LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Police control of riots

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

29 Jun 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:31

Description

Jeff Collins reporting on police control of riots from special riot training centre in Hounslow. Speaks to Assistant Commissioner Tony Speed on Britain not having a special riot squad; Training Inspector Jamie Ross on use of baton guns in riots; Inspector Mick Caldwell on equipment at the centre. Includes clip from report on demonstrations against Criminal Justice Bill in Hyde Park and outside Parliament where violence flared up.

Contributors

Jeff Collins; Jamie Ross; Tony Speed; Mick Caldwell

Keywords

Police; Violence; Demonstrations; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Training; Hounslow; Training centres; Criminal Justice Bill

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