Direct Actions by Palestine Action

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/007439/X

 Version Date: 07/01/2025

This is an information request relating to the costs associated with policing the direct action group, Palestine Action.
 
Please provide the following cost information in relation to any direct actions organised by Palestine Action that have been held between 30 July 2020 and the present day in your force area:
 
•       Opportunity cost
•       Overtime
•       Internal fleet
•       External fleet hire
•       Hotels
•       Catering
•       Infrastructure
By direct actions, this can include – but is not limited to – the following:
•       Criminal damages done to commercial, residential and government property, such as spray painting, damaging/breaking windows, or destroying property, plant and equipment;
•       Threatening or harassing staff members of companies and public bodies targeted by Palestine Action;
•       Occupation of commercial, residential and government property;
•       Aggravated trespass of commercial, residential and government property.
 
I am explicitly not asking about any protests that have been organised (and which I have separately asked for in an information request sent in November). 

The Alliance Finance Department have provided the following information.

Nil return.

Devon & Cornwall Police have no specific costs directly associated with policing the group “Palestine Action”, covering the date range 30.07.2020 to 12/12/2024.