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Spycops made jokes about having sex with targets in front of managers, inquiry hears
Demonstrators outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London in October 2018
UNDERCOVER officers in the 1970s joked in front of their superiors about having sex with female activists they were spying on, the Undercover Policing Inquiry heard today.
Lead counsel David Barr QC told the inquiry that it was “not uncommon” for officers serving in the secret Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) to have sexual relationships with campaigners.
Mr Barr said that between 1972 and 1983, there were at least five officers who had sexual relationships, which involved 12 women.
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