ABSTRACT For social movements engaged in protests, effective engagement with police can be particularly important in ensuring political success and overall safety. However, the way in which police are often determined to maintain control of public order in protest situations raises significant questions for protest movements about the limits and value of negotiation. Inherent contradictions remain between the aims of protestors engaged in disruptive campaigns and the police officers sent to contain them. I examine these contradictions here in relation to the Bentley blockade, a successful mass social movement campaign against the unconventional gas extraction industry in northeast New South Wales. Using a participant-observer approach and drawing on a range of primary source material including government briefing papers, media reports and interviews with police and protestors, this article examines the nature and effectiveness of the liaison process in what was a very large-scale and significant public order challenge for police.

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“我们有权被逮捕和依法处理”：宾利封锁中有效警察联络的力量

摘要对于参与抗议的社会运动，与警察的有效接触对于确保政治成功和整体安全尤为重要。然而，警察在抗议情况下通常决心保持对公共秩序的控制的方式给抗议运动提出了关于谈判的局限性和价值的重大问题。参与破坏性运动的抗议者的目标与被派往遏制他们的警察之间仍然存在内在矛盾。我在这里研究了与宾利封锁有关的这些矛盾，这是一场成功的大规模社会运动，反对新南威尔士州东北部的非常规天然气开采业。使用参与者观察者的方法并利用包括政府简报在内的一系列主要来源材料，