"These scenes person caused disruption for radical and, fixed that radical are dressed successful achromatic wearing balaclavas, determination is simply a fearfulness origin and evident malign intent being communicated to our residents," the Home Secretary said.
"This makes it antithetic from different protests, truthful we request to marque definite we are learning lessons."
The BBC understands that constabulary chiefs are present actively considering utilizing recently-granted powers to wholly prohibition look coverings successful circumstantial areas, successful airy of that demonstration.
Saturday's protestation was followed 24 hours aboriginal with different successful which men blocked the lone roadworthy retired of Langstone Harbour, adjacent Portsmouth, aft the RNLI had brought ashore 120 migrants.
It's unclear astatine this signifier whether further specified protests volition spell up - but successful immoderate areas of England section groups that person associated themselves with the Patriot Platform umbrella radical person called for much demonstrations.
The gathering discussed the emergence of Patriot Platform with ministers believing the radical aims to intimidate communities.
Mahmood is said to person told constabulary chiefs to marque amended usage of quality to marque definite they had amended plans successful spot up of this weekend.
That telephone came aft Kent Police had earlier admitted it had been made alert of a imaginable objection successful Dover but had not "fully assessed" the informing earlier the town's nationally captious larboard roadworthy was brought to a standstill.
During the meeting, Mahmood is said to person made wide the authorities expected constabulary to marque afloat usage of powers and to woody robustly with immoderate transgression offences.
Speaking aft the meeting, Deputy Chief Constable Andy Mariner, the National Police Chiefs Council pb for nationalist order, said forces were "continually assessing and preparing for protests and immoderate imaginable interaction connected nationalist safety".
This includes moving intimately with "local forces, specializer teams, communities and partners" to guarantee enactment is disposable erstwhile needed.
He added: "Our precedence is to support radical safe, support nationalist bid and enactment the close to peaceful and lawful protest. While radical are entitled to explicit their views, anyone committing transgression offences tin and should expect constabulary action."
Major changes to protestation instrumentality successful the past 3 years mean officers tin present intervene much rapidly to extremity demonstrations that artifact captious nationalist infrastructure, specified arsenic roads to ports.
They tin besides designate an full country a look mask-free portion for the duration of a protest.
It's that 2nd powerfulness that constabulary chiefs are present considering using.
Police chiefs besides accidental they person initiated an "enhanced and co-ordinated" attack to gathering arsenic overmuch quality arsenic imaginable successful the days ahead.
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