Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Decisions about how to police protests require us to balance complex and often competing rights and issues.
Officers often have to make dynamic, quick decisions to consider whether someone’s behaviour breaches the threshold of criminality. There are a range of factors and circumstances that affect this decision making, including considering the risk that behaviour has on the safety of those at the event, as well as any triggers that may lead to wider disruption. Every situation is unique.
Watch this video with ACC Mairs to understand more about our approach.
Decisions about how to police protests require us to balance complex and often competing rights and issues.
Officers often have to make dynamic, quick decisions to consider whether someone’s behaviour breaches the threshold of criminality. There are a range of factors and circumstances that affect this decision making, including considering the risk that behaviour has on the safety of those at the event, as well as any triggers that may lead to wider disruption. Every situation is unique.
Watch this video with ACC Mairs to understand more about our approach.
