Police force's attitude towards Anonymous worldwide

Adelaide, Australia

SAPOL was generally very happy with us both on Feb 10 and Mar 15. We notified them and REQUESTED police presence to the protests, and they escorted us on our march and stood outside the building with us. Both times we got to chat with them and give them flyers :)

Only 2 'incidents' at our protests so far. On Feb 10 a Scilon was told to GTFO after harassing Anons, and on Mar 15 some fags decided to attempt to break into Scifag HQ. They were caught and warned before being escorted back to the rest of us where the protest was otherwise without incident.

Originally Posted by K_Anon

Adelaide, Australia
Only 2 'incidents' at our protests so far. On Feb 10 a Scilon was told to GTFO after harassing Anons, and on Mar 15 some fags decided to attempt to break into Scifag HQ. They were caught and warned before being escorted back to the rest of us where the protest was otherwise without incident.

I assume by 'break into' you mean walk through the unlocked door that the CoS claims any public member can enter, wouldn't want to give anyone any ammunition with out of context no sense of humor quotes.

Montreal partyvan was quite helpful. Police describes as "totally on our side". Repelled butthurt scifags complaining to them. Friendly, very approachable. I'd classify them as cooperative.

Sacramento: Neutral, they were sorta aggressive in holding us to 1 corner two months ago, but last month they just chilled. They "can't take literature while on the job" but seem to understand why we use masks

West Midlands Police are brilliant and pretty supportive, they always check in us to check we're ok.

Manchester England: Neutral.
Most of the time they merely observed, CSP's rather than actual cops in the main as well. As long as the pavement was clear they had no problems. Even when threats of violence were manufactured by Scientology their only reaction was to bring out a few ATS officers which I suppose they are obliged to do in the case of threats etc.

One CSP bitched about a coat that was left unattended but thats about it that I'm aware of....and I make a point of watching the Police at protests. Gives me a better idea of how they are going to react. :)

There seems to be evolutions in the police's attitude, like in the UK.

Pleasr report the situation according to the OP format.

Thanks in advance.

Perth Australia: Cooperative *On may the 10th they blocked off roads for us to cross, they took our pamphlets and actually read them, and then defended us when $cieno's tried to say we were loud and unruly. really really happy with the police force.

Brisbane, Australia....

I've had a fair bit of contact with the city police and i have to say they're been fantastic thus far.

We are yet to have any issues with them even after the numerous things scientologists have called up to have us removed for flashing raiding their Dianetics tables. If the police do make any requests of anons, we happily accept them.

They do listen to even the smallest report of anything that happens during the raid and are quite happily to help us make sure our permit is going to work for them and us.

They are aware that BrisAnons aren't there to start trouble but of course are fair with the parties involved. So anything the scientologists may say they'll look into (but usually have the attitude that it's just a scilon overrating anyways ;) :P)

For the may raid, some anons had wonder down to a Dianetics table, a few cops asked them to keep distance after a scilon complained then another ask them to go back to where we have the permit for. We had some scilons make threats towards anons that we reported and a flag stolen :(. After these very small events, the cops decided they'd watch over us and come along for the march back. The two cops that were present at the rally were awesome, quite friendly, so kudos!

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Cooperative

The City of Ottawa has a requirement for police presence at all demonstrations. That said, they usually stick around for an hour or two, then seem to decide that there are better things to do.

Oh, and when one irate tattoo/bong shop owner called the police on us, they actually v& what appeared to be one of the store's customers.

Buffalo, NY

Cooperative

The cops we've dealt with for the protests for the most part have really evolved and now understand our situation and why we're protesting. One of the cops that was somewhat of an asshole to us at the first two protests has changed and has actually taken a liking to us (as much as he can without looking biased). It was great, he was cracking jokes and making small talk with us towards the end of today! Not much other police involvement to report besides one of them telling us one of our members couldn't wear an alien mask for when we branched out for a flier raid (masks are illegal to wear for protests in NY). I guess this is at the cops disgression since they are not illegal to wear when in small groups not at the protest..

Originally Posted by OhlawdISdatsumSacThread

Sacramento: Neutral, they were sorta aggressive in holding us to 1 corner two months ago, but last month they just chilled. They "can't take literature while on the job" but seem to understand why we use masks

that guy two months ago was just a dick overall.
he'd stop bicyclists on the crosswalk a because they didnt walk their bikes on the sidewalk.
different cops the other times, and they get nicer as time goes. they even critiqued the signs and want us to really make something interesting because they have to watch us (hired by scilons!)

so i'd say they're.. casually supportive?

Düsseldorf, Germany:

The police were EXTREMELY cooperative, except for the mask thing, which has been forbidden at state level by the Secretary of the interior for NRW. Many said they would join it, but that their boss wouldn't find it that amusing...

Auckland, NZ - No cops this time, just a friendly Warrant Officer who kept an eye on both sides. We had WONDERFUL private conversation.

I'd say that the police in Copenhagen, Denmark were cooperative.

In Denmark it's actually illegal to simply carry with you to protests, things like masks that can be used to hide your identity. Doesn't even matter if you use them, yet the police allowed us to wear the masks, though not over our faces. But we were allowed to have them strapped to the head. One step closer to getting full permission to hide our faces. The police have generally been very friendly and understanding at all our protests. Not giving us any trouble as far as I can remember.

At the Tustin protest, we had PI's trying to follow us as we left and we had Cops escort to twart the tail. Awesome!!