Neil Basu
 Neil Basu      (policeman) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1968 | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | UK | |||||||||||||
| Interests | • “COVID-19/Vaccine” • Skripal Case | |||||||||||||
Former head of British police counter-terrorism. Said there should be a discussion about whether it is "the correct thing for society to allow" people to spread online "misinformation that could cost people’s lives".
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Anil Kanti "Neil" Basu is a former senior British police officer who said there should be a discussion about whether it is "the correct thing for society to allow" people to spread "misinformation that could cost people’s lives".
He played a role in the Skripal Case psy-op, where he made a series of statements reinforcing the official narrative.[1]
Career
Basu became a police officer in 1992, and has spent his whole career in the Metropolitan Police Service.
From March 2018 to September 2021, he worked as Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police Service and the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for Counter Terrorism Policing.[2][3]
Basu left the Metropolitan Police at the end of November 2022. [4]
As of 2023, he is a Non-Executive Director of the College of Policing, leading the strategic command course which prepares police officers and staff for promotion to the most senior ranks in the service. [5] Basu is also part of the National Police Chiefs' Council's scrutiny board for police action plan on inclusion and race. He has stated that British policing is institutionally racist.[6]
Censorship
"Met Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said that there should be a discussion about whether it is "the correct thing for society to allow" people to spread "misinformation that could cost people’s lives" as he responded to concern that false claims online could undermine the take up of Covid-19 vaccines."[7]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Author(s) |
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| Document:The Salisbury Poisoning One Year On - An Open Letter to the Metropolitan Police | open letter | Rob Slane |
References
- ↑ Document:The Salisbury Poisoning One Year On - An Open Letter to the Metropolitan Police
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220202191829/https://internationalsecurityjournal.com/reconnecting-the-global-security-industry-at-international-security-expo/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220116032338/https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/senior-management-team
- ↑ https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-meghan-markle-faced-credible-threats-to-her-life-says-former-head-of-counter-terrorism
- ↑ https://www.college.police.uk/article/neil-basu-announced-new-strategic-command-course-director
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/26/neil-basus-bid-for-agency-top-job-ends-after-alleged-no-10-intervention
- ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-terrorism-coronavirus-anti-vaxxers-b73161.html
