British police have become “glorified security guards to police a practice that many of the public we represent oppose,” North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has admitted in relation to fracking protests. The police chief added that he opposes “providing security to a well-funded private enterprise free of charge.”
It’s a timely intervention. While the Government has been less vocal in its support of fracking over the last year, the state has been prepared to spend millions of pounds on policing fracking resistance across the country, protecting corporate interests against the wishes of local communities.
