Hundreds of officers, including covert, firearms and search specialists, will police Windsor, the biggest focal point for event outside of London
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In a briefing to journalists, Mr Bunt, who led the security operation in Windsor for the queen’s funeral, said: “While the event in Windsor is very different in nature [to London], we’ve not had any groups or individuals showing interest in protesting in Windsor up to now, I’m also alive to the fact that we could get protest in Windsor over the weekend. My policing operation is planned for this.
“I would encourage any individuals or groups looking to protest over the weekend to make contact with us at the earliest opportunity. We will have a range of specialist officers to support response to protest. We need to balance the rights of individuals to protest with the rights of those attending to enjoy the event and also need to consider maintaining public order.”
Asked by the Guardian if he could elaborate further on his “lower tolerance” threshold, he said: “I need to be very careful to make sure we’re not having disorder … or breaches of the peace resulting from protest activity and we need to make sure we’re not having serious disruption to the event. Liberty’s policy and campaigns manager, Emmanuelle Andrews, said: “The policing of the coronation across the country is shaping up to be a human rights nightmare. Protest is not a gift from the state; it’s our fundamental right and should be respected as such.
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