Edited sentence: A report compiled by the San Francisco-based Global Community Monitor group was damning.Instead, force is used to dissuade the campaigners.Many Gardai have refused to police the protests on conscientious grounds.Scores of complaints of unprovoked assault, trespass and intimidation have been made to the new Ombudsman.Shell to Sea believes this is to ensure their campaign receives as little publicity as possible.The Gardai's handling of the Shell to Sea protests in Erris has attracted much opprobrium, both in Ireland and internationally.The violence and intimidation result from a government decision to avoid arresting protesters for traffic and public order violations (the most common protest tactics), despite the frequency of these