I was dismayed at the rough treatment by police of demonstrators at the anti-arms trade march on Saturday.

We were constantly being jostled and I witnessed several leafletters being grabbed and thrown back into the police cordon.

Despite allowing the march to go ahead, the police seemed determined to prevent us spreading our message of peace through Brighton by using such bully boy tactics.

Superintendent Kevin Moore refused to confirm how many officers were used to marshal the march. No doubt he would also refuse to reveal the cost to the taxpayer of such an operation, with more than 100 officers and a helicopter.

The police have to be held accountable to us as taxpayers for such a wasteful use of resources.

-Mary Willis, Hove