TAYL-I32 Response Historic AI-assessed

Establish separate landline telephone links between control room and key points

Recommendation

To complement radio communications, there should be a completely separate system of land lines with telephone links between the control room and key points at the ground.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific government response or evidence regarding the establishment of separate landline telephone links between police control rooms and key ground points, as recommended by the Taylor Inquiry, has been identified in the provided public sources. General searches on gov.uk for Taylor Inquiry implementation did not provide specific documents for this recommendation. The Taylor Inquiry was published in 1990, and no further published evidence has been identified since then.
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
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Taylor Inquiry — Interim Report 29 Jan 1990
Recommendation age 36.1 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates