"Forces across the UK faced 3,081 protests between June and August in the highest number in three years, figures from the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) reveal. This exceeds protest activity during last summer's riots, which saw forces grapple with 2942 protests in the same three-month period in 2024, and is up threefold on 928 demonstrations in 2023."
"Police are preparing for up to 40 more protests this weekend, including another major demonstration in London in which up to 1,000 people have pledged to risk arrest by holding signs supporting the banned group."
"It's clear to all of us that we can see more community tension and more division, he said. And I think we all have a responsibility, policing included, to set the tone. He added: Anybody in a leadership position should think about how we can reduce and diffuse tensions and not sow division."
The National Police Chiefs' Council recorded 3,081 protests across the UK between June and August, the highest in three years. The figure exceeds last summer's 2,942 protests and is triple 2023's 928 demonstrations. Protests focused on hotels housing asylum seekers and reactions to the Home Office designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist group. Police prepared for up to 40 further protests in one weekend, including a London demonstration where up to 1,000 people planned to risk arrest. A police wellbeing survey found 55% of constables experiencing persistent physical fatigue, increasing chronic operational pressure.
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