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 formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Sources
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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
Recommendation age 36.3 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates