Guides

Our guides are designed to help support you in dealing with the police.

We are not lawyers. The information in these guides comes from our collective experience in supporting people in protest situations, and is offered in solidarity. It is not formal legal advice, and should not be treated as such.

We are in the process of re-formatting existing guides and writing new ones for this website. Keep checking back to see what is new, and please bear with us if things don’t work as they should.

Supporting Yourself

» Key Advice when going on a Protest
» Demonstrations and International Students
» How we can help your Action
» What happens if I’m Arrested?
» I’ve been Arrested! What Next?
» I’ve been Assaulted by the Police!
» Looking after your health on actions
» Should I ignore  Police Bail?
» Stop and Search
» Trauma and Emotional Support

Supporting Others

» My Friend has been Arrested!
» What is a Legal Observer?
» How to give Court Support
» How to give Police Station Support
» Witness to an Arrest or Police Violence?

Organising an Action

» Planning a March
» Planning a Static Demonstration
» Planning an Action on University Campus
» Planning an Affinity Group Action

Protest Laws

» Laws Commonly Used at Protests
» Injunctions and Possession Orders

Challenging the Police

» How do I find out what Information the Police hold on me?
» Holding the Police to Account
» Making a Claim Against the Police
» Making a Complaint Against the Police
» What is a Judicial Review?