Our guide to investigating suspicions, trying to find out if a comrade was an undercover police officer – available here.

In this 24-page booklet, we have brought together the lessons we have learned to help you do your own investigation.

It covers how to start investigating and the sorts of questions that need answering. Equally importantly, we discuss how to support each other or deal with situations which are inconclusive. It takes you through the process step by step, so even if you have already started your own investigation there is help with what to do once you have come to a conclusion.

If you’d rather read a shorter text first:

– Investigating undercovers: How we work, 23 Oct 2015;

– The Fifteen Questions we work with, 2 Nov 2015.

You can download a copy of Was My Friend a Spycop. It’s free, but we invite you to make a donation or become a regular supporter of our work.

Supporting each other

Almost every activist asks at some point or another if one of their friends, colleagues, comrades was an undercover police officer. It is an unpleasant situation, but increasingly likely as more and more information comes out of the Undercover Policing Public Inquiry. However, in the last few years we have developed considerable experience in how to approach such situations.

Given what we know of their abusive behaviour when targeting campaigners, we need to take care we do not perpetuate the damage done by the state. This means we have to look after our friends and making sensitive decisions. Such work is not trivial and we hope that our publication will help you navigate these tricky waters. In particular, we set out lists of things to watch out for and tips on how to support each other better.

As ever, if you do have questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we are happy to help where we can.

How to order printed copies of Was My Friend a Spycop.

Hard copies are £2 (inc. p&p).

Pay and we will post the copies to you. But don’t forget to let us know how many copies you want and the delivery address, using our contact form below.

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Thanks to the numerous people who commented and strengthened the work, Carrie for her artwork and Footprint for printing.