Police and fire service action in Handsworth riots
- Title
- Police and fire service action in Handsworth riots
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Sep 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:01:51
- Description
- Interview with West Midlands Chief Constable Geoffrey Dear, defending the police and fire brigade in their response to the Handsworth riots in Birmingham (09/85). He compares the situation to riots in 1981. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Geoffrey Dear
- Keywords
- Damage; Fires; Interethnic relations; Police; Birmingham; Riots; Policing practice; Handsworth; Fire services
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LBC/IRN, "Police and fire service action in Handsworth riots". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0012600168019 (Accessed 15 Feb 2026)