TAYL-I6 Response Historic AI-assessed

Provide mandatory training for police and stewards on crowd density recognition

Recommendation

All police officers and stewards with duties in relation to the terraced areas and especially those with duties under Recommendation 5 above, should be fully briefed and trained with regard to the recognition of crowd densities, to the recognition of signs of distress and to crowd dynamics. Training should include demonstrations at the ground and photographs, designed to enable stewards and officers to recognise different crowd densities.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence relating to this recommendation, its government response, or its implementation has been identified from the provided official sources. The Taylor Inquiry was published in 1990, and no further specific evidence has been found.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Taylor Inquiry
Report Taylor Inquiry — Interim Report 29 Jan 1990
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Themes & Tags
Poor sporting event stewarding Staff training and development Police investigation management
Recommendation age 36.1 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates