Exclusive: Details of thousands referred to programme can be viewed without their knowledgeCounter-terror police across the UK have been running a secret database containing details of thousands of individuals referred to the government’s controversial anti-radicalisation Prevent programme, the Guardian can reveal. The National Police Prevent Case Management (PCM) database is managed centrally by national counter-terrorism policing headquarters. Gracie Bradley, Liberty policy and campaigns manager, said: “This secret database isn’t about keeping us safe. Police Prevent practitioners also have access to the Channel Management Information System which is a database of Prevent Channel cases, the responses said. A National Police Chiefs’ Council spokesman said: “The public would expect the police to maintain professional records of those individuals referred for support as potential victims of radicalisation.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 18:00 UTC