A review of the policing response to this summer's riots found that forces were unprepared for the scale of violence and failed to recognize warning signs.
Police forces need to be better prepared for serious violence and disorder, according to a review of the response to this summer's riots. The report also found police failed to realise the significance of a number of events leading up to the riots, leaving gaps in intelligence linked to social media and the dark web. Violence flared across the country following the deaths of three schoolgirls in a knife attack in Southport in Merseyside in July.
The unrest and disorder continued for several days. In September, the home secretary asked His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services to carry out a rapid review into the policing response to the disorder. The first part of the report, which is published today, said that officers had showed 'immense bravery and personal sacrifice' throughout the disorder but that forces were unprepared for the scale of the rioting. It said the decision by the National Police Chiefs' Council to implement a national mobilisation plan on 6 August was made too late and should have been activated four days earlier. The inspectorate said a number of events in 2023 and 2024 were indicators of potential future disorder but this had not been reflected in police intelligence reviews. 'Our assessment of these incidents suggests that the risks of disorder were greater than the police believed them to be,' it said. 'They involved extreme nationalist sentiment, aggravated activism or serious disorder.' The incidents included demonstrations organised by Tommy Robinson, unrest in Leeds and Cardiff and violence on Armistice Day in London. The report also concluded that the dress code initially handed down by commanders could have left officers vulnerable to injury. His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Andy Cooke, told Sky News: 'Officers shouldn't have to stand there and be subjected to that level of barrage that we saw
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