N officers 4

Police officers cited in the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) are generally designated by a cypher / nominal starting with N or HN followed by a number. The practice of assigning these cyphers was begun in by the Metropolitan Police inquiry Operation Herne which investigated the activities of the Special Demonstration Squad undercovers. It was subsequently adopted by Mark Ellison for his Review and the UCPI, both of which draw heavily on the material assembled by Operation Herne. The system appears to have changed in 2017, when the 3 August 2017 rulings and direction of the new Inquiry Chair, John Mitting, began using the 'HN' label, though the associated numbers appear to be unchanged.Press Release: 'Minded to' note, ruling and directions in respect of anonymity applications relating to former officers of the Special Demonstration Squad, Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 3 August 2017 (accefssed 3 August 2017). 
* For a general introduction into the cypher system, see N Officers (main page).
* For N officers with numbers less than 100, see N officers part 1.
* For N officers with numbers 100 - 299, see N officers part 2.
* For N officers with numbers 300-399, see N officers part 3.
* Updated 3 August 2018
==N series officers part 4 (>399)==
Cypher	Name 	Status 	Notes
N406 	Barry McDowell 	 	Special Branch officer who moved to Racial and Violent Crime Task Force (CO24 / under John Grieve) and was appointed as a liaison between the two units 1998/1999 (Herne II, 21.1.6; Ellison, multiple pages).Mark Ellison, Possible corruption and the role of undercover policing in the Stephen Lawrence case, Stephen Lawrence Independent Review, Vol. 1, Gov.UK, March 2014.
N506 	unknown 	other 	From Risk Assessment of HN86: N506, a chartered occupational psychologist, was briefed by N86 about the SDS. She states hat she sometimes felt 'largely ignored', and came to the view that the SDS preferred to be independent, behaving as different ( or perhaps better) than the rest. David Reid, N86 - Risk Assessment, Metropolitan Police Service, 13 June 2018, published 9 July 2018 via ucpi.org.uk.
N519 	Marco Jacobs (alias) 	Cover name confirmed.Update on anonymity applications - N519 (“Marco Jacobs”), Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 10 November 2016 (accessed 5 August 2017). 	NPOIU UCO
N587 	unknown 	 	Author of the SDS Annual Report in 1985 (Herne II, 18.1).Mick Creedon, Operation Herne: Report 2 - Allegations of Peter Francis, Metropolitan Police Service, March 2014.
HN593 	to come 	SDS management / back-office. 	No restriction order application so real name to be publishedCounsel to the Inquiry's Explanatory note to accompany the 'Minded-To' Note (2) in respect for restrictions over the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstration Squad, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 14 November 2017 (accessed 15 November 2017). No cover name. Deceased.Kate Wilkinson, Counsel to the Inquiry's Explanatory Note to accompany the Chairman's 'Minded To' Note 12 in respect of applications for restrictions over the real and cover name of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstration Squad - Update as at 30 July 2018, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 30 July 2018.
N596 	Rod Richardson (alias)	Cover name Confirmed.No anonymity sought for undercover identity ‘Rod Richardson’, Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 15 December 2016 (accessed 5 August 2017). Real name will be restricted. Also given as EN32.Sir John Mitting, In the matter of section 19(3) of the Inquiries Act 2005. Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit and its predecessor/successor units 'Minded to' Note 3, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 15 November 2018.	NPOIU UCO
HN608 	to come 	SDS manager 	SDS manager in 1970s with rank of Det. Supt.; died 2017, leaving a widow in deteriorating health who is unaware of the Inquiry; the family is concerned of the impact of media intrusion upon her, of which Mitting wrote:
: Her daughter is understandably concerned about the impact of media intrusion upon her. Any attempt to make contact with her, to obtain information from her about her late husband, would besmirch the reputation of the media. I have full confidence that no such attempt will be made. There is a small possibility that disclosure of his real name will prompt information or evidence from former colleagues about his approach to the management of the Special Demonstration Squad. I do not wish to lose that possibility.
July 2018: 'Response on behalf of the applicant to the Chairman's Minded To decision to refuse to restrict the real name received. THe MPS have withdrawn their application for a real name restriction. Real name will be published.'
Minded to (March 2018): refuse restriction order in respect of real name.Sir John Mitting, In the matter of section 19(3) of the Inquiries Act 2005. Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and Special Demonstration Squad - 'Minded To' Note 5, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 7 March 2018 (accessed 10 March 2018).
11 January 2018, directions issued for any application for restriction orders to be submitted by 30 & 31 January 2018 for MPS and Designated Lawyers Team respectively.Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad: Directions, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 11 January 2018 (accessed 11 January 2018).
HN819 	to come 	SDS back office staff / management 	SDS back office staff / manager. 
Minded-To: real name to be published (15 Jan 2018)Press notice - ‘Minded-to’ anonymity: Special Demonstration Squad Officers (HN13, HN296, HN304, HN339, HN340, HN354, HN356/124, HN61, HN819, HN109, HN9, HN66), Undercover Policing Inquiry, 15 January 2018 (accessed 15 January 2018). No application made to restrict the real nameSir John Mitting, Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstration Squad: 'Minded to' note 3, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 15 January 2018 (accessed 15 January 2018). so real name will be published. No cover name. Deceased.
HN1251	Phil Saunders 	SDS back office / management 	No application for a restriction order madeJohn Mitting, In the matter of section 19(3) of the Inquiries Act 2005 Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad ‘Minded to’ note, Undercover Policing Public Inquiry (UCPI.org.uk), 3 August 2017 (accessed 5 August 2017). Real name was to be published in due course, Mitting wrote in August 2017, and it was revealed in January 2018 in the Risk Assessment of N348, as one of two officers who recruited her to SDS (with N294).Graham Walker, N348 - Risk Assessment, Metropolitan Police Service, 17 July 2017 (accessed 5 January 2018 No cover name.
HN1361	 	 	Same as HN86List of documents relating to SOS officers - published 09 July 2018, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 9 July 2018.
HN1668	to come 	SDS back office / management 	No application for a restriction order made so real name to be published in due course. No cover name.
HN2152	to come 	SDS back office / management 	No application for a restriction order made so real name to be published in due course. No cover name.
HN3093	to come 	SDS back office / management 	No application for a restriction order made so real name to be published in due course. No cover name.
HN3095	to come 	SDS back office / management 	No application for a restriction order made so real name to be published in due course. No cover name.
HN3378	to come 	SDS back office / management 	No application to restrict real name made.Sir John Mitting, In the matter of section 19(3) of the Inquiries Act 2005. Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and Special Demonstration Squad - 'Minded To' Note 4, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 25 January 2018 (accessed 25 January 2018). Real name to be given 'when evidence relating to them is published before hearings'.Press Notice: Decisions relating to anonymity applications: Special Demonstration Squad, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 25 January 2018 (accessed 25 January 2018). No cover name.
* For N officers with numbers less than 100, see N officers part 1.
* For N officers with numbers 100 - 299, see N officers part 2.
* For N officers with numbers 300-399, see N officers part 3.
==Notes==
Category: UndercoverResearch Category: Undercover Policing Inquiry