How effective was Operation Glencoe?
The rampage inside RBS will certainly raise questions about the effectiveness of the £7.2 million policing and security plans – dubbed Operation Glencoe – that were put in place. Everything was orchestrated from a Control Room in south London that was used to monitor live images from thousands of CCTV cameras. On the whole, the police’s herding tactics seemed to work pretty well, and it would appear that – RBS aside – damage was on a minimal scale. Elsewhere in the Capital, environmental campaigners staged a successful ‘swoop’ outside the European Climate Exchange on Bishopsgate, with more than 1,000 people bringing tents to set up camp for the night. Initially, police and journalists were in danger of outnumbering the protesters in the City but, as the day wore on, the crowds began to thicken.
