TAYL-I34 Response Historic

Utilise illuminated boards and police hand signals for crowd communication

Recommendation

Use should be made where possible of illuminated advertising boards to address the crowd. Consideration should also be given to the use by police officers of a simple code of hand signals to indicate to the control room the existence of certain emergencies or requirements.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific publicly available evidence has been identified detailing the utilisation of illuminated boards and police hand signals for crowd communication, as recommended. General searches on gov.uk for 'Taylor Inquiry recommendation implementation' and related keywords did not provide specific documents outlining actions taken, and no relevant legislation was found on legislation.gov.uk. The absence of specific published evidence for this recommendation, from an inquiry dating back to 1990, suggests a lack of documented progress.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 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