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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/top-officers-defend-undercover-work.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Pc Mark Kennedy infiltrated a group of environmental activists accused of conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-top-officers-defend-undercover-work.jpg" alt="Pc Mark Kennedy infiltrated a group of environmental activists accused of conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station"/></a></p>
<p>Senior police officers have defended the use of undercover policing but said those officers had to remain within the law.</p>
<p>The comments from the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) come in the wake of controversy surrounding Pc Mark Kennedy, who infiltrated a group of environmental activists.</p>
<p>The former Met officer monitored the actions of protesters across Europe in the guise of a climber called Mark Stone.</p>
<p>The case against six demonstrators accused of conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station collapsed on Monday after prosecutors dropped the case.</p>
<p>Their legal team claimed the decision was made after the undercover officer had a crisis of conscience and offered to give evidence on their behalf.</p>
<p>Independent officials are starting an investigation into whether police tried to cover up Mr Kennedy&#8217;s role amid claims in The Times that the trial collapsed when the CPS discovered Nottinghamshire Police withheld secret tapes of meetings.</p>
<p>The developments have sparked a wider debate on police tactics to monitor political and environmental groups operating on the fringe of legality.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for Acpo said they could not comment on the case specifically but said they did not want to lose sight of the importance of undercover work.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;The police service cannot operate effectively to prevent and detect crime unless it uses intelligence.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is one of the most challenging operational activities undertaken by the Police Service.&#8221;</p>
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