Two undercover police cars cut them off.
The club had a bring-your-own-alcohol policy, but undercover detectives were able to secure alcohol by tipping employees, police said.
It found that Mr. Spitzer's office did not have a written policy on undercover investigations, and had used equipment intended for Medicaid fraud work on unrelated cases, both violations of federal policies.
The Met said it was "reviewing issues regarding the deployment of undercover officers and the policy and practices in place at the time of the events described in the Guardian".
He questioned whether it was reasonable to incur costs of hundreds of thousands of pounds to infiltrate "peaceful, accountable, open, democratic" protesters, adding: "These are key questions about the budgets and accountability of the police, particularly when the police seem to be unhappy about answering any questions about their policy on undercover police officers and peaceful protesters.
Essex and Kent are developing a joint strategic command for their ports; four Yorkshire forces are running a policy unit for undercover officers.
McMillan tells her story as it happens, interspersing her experiences with research -- she spent a year digging into policy before going undercover.
But they typically withhold the names of undercover officers as a matter of policy and did so in this case, with The Washington Post, Associated Press and The New York Times choosing not to identify the man.
In March, the company adopted an animal welfare policy in response to an undercover video taken of one of its suppliers, which showed workers viciously beating dairy cows and spraying them in the face with a high-pressure water hose.
—Laura, cisgender woman sex worker Prior to the VPD policy, police frequently engaged in undercover operations in order to target sex workers and their clients.
Otter and his team put forward 49 recommendations to improve the "policies, systems, training and leadership of undercover operations which if implemented should address the unacceptable inconsistencies and shortcomings that we have found".
