, Section Two, Regional Call Signs Unk Call Sijrs, Moble Unt Call Sigrs, Newspeak One, Waring Flags. Conchsion 2 GENERAL TRACES FINGERPRINTS ‘The science of Sagorptint examination is called decryloscopy. We axe bors wih our Encerpnns, and we'll never be able. to change thers or gat Hd of them. Whenever you touch something wid your Segozpe you Teer Dehind jou cling cu the poise have a varying degree of aitictry ia Teproducing your pals depending oz the «_ ieave upon which Be. Obvioudymarfaces Scher aaa marble, chrome ete, wilbe the ‘asieny hil fe atmost ie UR prints kom brickwork or unteatec wood. A Engerptint isbariealy ts fy, acidicresdie Jeon titace inte exact abape a he ge lines ofyour ingen, Beaty «Gngerprt {s'compoced of sweat, whieh ls an tid, in some ineasices qwill sch iselfonto metal ‘This le most key to ooeur with crowbar, hharumem, sisels ot, and canbe craved by ribbing down sid tocls wilh coame wire ‘wool afer use. The police are continzally Pesecing he method ofp detection, Because they aze such a fociproof piece Personal deny. Taey can take pris Sora Sn if they relly ty), from tohly woven {abrica, eopecillysyettotc ones, andl papas. "To eonvic, tha police ined to show 18 raiching fesures of ingorpaat. in practic ove can bo found on fuxt one aqlare ‘centimeter of kin net, Fingonprats are fry ‘amd to desuoy, and even immersion in weet weil not do the ob completely, 20 it you are going to throw scmathing over tho hed Son't forget to wipe t down fist. Caloso an ‘objects tolally consumed, Graf also not a Sure matiod of erasing praia, aa a ayer of aibon can cover them, and keep them Fecogrisable, The lderatpanrbecomes, dis arderitistoreproduce, linaugh, in theo. {ivi lat Forever, a long asit Bas rol boa: disligured. Flagerprluts are kepton the PRC {nthe fou of encoded dat, ard as uch, do Rot need toe wiually checked tobe found te matca, A specialist will analyse the ‘ingerprini and tam it ino a seriesof four dist numbers, Thete numbers are then extored int the PNG, which wil atu eowtion ‘ary matching Ohgerprins held by de Fingerpiire Bureau st New Scotland Yard. ‘Those tatches wil bo examined furor in otal toave any ofthe candates presented ‘bythe PNG exactly matchesthose found atte scene ofcrime, Tho PNC fingerpeitindar is ‘used roughiy 300,000 times a year A new stem of Sngerpint recogaion as bess leveloped which involves lypercomputers, ‘and which eam vevally tansiaiea single print ine true and comple compe at a smaleng positive LD. from a partial found ‘possible. This eystem is not yet In use, bat should bein « fow yours, “The police show a greal deal ofitexest in ‘everyones pants, tote axten hat babies are now being Sngerpriated at bith in, come ‘counties, in case they should get"os. How ‘muching! mie sation, the police wilaiways ‘ey and tke your prints Since the intoducsion ‘of the Crimisal idence Act, they have mora ‘or less complete freedom w do 30, without Thaving to go toa magistrata anymore. In theory, ils posable to amadge or Blur our ‘Sngerprinis. One way i to leave plenty of ‘Soap cn yout hands, after you've been made ‘to wash thon, and another isto try and "help’ the police, The idea is that you relax your ‘Bngers while they rll them over the sheet. If ‘you apply too much pressure, or slide about 8 bil, you might emudge a couple. On the ‘other Rand, they right just lear them up and. start again oc even tear you upand sar again! GLASS TRACES ‘purposes it Ig wisest to assume that anyone Even remotely near to breaking glass is ‘Covered in the atu I sticksto things ike abit to a Blan, especialy lose Shred clot uch as woolen hats. Phe only way to getrid Of it ia to throw away anything that you may have heen wearing. Glass also likes to got ‘embedded in the soles of shoes. Tie police ‘can identify diferent makes and tyDes of ‘Glass, and therefore oan pul you ata certain Flace at a cerwin time. Fine, broken glaze ‘powder will stick to the smcom surfaces of ‘Eoala, and fibres from your clothing wal stick to the sharp edges of broken glass. The Dest ‘way to break glass witiout covering yoursel! Eh tracer is from ¢ very long distance, using 2 powerful ingshot and mazbles, of for Toughened bank windows stee! bell bearings, Both ball bearings and marbles retain your ‘prints well Orv net try class etching Did? Joa can gotil in ora shore, and with it you Can wete a message ona window that cas ever bs removed, bar replacing the whole ‘thing. NIB Za certain hard dittowns you hare 40 eign for etching fuld, ac in some instances ‘Stopkeepers repor sales to the police. DUST TRACES or the police to convict yon on the basis of Gust races takes a great deal of wock on their Dart. Involving painstaking work with ‘ower ieroscopes. The compesition of ‘oar in your glethex can tall thera where you ay bave been (e.g. a rexal foundzy) and at what time of the year (by ideniiying the Tpores of seasonal plan’). By just washing your olothes thocoughly you can get rid of Trost of these taces, but always, the safest hung isto alteh ther. tis xvasial, though not ‘unknown for the police fo nse dist traces fo ‘onvict Thess tacos are ore useful asa last Seson for elves, wwhon other avenues have {alled. Thay are chiafly used to ind out wharo and for how long someting hes been; ‘Soggane, bodies, stolen goods. ENtbriel the inveetigation of these traces Is only likeyy to came up ina sexious cane, and ‘Should you start to wany abouttraces tis tiny, then parnoia is tling over from sensible ‘precaution, I the police threaten to use them ‘gairet you, then tt indicates thal they most Iitkely have iothing betta o go on. ‘WOOD TRACES Wood will yield some information 10 the forensic. investigaior. Tt is possible for ‘him/har/ft ta mateh species of wood to each ther, evan tors samples as smal es sawdust Gr splinters, ecrtoone has been introducing {our local fuscists head to a pioce of 2 be 4, then amatch can be made to the piece trom ‘which itwas cut/erwed. When they remove: ald lump from your fascias hoed, ft will be checked for foreign badies euch es textile fibres, paint flakes, hairs, and other [norindosting evidence, Ifa basoball bat were ‘obe used iatead, and itis nat disposed of, fhen ft cax be linked to the ‘crime’ by Semparison withthe splinters it has let in he Hhulles wees traces of varrich or resin, and the bat itself will carry sraoas of akin, hale, blood, not fo mantion matching dents! There ip no point In keaping such weapons GRC® ‘hey lave been used. SOIL AND PLANT TRACES ‘A forensic scientist cantelrongtly where you have been from the composition of the dit ‘2nd ball that you will have picked up on Your travels. I, let's sty, you've been heoring Yarm by sanding next to « burning on & laings building site, then Eices of and, cement, gypsum, cravel, ime, ‘, wil have collected on your shoes and Clothes, By the same token, If you have been ‘watching ford Anthory Wedgewood Ber Sately ancestral home bam fo the around, then faces ef earth from hie garden will be upon ya, af Wil races of plait life, such as [pollen from the rare gladiciaa that you may Fava brushed againct Once again, Is Dest te dispose of any clothing. ‘These traces are used to put you ata certain lace, ard insome insances, ta cerain ime, Tha with dust traces, don’tlet the police blafl a confession out of you by saying that these traces are cas iron evidence; they sre ‘certainly Zot and can be disputed in court, HAIR TRACES ‘We all shed hate, and we shed ital the time, I we stay n one place fot any length of time, than itis covain that we wil loave samples of four halrin the vicinity. [te most Ukaly to be Iodged in te clothing of somecns with whom ‘we have had cloas contact (.e. the bishop you Just Seotiod) Har wil ell the forensic expert sary duings; whecelicamne Eomon he body Gealp, beard, crotch, eyebrows, 030, Smpidhow long your lair, whether hat ‘Deen eu ocendy, waether you have chavod recently, i'you have beea using any speciic ‘chemicals On i, such a6 dyes, cil, iodons, ‘Sprays, pommades, DDT, oz. Thoy can alse {el Ir'you fall into the racial categorive of Wegrolé, Caucasion ox Mongoloid, oc even miviuel ofthe te. They can tal your ex ind blood type, This harder io ell the colour of your halt, as ‘ndividval sunds differ in hue from ouch other. tbocomes easier itthey possess mare Sales. The good news {a tat conclusre proot ‘of Identity fo NOP posable, BUT they can eve our aconce, mush tn sane may Siocdtos Onte cbr uid thoy have { cample ofyourhakr and itis lootlong dyed Hien ed goue wd sspagie ch ite "your noha Tdimegine that they have fait case for postive 1D— ‘Wear a tight Sting bat SHOE TRACES ‘There are thousands of styles and sizes of Iootwear and each one is distinctive, even ‘more sowhen thas been worn for a whale ad picked up individual matks of wear and.tear. Basically, a clear footprint is as usoftl to a forensic expert az afingorzriat However, ou can always throw away your shoes! ‘On hard surfaces, suca as lino or marble, chee prints will be att behind. On soft furfaces, euch as mud, oarth, dog chit, ete, hoa Impressions wil be left behind. Prom ‘these matks identification can be made, and azo walottight ovidence if a comparison is ade, The erly sensible thing todo isto wear ‘ld shoasand to throw thema long way away Immediately afervacds.Shoge wills cay ‘aces away with thom, cach as al, pa glass spliniers and other uch giveaways. Don't wear them ia your home. ‘Tracker dogs will he able to olowthe smell “tram your shoes, but not for more than 10 12 hours aterwarda, and then only in favourable conditions. Roads that smell of ‘oshaust fumes, petrol and mbber will mask our smell. The best conditions foc tracker dogg ars usspolk meadows dung mols ane BLOOD TRACES ‘Ioan think of several instances where blood nay be spilt, and for this reason ft makes ‘sansa to know as much about it as possible, Blood is very hard to got rid of ence it has got ‘on you or os your clothing. Even dry cleaning ‘not remove i thoroughly. should you be ‘naar to someone who has been punched in the nose ar stabbed, you will be covered in a fine spray of Blood droplets. A forensic scientist can detect, retieve and ‘examine the minutast recas of blood, and the Amount of infarmation to be gathered Gepends on the ciscumstances. In the laboratory a fresh, warm pint of blood can show the type, the sex of the donor, any inoteee peculiar to the doncr, any drags o: medicullon ukea recently. ‘In practice, Rowever, the smaller the ‘and the older the sampla, the narder the tsk [mpoctrty, a blood sample eannot he proved to be pealively yours, although ft can be ‘proven that Ic isn‘. ‘K new developement in the examinations thas just boon made in britain and itis rather sromrying. tis callad ‘genotie fingerprinting’ and fas beou perfected by apcivate company [Buthas already been nsed once by the police. ‘The ‘ute of this method in blood sample oxsmination la mpposed to be able to {positively dently a pezeon from a maiching ‘Blood sazupla, It seems as it will be several ‘years before this is in genaral use, but iis the shape of things to. come. TEXTILE TRACES ‘There neta lotto say about hese traces that is not common sensa..just think of your clothing aa bloting paper that will soak up ineximinating evidence like crazyl Dust, soil chemicals, blood, petrol, paint, the list is endlese. Clothing will also Jeive behind particles of their fabric, and as with glover, ‘il Jeave impressions should you sit orlean ‘on anything sof. Traces of bre and debris From your own environment wil be curried by your clothes aand letat scene. For instance, ihe fibres trom your sola, carpet, car farnighing, ele, will be carried by your troatore (oxy), and may be left wherever you go. Toclrcunvent this, wear old clothes, and discard them akarwarcs, Remember, if you wear them back home, yon will also be ‘camrying back traces fron: wherever you may have been, TOOL TRACES Inmuch the sane way thata bet wil tain crutches fom the beret of le gun from ‘rhushit waa fred on fools each at chisals ‘ers, bltcetiom knives, serowaeivore, te ‘ileave enuf aks at he scone oat invesigation Thete raves can be matcred {othe olsta ator dts sing comparison stereo micrencopma, Nort obviously, the Shear mas ox cut yadlock can be linked tothe cutarathat wera asedon the job. tthe Same pair ef bolleuters me boon gomg tho founds, and yeu iad yourselfmicked wht than you might find yousell being nold Terponsble for any timber of provitsly Ghiolved ‘exes! If ruck owls favo be ised fo break into the My of Defence, than‘tis courting disaster hold onto tem. For less dodgy instances, the working edges: ottockscana given answ faoe"by Bing or Feshurpening, but only the tool i good condition, and rot hadly pitted or scarred. Foclesre notonl rade of mata oojocsuck ae robe, ating, j incciminaory, tid conpentve tralpis, GLOVE TRACES Although itis always wisar to wear gioves to ‘void the isle of leaving any fingerprints ‘behind, we ahould ke aware tht gloves can sometimes leave Jost us much information. Zasically, cloves wall almost certainly leave ‘races of the fabri from which they are made on anything they touch, especially broken. Glass, fencing, wasomy, and zough wood. tf Gloves are not thrown away afer use, then positive drs can he meade in the foun of texte analysts, Plastic gloves, rubber gloves ‘will keep your punts on the inside and some ‘very thin surgical gloves will stil alow your ‘point to show up on hard or shiny Furaces. I'your discarded gloves are found, ‘un traces of your sweatill be present (so Body Secretion Traces) as wellas comparitve ‘mao8e such es Wood splinters, paint flakes, {isee splinton, ete ftom the scene of crime. Remember also that you are going to leolt ead mnspecious if you ae found wearing Gloves in mild weather, or even if you have them in your possersion, especially if thera 4s more thasn one of you, and you aro all ‘wearmng them. BODY SECRETION TRACES ‘Tae humanbody produces various fuids and ees a Seeeen eleva eres aa ueieaaereces oe Sareea veeate Sn aeeeaer aero eose ee a ire a eeriente Pee error it eee ee oe eee ee Hepatitis, anaemia, NSU, ete) and any Stee oe ce Rapeaeer ue Seca ry Ft pc aane een farmer hee ome eee cere ee me eos ebicle ances infec any pari of frenle evidence thatmay be lef by rotor anspor "Firstly, he tyre tracks; these are nsnally left {n 2eft ground, and not on hard top roads, although they may be found In soft tar, dose shi, ote, and in the case of a collision, sometimes on the Deshat the vicin(). These ‘rapes will dantly the make of tyre, and i ‘moet instances wl prove unique fo one tyre, duo to the characteristic wea The distance between tyre tracks will indicate axle width end chasnis length, thus indicating the type ff car, Some cars carry unique tyres, for {Instance imported, or sinal production runs. ‘Transtar faces are those which are left ch the scene due to collision or contact. Most Commonly this involves paint fakes. Theeo ‘exe always left in the case of any contact. AS ‘well ax indicating the exact colour of the Vehicle, when studied mieroocorically they at the riedel Ths lr due to to fact Sat ako Dalat can const of rec Iyou of prince, aint laquer, etc, which ae uague 1 vituled eetioguse of pain splot Samy devaled exsoguce of pai simples From ‘one. paint Anko i theorobealy Pocono okrow ie ake, fis model colour, Previous colourts, and. the year of Eonufioture of a given eer. Bue 1 te Status soplatetin otros tla moane Gia the peice ave a lage amcu of Inforuaten to work on. ‘Stker pes of sonst traces chefs const at tin ay ara boos edged ih & hubcaps, Dis of windscreen, okt covers, Sourhandes those aipid rubber earthstios at tang off the Test Bumper, asia, coon tals, funy dice, ots All these things lone tarselres to conpeative anayas ‘The drecion arclapeod ofa vercie can De ceativated kom te dvecton of rake works, Slipping of debe, ot. Th corcsiea, is vonices aze 40 closely rnotifored in ths county (0-T, Lense, Farumaco, ix sto) the police hse a good doa of evidence a wort onalendy, balers tty caine has buen commited aad Ss ves them ihe ede when I comes to Sactang Sn our tn ease, nie nota good aa tease rout ewmaer lor snymiag dodgy Rasy Ea spoted by ti video cameras on petal Bavion vecaurs, wale cone videos on felocvaya orbe checked on tie FNC by tte Poles without your mowledge: The SoD Proportonaley ove sed eas tfan any bet olor Duly now feet cass got stopped Toss, aeutly coloured and sespecasle Ioeking are exios: A ran and a woman get lopped loss Gan siagie diver, and Osch Spous cars sucsumn fo ie “envy cce in Sppece ecpocialyidriven byaomeoze who GPhotan aan tue bine male Bek ARSON AND FIRE TRACES ‘The assuunplicn that evidence is destored by fire is incorrect, The Fire Investigation Unit wil tum up if the erigins of a fire are ‘suspicious. They posseas a large dogree of Selland are able to detezraine the Dashy ‘of a fire and what caused it electrical ult, ‘eigaretta, candle, epoxtanoous combastion, deliberate arson etc) They also can tll the Gammable substance which wasused tostart ‘tha fire (gasoline, paralin, tallow, paper, etc) ‘Chemicals used to start a fire will almost ‘automatically end up on the persca and slothing of the Person(s) who staried I. ily tho brand of car. and very often Panicles ofsoo!willalso lodgein the clothing and bair ‘Many arsonists have baen caught becanse ‘wey wanted to come back and watch. , PC, BLAKELOCK WALKS BALLISTIC AND FIREARM TRACES In Britain, which has such a small number of private fcearms, the foruaaie investigation of Ballistics 1s cousidered of paramount importance, For tis reason, exzeme care zp! be tlk whan gutieg involved wat ‘Fusily, the potendal ofthe projectile Qouled), dite recovered m good.conditon, then dt wil zaveal the calbre of te weapon. the type, and ‘ohen the raanufacturer. A ballet will remain {in good condition fit exiare Deca orany other ‘So? aaterial.Iithis thick metal or concrete, tc, it wil be distcrured, Dut will stil retain many of is identiying characteristics, Caytaln ‘types of bullots ze designed to kagment on contact, These are bulletssuch as Dum Dum, Mercury ‘Tip, Hollow Point cr. Explosive, ‘Whilst this makes the job of the forensic investigelor harder, i doesn’t stop it. No ‘uatter wat sort of bullet has been used, itis ‘always safer to assume that it hasleft enough charactoristic marke to make it Kdenityable. As we all now hom watching Kojak, the barrel of a gun impars unique sazidnge to the surface of the bullet, which ‘can be matched lo specimens when viewod though a stereo microscope. What perbaps we dont know is that the shell casing or ‘cartridge aleo carties uniqua matkings, fern the impact of the haruner or bolyand from the ajaction and breech mechanisms. Automate hard guas, machine pistols, many riles and sore shotguns aulomalically eject their shel, A cage of tap Otted around the ject port ‘enahies these to be canght. "The police of every country keep a pictorial ‘tle of al bulla and weapons used previously (end comneios cooperate with oach other), ‘and should you be caught wilh a weepoa of dubious ancesty, You could tnd yourselt ‘having to explain aloe ‘When a gun is fzod, pariclos of gas and ‘powder wil DEFINITELY lodge tharselves in any exposed skin and clothing. Thase ‘particles can ba found by 2 forersic examiner by tho taleng of ether emabs, In amerikes en ‘azrotol has been developed which can be ‘sprayed on the hands and wil show up a5 a coloured dye immediately should coma into contact with these particles, 1 is used to quickly eliminate suspects ater (say) an assassination attarnpt. Clovesl ‘Once a gun-has boon eed it is conring lsaster to keep ft. [t should bs thoroughly Cleaned and dismantled and distbuted Inio ‘a deep lake, not forgetting thal ingerponss ‘can be preserved under water, especially covered with « layer of gun ofl ‘In concusion, Srearms are an area in which forersies are advanced and extensive, tis giving the police the edge. Dafiitely not an ‘roa jo getinvolved in without knowing what youre doing. VOICE INDENTIFICATION Ife possible from ataperscording ofa voice to compare itarih another voize, and dacice ‘whether they are one and the same, This is ‘Dacausa each petsonsvoice is acombination ‘of fequencies which can be analysed using ‘2 sound spectograph. This is most ikoly 10 a caled ino use for anonymous phone calings, and to this end u should be assumed. Tecoreing cals, and all emergency service calisare avlomaticaly taped. Changing your ‘voine, dialect,or pitch wor't make a hell of alot of differance to your ‘voice print Speaking trough fandksrchlel tas ne eee von do ave louse yout ‘vole over the phon verything fom inching your noon iting your mouth wit {ssuesand speaking with « Uiralrian accsxt. ‘Porhaps the best way fo phone ina message isto edit on tape together the words of arrous ‘personalities, inthe ame way asransom netes are made from cut up mewspapers.... just imegina:"This is Teny Wogan claiming responaibity en behalf of the ALF...” FACE IDENTIFICATION We haveal sven dantidt pictures, and onthe whole they jst serve to give the roughest idea of someones face. Obviously, certain things developement is from Sweden, where a ‘computer takes a basic Indetikit picture and Blur the edge over, firally producing a computer generated image aiilar ‘0 4 photograph The police alsa usa professional artiss to make sketches tom a wittesses description, lis hard to change the features ‘omyour ‘ace, but certain things help, Casaoe, changes of Palrstyle, haixcolow, et. Women, fan use & mountain of make up, heighten chockboner, aie. Mon can grow of facial hal. K man with very short hulr and a moustache looks radically ditterent from the same man cleanshaven with long hats. RESPONSIBILITY NOTES sro iba ode ahd cg Tas ek ene oreo a me Y ee oe opeetcan aoa es Se eee ei eat escs te Preece Sep getind eens a cl nt deals bx ba oe Se mans ote ae eases as so)buser ates Tee sie eae TuUST UKE THIG Cnty ever wite on one weet of papar'at ‘tro prferaby ons Sat, bard eulabe mich ab flass or formice, which wil tot take the Erprotaion of whit pouate wang, Dea a Sheets ora fern a touboo as comparisons ante ade Zen te tar aba fom th Oe qPoctebock. ko, something. smneeaeus Sond walion in'the notehook eas be ‘ready denufered io thesteet youre uslag, Srowiding more compattone Preferably se Biodopes est wuieg Pacer ef a very Eommen, brand, e.g.” bought from SWochwarns, Onty'wate on one shat at ive, ‘Desttoy any remaiting.ateelt of Svelopen Bent eap any eripe em te Stine block Don' port arytung in your soa, Soumure titrimate wnces offal and re an easly be tapped in the dhs ofthe Dap Sad the trap expecsalli hs ltr has boon inyour pocket Thais erenmore likely you have been cuutng up newspaper words and sticking them down. When doing this. don't Hicop the ge, the sobsora or tho papers ‘Whenua nts Bi beh otis ithe mos common, of se a felipe, which Ete to lone an mpreacion on shoots below, See also Typownlor Traces TYPEWRITERS rosoure emphasis of cottaln otto. E.g"hunt 4nd peck’ vedsus touch typing. This is most ‘obvious on manual, , -°"To-avold al tha trouble, it easlest to use a machine with a seperate type element, euch a2 & daly wheel or goldvall. Tues own away after use, Never (ype on 10 double aheets a the ent text will appear ‘as an impression on ‘thot Cazbon Sheots also wil retin the text, as wil the ribbon, whatier carbon or covton. Al things ff this nature choald bo dastroyad. (Dor't Toxget erasion ribbonal) "Tae best way to avoid all this palaver Iso bay 4 second-hand typewzitar trom a Dea ‘market. ahould oaly ccota fiver. Ureitonce ‘aud then chuck ft not forgetting that your ‘eints will be on every key! ‘With madeen dotrratix computer prist outs you can progam your own typefaces. ‘Perhaps tha is wort ying out, MAKING __ IMPRESSIONS VISIBLE AGAIN tia gometimos bolloved that It in posalble to remove ldentfying serial numbers by ting ot diiling themoll. The numbers stamped cnio tha frames of mctee vehelas, guns and other metal objects can be made visible again by ‘various focersic processes. This is because tha inital samping has changed the structure ofthe metal bonoath the eufare.The bost way to cbscure chassis mumbers ia to utilise this factor, by fling off the numbers and then ‘banging hell cut of the area with a hamuner and cold chisel, before re-etamping. ‘Many goverment and business agencies, as well as private housetoldars mark their proparty with an ultviclet pon tal is inwisible o the naked eye. Ulta violet bulbs can be bought from specialist electrical hops, ad thase wil Help you read ary TRACES IN PRINTING ‘When painting ‘rubversive’ pamphlets, books, A GS ‘ligament, otc, it can be fold trom what machine they camo Brom. This Ia tue for ‘anual or cold type typeciters, but ia uch Eardor whon a computer ypesstier as beex ‘used, especialy when using a very common typatacs. Secondly, the artwork and Fegutiver. They should be handled ‘Sonaiscendly with gloves, and destroyed Gmmedisiely ater Uwe, aa should be te ‘Printing plates. The paper should be ofa very comunon type or brand and should be boaght Ensmll quantiles Lomzetll outlets, so ost avoid invoice aces trom large paper ‘supplies. Thirdly, the printing mmachine(sy ‘thoy impart Individual nazis ox the paper from the gripper edge as they go through. ‘These can be removed at the Grishing stage ‘witha gulletine, Fourth, the gullosine; the Cutting edge ofthe biade wil uniquely mark {he paper, but comparisons can be avoided by thoroaghly re-sharpaning the blade. unless it is baely worn, in which cage it should be town away. Fittly, the ink it should be « ‘very common brand (Le. Pantone process Blac) oo a© fo make cormpariors Ussloss, ‘Sinthly, the distbulon: should ke done very ny, leaving no stockpiles i erabarasing EYE SPY VIDEO _ SURVEILLANCE: HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU? We find video camaras these days in alnost every public place; the Underground, shopping centres, car parks, hanks, football stadia, rich houtea, hospitals, ao ‘tralfic conmeletc,erc, Thase are all ‘public’ video camens, which have some I use, Dut smut also be regarded as encurty maasuras. Por the main part, these cameras serve to sense of pararola.'I/you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’, ‘Thie slore is Protected by video canerasi, Big Brother i Watching You', The purpose of camnens in such places 25 supermarkets and Tubs ‘ations is mainly preventativa, athouch they Sceasionally are used evidentially. For ‘example, in 1868 a pensiless Nigerian student knifed ‘9 deat an american banker in a ‘Mayfair street “because he looked ci ‘murder wan viewed and recorded by one of the many video cameras that fostoon rich lsteas and embassies. He was convicted. We ‘ust ba sware of the areas where video Surveillance is used, for however innaccus ‘Purpore, and relate thelr importance [0 car sctiens, VIDEO AND THE POLICE ‘These days the police are ataching a great dal of importance to video, and they ave created gpocial video teams, whore. basic ‘purpose is te moniter demos, pickets, Zo frafches, mids, etc in order fo to provide 10 evidence of crimes being ‘and to be able ta identity and the gronps to which they 0 will no lenget be able ta go io ‘deme, march er mass pleket without betray recomded. Inthis way they buld upa pictare ‘of effiations, end they hope to spot "rouble makers’ ringleaders’ etc, Ata demo or picket itis common practic for ha police to pose ‘a8 newoteamna and ‘interelew thore taldngy ‘Pat They can be apottod by thefectthat their ‘Cameras do not carry the logos of any af the legitimate ty companies, Fin doubt, you can alwaye ask 19 sea thele press cardial VIDEO AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR Because ofthe apalingty low ear up ale that the police have for cos aga broperty Gand trom the upper classes pol cf view, these are the Most serious ‘crime Slvoas ena” enmpantos' we” eevotng heavily to private secusly fama, Tals «pp anicavlary to companes that sulier from. ‘expansive randalisr, For example Barclays, Sequesteters, arms serrpanies, the rucloar [production and waste industry, fur fermers, Batehers. vivisectionists, etc. HOW TO DEAL WITH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE Obviously the most imperiant thing is to be anrecsgrisable. For the most part this Invelvas keeping your masks and balaciavas handy, bot in tations where this may look ‘oo suspicious, such asa march or adaylight picket, hats and glasses can be warn, Try to avoid wearing conspicous clothing, 13 this raaltea you stick out. i Tris is possible to bun out the cone of video cameras by simply pointing the fash gun of S camera directly into tha lense, and giving them aiburet, thus leaving thom wncsable, Tho ‘Bost place 10 ay tls Is with the cop carweres fat demos, and the cameras of TV eran (or all practical purposes, the two are Iindistingulahable). Try the came thing on private security cameras, just for the Harasament value, But this will noc alvays ‘oftight, Many security cameras will work at Hight either with the ald of foodighing, or with inkeered. You ean be seen in plich Sarkneas. CONCLUSION Camera surveilance is entering our lives increasingly, and because of their mumbers, ‘we often simply failto notice them. Thoy 2r0 {Used and monltored by two seperaie groups. Finsty, the police and state secumty agencies, ‘and secondly by the propertied classes, who fe unhappy with the level ofcorvice batthey fie getilng Lom thelr security guards (the ‘pollee). Video cameras should be vandalised st evary poseibla chance. Sprayaint onto the Teneo, aickers, glass atch eid, 2 inmp Yamane, ote, Big Brother is watching you! the al, AC aught tm POLICE HELICOPTERS AND THEIR VIDEO CAPACITY ‘The Mezoroiitan potice in London have, at present wo holleoptars strtoned at Lippitt: Ein, but they wil be gotting mors in the equipment, aight seercilight, loud hallers ‘and on board computer terminals. ‘The radio equiprientallows them tobe ox onciant contact with the ground, and their response time Is very fast they cat fly across Loncon in 15 rrinuies. The plloa are palice officers, and rot privately hired (ying pigs?) ‘The video camer: le mounted to te tide of the fuselage in a globe cover. The cameras are temole, and can be polnted in any direction, and are of a qualty that can can Tous, pisk out and record alace in wrod. ‘The pictures moailored on board, but using nuerowave wansmision it can also be monitered on the ground, from vans or a ‘command coxto at Now Scotland Yard. This fgolaied, followed, identified, and police on the ground cin be dizacted to him/her by radio, even iwhen he/ahe is oniy viibla from the camera. is ‘complemented by a vary powectul diectonal Searchlight, aliough it can useexisting Loh, or work on infra-red frequencies, but with @ Slstinct loss of qualty. This technology has Jong since been tsed by the occupation amy in Uistor for spotting night time movements, ‘specially along the border. inplaces where thare is large amount of residual heat such, as in buill up areas, image inleasifies lose uch of their effectiveness. ‘The on bead computer thai these helicopters cary isa termina, which means ‘that they Fave all tha information on the PN to work with, This makes it autonomous. In ioe they ean spota car fom the air, zoom, ironits plates and find out the name, adcress of the owner/previous owners, ‘criminal ecard of the ewner, in fact all information available on the PNC. Pollce helicopters cany 2 lot of heat sereitive equipment end thay really don’t lke ‘things like rockets and distress Deres being ficed at them, ao this I all can suggest to ansoy thom, short of building a microwave zadio jammer, or Gring « SAM tris altheza. i MISCELLANEOUS JOURNALISTS Journaliaw often give the impression that hey sre syrepathetiot certain eausas but the hest Advico is fo tmust a oportarabout aa far as you ‘can throw them, More often than not, they'd sell their grandmother for a story. They are ‘nevally only inlarosted inthe ‘soars’ aspect ‘of any story, and anything they waite will nly ‘be inline with the ectoria policy ofthe papex they work for, and locking at newspapers britain, tat int exactly uplifting. Ifa joumalist works fer the Sun or the Mirror, they wil ‘Usually say that ey are from the Guardian or ‘Telegraph, Jounalis spend their whole lives compromising, Thay arenctalowad iowzie trhats want ate eer sed racr ofthe Paper fave fin) say, and basically they amount! fo lap dogs. They will be only too happy te fager you to the Special Branch or the police, who regularly drop into newspaper alfices. All that stuil about ‘protecting thelr soorces’ is just load of Hollywood Rogwath, they usally come up ‘with avhat the police wart to hear, and they Gan be ken to cour if they don’. Basically they're lying scum, and i's bestto treat them as guch. Even ‘Jef wing” ones often have & ctarlan axe to grind. Koep them al arms sgh ifyou do have to deal with thers, and rover give them your name. COP CARS AND HOW TO SPOT THEM. ‘Most cop cars have orange stripes down tha sides and ravolving blue lights on top, which for them, distinguishing features that make an ‘unmadked police ca so unique, Firly, tho ‘ype. Our patlotlc pigs only ride around in Bash mada cur. Those ere of th typ tat you'd expact b soe in company ‘fleets’ and Soainly consist of Ford Siora's, Vouzhall (Cavaliers, Fore Flesus, etc. The quality ofthe ‘cars improves in direc! rroporion tovank, of ‘couna, and alto tothe ‘glamour ofthe units involved, Le. the Flying Squad. Almost all ‘clvilan’ can, If you look, will have a sticker at the Botton of ne zear window advertising ‘the supplier Police cam do not have this. ‘Thay also do not have sunrools, furry dice, suly my otter car's « Powcte' sicker iding dogs, racing rin or whiplash aerials. ‘Tho aorila are eually short, black stubby ‘ones, although this does vary. "The carscome maily in ‘neutral colours; dua brown, chocolate brown, olve green.aic. More vivid © Ccoloara He red, white and blua do occur, but wih less frequency, The best way to familarise yourself with these Cars is just 10 tip down to the local station and hava a look nthe car park. Aor « while you begin to ‘sense! thern, and spotthema rile off, witiout ‘even thinking about 2, ‘Other obvieus giveaways are the presen=e cof two white thug types in the front, drescod {casual style, and, if here are any more in the back. for same unknown reason one of ‘theme will hava his arms strotched ont slong the seat back, Something 10 do with rank ethaps, 1 don’t know. "The real giveaway, however. sthe number plates, A careregiration wil tall you where Eos egistaned, Th ton tat ict ths 28 he Tes wo tn the group f free, In (OU are regisierad in West Cena teneon snd ae ivan he ondey Uh, UV, UW and UU, So the roylotations POV ‘70h, RUVY 773W, C801 TUT can all be palice lates. For other parts of the county the ion codes are oiver In the back of he AA Mombare handbock, or in the back of the Investigative Reporters Handbook, by Stuart chest, 1 HOW TO SPOT PLAINSCLOTHES COP Copsin plainscothes are not aliays easy 19 Sha, butones you've soon «low t becortes esi Rare hevora toy have seuched te {FID Svel Bioee sate of alfans where te aindoroover pele losk nelking ike ecbs. Gace agen, ia worth goixg down to the Soares police salon and‘ake alook tiem om a ditance, Cops tend tfallow fialon, fo they les weantng sn tie Feed Pear, Sallis La Conte tops ee, Whatevsr Rarer {be ith yerr, and i confortable, ena 720 + Sunbay at tons or Maa G&A. Thy seam {hava a great fondness for sth father {opr end bareber jackets sltnoogh they aro Phang undercover hers aways ome bo Sue wearing an alle gaen army surplce Trt Thy wea: fanaa dacks und vas Sornforable shows wh so eotcles) olen, ory hen ike cr Adis waner for purr Regulation. bareuls, maybe e toucs long, england Cup Squad ayvies. Pemaps & Snodallon, debaitly a westwaich something ash but ber (he. note Sweee) He oange, $8.9% of the tine they are wie, Aged Foughly 18 to Inte tities, they fend to look {ike cot boye or onrune Rr w whe they Dovome prody obvious. A ‘Sinoo the Public Ordor Rol came into effect at the beginning of 1987, all public demonstrations have come under suicier control. You can now get from 10 years tolifs Just for starding iz the wrong place al the ‘wrong time, At avery political meeting or demo there is special branch officer oF mis CAD, equivaloat talang notes and makeing & 13. report, picking oxt ‘ringleaders’ Information gethering is all important, ‘Photographers and Video crews will arerapt {o'ae pictures ofeverybody, inthe nope of Sonvicting them or idoxtiying them latex. ‘itera ric, there willbe the usual shower of ‘community leaders’ and. “community polcemen’ sifting through all the available Bhoto's and newe fim footage. TV companies nd papers willingly supply all photo's and footage to the police, and if they den‘, they ‘sre made (ogive them up through the courts, ‘Drang the 1088 Brixton riots anyone found ‘wth a camera had stolen of destroyed. Journaling, when discovered, ware beaten up ‘and had their notes destoved, Video crews ‘were stonod, and kept well hack. As a result Of this kr was impossible to find x decent picture of te zicls, and all the TV got was oma day after pies of smouldering ruins and ome emioke in the distance. Thisis definitely the best way. Athough cemeras can be usofal for tecordmg axrems, they also help to ‘comriet. Thare is ho Tesagon 10 go to & rat, pleket or demo with 2 camara. Most Photogmphers saem just to be looking for ‘heap acton show, and assume that a comein round their neck makes them. a non- ‘combalan. Petbape everyone could justlanve ‘heir camezas et homeat Jeast thon we'd ‘Scarves, hats, sunglasces,ote are all asoful to Hide the face, and the germans and dutch rolesters saem to make @ specialty of ‘wearing motorbike holmote which serve both fas protection and disguise. Good ides. RAIDS ‘When the police er tho special branch raid, iis very often on a “Sshing trip’. they wil, if trough your leters, address ing lists, phona books, photo albums, etc and copy and crocs zsferexce them, They wil uy to establish ‘ieadship netwerks.,..¥who lciows whe, tis besttohave ‘grown, catapults, dodgy LD.’ Basically, prebably vary home, in ther ‘county has something lege init whether an ‘overdue lihrary boaX, a fiddled meter ora 2 {nok grass plant. woud be silly togetnicked. or aomething this email, sit givee them some: leverage against you. Ifyou are raided, ry to keep your eyas of ie police atalitimes, and thoroughly search any rooms thal they've boen left in en their own, fer bugs perhaps, Dut more fesly for drugs Planted so that they gen come back lalet and rick you. Tell Fenda that are in your addresa/phore: ineaca they gel 4 vita wall, Stay calm and Collected while the police are thera, and don't Jet tiem wiomicate you, Tell them you're sure they're in tha wrong house, be up in anrs aboutthe invasion of peivacy._.ofteral, ovary ‘ouglishmars home is is easiel ‘TELEPHONES ‘Telephones are poison. from the vary outea! {is wisest fo assume dat everything axid on, a ‘telephone is toully public, and that fveryting onitom be heard. The american Bell Tolophone system is the worlds most sdvanced, and it lowly beng troduced to Bitain. It involves a Unit Pricing System, ‘hich records details of every eleptone call dato, time, ration, reciciont, town, country, cost, etc. Telephone systerts canbe made te amtoinaticaly monitor al conversations and. Tecord should key words crop up in tis already possible to tap any phone in Britain from ena command cenwe. If your hone ls tapped, it ig unlikely that yoa will Rotice anything out ofthe ovdinary, altiough ithas been lnown for people to pick up tke recaiver and heer thet previous conversation played kackto thor! Mare Hkaly yox'l havo 8 clearer ne un usual, as ths is in th Daggers interest. Phones are tapped at the ‘exchange orfroma command cente, 9 you 14 ‘are nighly unlikely to find ane wansmuner inthe seisel (Ths happens, it's more tkely that you are 4 victim of industial espionage, ‘One of the only ways to check if yoa are being bugged is ioarande a aka acton over tha phone, and see how many coppers tum ipl Another way to have fun io to ing up a trend, and ata preastanged signal you both stant lowering your voices lo whisper. fa Bugger is lononing in, hopefully thay tum up their headphones to hear better. Your - IHiendl gats of tha ine and you blow areferses ‘whistle ax bard aa you ean down the phon ‘This should shatter the buggers eardmms, only it might noc make you tbe popular! This ‘snotusually going to work, as most cals are taped automatically, sil, it's worth it for the Auisance value. ‘Tae ciroult of your phione can be lett open, and whilet it wil sill work perfect, the mouthpiece tame intoa microphone, and can be ured to record whatever is oald in tha oom. For tals reason its best jo keep your phone in a drawer, or nextto a laying radio. Telepheras ars also used’ to. establish circles of contact between poopla, sho knows who, atc. ‘Once again. telephones can never be secure. 1! possible, stay away from ther, bat vyou do have to uae them, taka ara. ARE You BEING FOLLOWED? ‘When the police follow you on foot, they para in tears of three or aver alin radio. ‘contact, and coordinated from a etatonor car. ‘Thoy ca be very hard to spol, because fons ‘of them thinks that you have seen him/her they will drop behind and let another take ‘over. Always when being followed, the way to fuaha tall to do sornething logical, nach as jump on a bus and thea jump off immediately. Who follows you? Go ap an up ‘ecalatcr, then come down aguin, Take ali up end dows, Cross a road twice. Use » aabway twice, Take a ronte on the mbe that is more complicated than necessary. Change nos too often. Theres no reason fer anyone else to do these things unless they ere following you. You could have a triend follow you ata distance over a prearranged route, {0 400 if thoy can gee anyone elce following. Geddir? To love ata, head for very crowded Places, such a3 the tnderground, shopping ‘Contes, Nigh streets, department stores.ete ‘and ty and sip inand ont of croweds and exits Tn a car the same things applies. Car tals are often done in a ‘box, whereby three or parallel te you, 60 that athough Foumay not ‘oe them, thoy will always be whara yon vant to ge. Going round @ roundabout more than, once or taking four consecutive left or right fume isthe classic method oftelling you ara boing talled, Whether on foot or in a ear tho ‘deal situetion isto get to scrvewhereitclated so thal anyone talling you wil sek cut ike ‘sore thom. Long, empty roads, or areas of parllends for instance. BLEND IN AND GETAWAY W's @ good idea ta listea to police radio ‘transmissions end gat nsed to the way they ‘operate. Most importantly, how thoy lock for #eumono, aad how hey phase deneripdcns ‘youre funring away and they're aftar you, ‘your deserioticn will ba put over the radio 10 ‘are and fost patrols. Feely, you will be an 5G" number, which donotes your racial category (Gee “Radio Speak). Thea your approxinats height ace, hair colour and clothes wil be given, and anything you may ‘be carrying. Obviously, the police are alert to ‘22lnac en uy and mae aboutlegitinate business. Aut, le or emart Sloines/balrcut ote works wonders. After ayight you cen pin the collar of a dark suit ‘ap sround yourneck and you will covered by the night. Ienyona comes along, simply let {your collar down to reveal a white shit and Ge, It's amazing what a sult wil let you get away vith. You can,cacry a briefcase of a clipboard. You have''o 2ppaar to belong in ‘he area where you are. A pankina business ‘enire and a sult in tre slams are obviously conspicous. Wetking clothes eg. donkey |Roket, overalls, oto cive you an air of {egilimacy. A nhite coatcoukd make you ale ‘seohrician/butehe: baker etc, These clothes or overalls can bs taen off and discarded 10 Enmediately change your appearance. It is Luportent fo be ebie to change your curward lookin a sham me or iobe indistinguishabs from the people around you. Tohelp change how about a reveracblo jacket? A Fat puled ul of a pocksl. What you've been weezing ‘ander your overalls The intention Isto lock inconepicons (Le. drab). Dark trousersor bhie Jeans are tho mest common. A dark, neutral fop; brown, black, navy, grey. Bright colours make you stard out. A'Tedio description of you will mention these. Not many pecpie wore rod tousers of luminous cocks, for example. Try and seo whet rakes people 1s stick oul in a crowd, and see if you can copy the people who blend in. “When trying to get away frors a situation, it fs always imperative (0 know tte aren beforehand, Where are the nearest tube ‘entrances, shopping centres, places you can got lost in ha 208 of people. Which roads can, ‘you go dawa, Any dead ends? How will you Getaway. A mototbike can get threngh watic Hee a knife through, butter. Abicyciecan go places whare evena police car can't go, over rallway bridges, dowa a tube station, subways, over Darks, elc, etc, and thoy’re very quiell Pick what is best fet the situation, WHAT TO DO WHEN ARRESTED Everyone as their pet theory about this. Some thiaki's bes o makea fuss and demand your fights, etc, ele, whilst others think you shold keep your mouth shat the whole tira. Ob- slously « Ibtdspeadaen tha ceppera and tho ‘Charge, but think the best dung is to be as ‘quiet ag possible, and wry and just biend into the wallpaper. I's easy to give advice, but it can bo vary Sightering ine station, and ‘everyone reacts ailferendly. I'you're middle class, respectably dressed, and daddy's lawyer, of some such, you can Kick up all the fase youlie and you wll probably ba treated ifferenty by the police, They knaw whe they Ihave 10 keep om the aight side of Hewerer if youre eomuly, inricula'e, poor, or conform to any of theic many prejudices G.e.black, ‘gay, equatter, punk, ley, hippy, ete), you will get shot shih. You will be what the police fall a ‘slag’, tat is, gormeone they consider beneath themselves. Mostcrimesare solved by ‘confession’ 20 the golden rule ie never sake & sarement, and especially never sign 4 statement. Without a signature i can be disputed in court, with a signature you're fucked. I'you do eign actaiemert,rermember to sign and number every page, end right up {o where the waiting ends, so that nothing can be adiled or slipped in. If more than one of you has boon azrosted, thon you will be played off against the other... Pred's com fesged to everything”. To avoid this sont of rubbish, you alhaveto agree to say absolate- ly nothing. Cops ere experienced inter- yogeters and they can spot inmacuracies and conflicting statements a mile off, so there fs no point im concocting alaborate ‘and excaces, 05 eventually you are ound fo slip up, and once they Kctow that ‘you've led once, they'll never give up. [pe onally think the best way to behave isto play te zole they expect of you, Be slighty inaive of them, wiling, polit, and slightiy stupid. 1 think that Kicking up a fuss and demanding ‘Your rights will only get you in shit..a9 ane ‘Hes a smarase. Ifyou do wane know your 1ights, howevar, you can conmactthe N.C.C.h. ‘who will provide you with al the information. Is sell to know tha sorto! sui, have bad soma succes Dy pretending to be slightly menally below average (pretending), Justlet your month hang open and appearte bo vory dense, one can short of sbx-pack. The cors just assume you're thick and don’t push you ashard ag thay might, as they don’! expec: 9 ‘get much senso outot you anyway. Also, hoy don't Ike soiling thelr hands on loonies...they find if demeaning, perhaps, ‘Who knows? Give it a ty sorvetime. ‘Waa can ny Obvousiy th bot hing a 1 say absolutely nothing in custody, alhou if yon don't give a name and, address you ould end up on remand. Ask otters who ave beon arrested and sue what works for them, Hopefily youl never have to worry uit, WHO'S WATCHING WHO? pore ee aes eee eee Eanes eee Lo nese oe LOCAL INTELLIGENCE On, & neighnouthood Javel information is gathered in ‘any ways, some of them Seemingly quite insorant yer itieintaliganco Bone the less. I ib obtainod by Dolice on Dato, by undercover squacs ‘2penating in secret by talving to shopkeepers and garage propriator, from tho public, via Weighbownood Watch schemes and’ by fonral maetings wih other olfciala who ppostesa information Much police intelligence an be gathered frm thelzowa rocords, and. ron. petual criatral recoces can be Turned inlelligencs purposes, This is even more the case for crime coport, which contain many details of peisons who become involved, eitheras wimesses or victims Inthe ctiriral process. "The neighbouhood community copper 16 does most of the ‘spade work’, gathering ‘gossip and dander, and raking predjudicial fadgemenss of thelr own. THs cartoon just abour sumas it up, WHET 1S COMMUNITY POLICING? GORD ERIN HE BROAN rent You SER ISBCTER LIKE TAT ci cnove sre Fete ROD. iseectenevust ney ase rene seeker Nhat ‘Eine connate? ‘AI! Iocal infomation is relayad back to the ‘tation whors It's processed by tho ‘colater’, ‘tho is the intelEgence ofice: (ua bi) for Station, Many local foross are now equipped. ‘with thei ownconputar system, indepenviant ef the ENC, whore all local inteligenco le stored. Howsrer, the local compulst system and the PNG ‘ale lo each oiler, and ‘exchange information. Local inteligence is notoriously prejudiced; hero are come caumples, ‘HE RGHTTMAUNFOR THE 08 er denn Mm Rant et EIS Me ar oy po Somer ac roam oe “efi on SU Lag Shinar ‘We should also be aware ofthe type of people ‘who ara licely o provide inteligence to the tate sseurity forces ata local level. No matier what the organisation (Local Police/CtD/Sranch/t03) information gathered by bribery, Intimidation, the Secnutment of cians 28 splas/neighours, the local grocer, doctors, solicitors, councils, door to door salesran, the rmillenan, postman, local clergy, religious finge grobps, access to local and central government Hlestaxation, social wellare, Yehicle lensing, local housing department fles, these of scclaland community workers, health vsitors, hank accoutls, Dost olfce and credit curd company accouris, observations by gua and eloczicty meter reders In shor, the recratment of everyone and anyone whio it ig believed may be wiling to assis! the ‘police and secret police, School teachers and. Eoadmasters ee a particularly attractive propestion in tis eapect, The pes of jomework essays set for children can be ‘partodlary revealing; ‘A Day and Night in the ‘its ofmy Family, 'OurFamilios Bost Fiiends’, “My Families Likes and Disllces'. Essays on holidays and fiends, faces and rlaces can all be quilo enteraining, or not quile so, depending on your perspective, motives and objectives. 1s this an exaggerton! Think about it....would yon trust your ¢ headteacher? Why do people grase each other up, you may wonder? Usually out of ‘Dublis spintedness’, or ust because they're irapreased by 2 bad THE SPECIAL BRANCH Special Branch isthe execative wing of MIS, ur or If you preter, Britains secre: police, ‘Nomtinally thay are accountable to the CID, but operationally they report to NIS and the Home Office, Their headquarte:s.aro at Naw Sealand Yard, There are $B offcers atached to almost every police force in Britain. Their ‘main Job is the legwork of inteligenca ‘athering thetis ofineereot to IIS, thal, that Soncems ‘iniernal securiy’. They have tor ‘access toall tha information gathered locally bby the police and any that they concentrale on themselves. They use the PNC to a far {rouer gros tun the patice @w 4 umes ‘The ranch hive various methods of gallecting hnformetion and various sources. ‘Surprisingly peraaps, 75% of al uvormation igpablisly available or given away free. Here axo.a fer examples, TAIL the nates of pollical activists who appear in tha press, national and local, are ‘Rofed and indaxed. Bera prints ofdenios,elc, cen be aquired from tha papers, [or background rear, td jurul wit be ‘asked lo supply adcitional infonmation, such ‘a2 the addresses of those writing left wing Tetters to the paper. 2yAll those siguing potions to Pasllament, ‘even in the most innecous cases. ‘Statens coming to the branch fom members fof the public, giving domils about their ‘neighbours, of pictures of demos naming Someone they know. ‘The papers, magazines, pamphlets, ete, of politcal groups. Where possible they ‘Subscribe via « box qurnber, or visit left wing bookshops or information centes in plain clothes. BLDuring mlde by both the braich and the Police the contents ofaddrees books, letters, Photo albuins, cheque subs, etc are llaoted down and cross indexed to detemine ‘friendship networks. @.Telephone tapping aad meil exrveilance. ‘Allmal can be red without you noucing at ithas been tampered with, ‘DiTrialz of membors of rolltcal groups aro ‘waiched for those who attend and help the elence, branch officers are at al ertzunces ‘to tha court, and photos ara taken covert, either kom'a van er window oppecito the court, SL Approaches for mlonmation are made 10 ‘employers and stte officials ofall types, like DEBS pecsonnel, doctor teachors, postmen, etc, During ihe 1872 school suike hoadmasters were approached for lists of absontos 9), A repozt on every meting and demo of ny poiicalsignicance ta prepared by the Branch orine CiD/pollee is aendance. The contents of speachoe ae noted, “ringleaders” Slo ended. Photos are ten , am well 5 ideo fim TO) Grasses, tous, informants There are five rain finds, De innocent informer, who {Glsabmnch elfoer what he/she/it considers {G be ‘couanon inomtedge" (everyone now) about colleagues and stations inthe Workplace of organisation, Also in this Talogory are the fonctomaries who GTES! UD these whom they consider to be a treat to Society, or when thoy might proft by the ownlal ofthe victim, Both of ftes9 types of {outs are unpaid and act out of a sense of public opuitainess, or because hoyve boon ‘Fatching 09 much Dempsey and Fucklace. Gacidentaly, cop shows are shown more Sften during peode of social unrest. Goods/oeddy ‘morality lessons), The Jmmocent polidcorrevotationary who alse ‘ela what everybody eows’. Branch offcers {ind eeppersareilinformed (rad thick, and Gising them any infonation af allie epic. Ekud intemes. Comparitvely rare, but someone symprthede 'o the branch who ts pad smallanonnts ofraoney for inteligence. [piPadlin lend! informers. Move common, a Leos ars poople over whom the branch have asicid(oea io reocue enbeneng ra 8, ets)and are forced to Give out date)" Undercover’ branch Stier, Thore axe not vory many of tezs Gor) =f) who tend tc infitate orgerizaiens ind ng which are new or loosely Sound, whare he participants are less ikely iakaew cach ther "The specie branch Keep + cloae eye en the deft in bitin, but ines job is cx made easter by the aburdance of factions ard splinters, Recently wore groupe are. ignoring. the Parliamentary, road. to socialism and Advocating diwét action tow shocking), The

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