Police spied on group set up to expose wrongdoing in Met, inquiry hears

The Metropolitan police has conceded that it was wrong for senior officers to have directed undercover officers to spy on the HCDA. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Undercover officers secretly monitored a community organisation that sought to expose wrongdoing and corruption in the Metropolitan police, the spycops public inquiry has heard.

Previously secret reports show that the Hackney Community Defence Association (HCDA) in east London and its key organiser were monitored by police spies for a decade.