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
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
36.1 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates